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[CapricornFarm]

Rejoice! You at least get to see your grandchildren, hug them, show them things, and love them.

I just wish their mother would parent them while they are here. I dislike being the "bad guy" ....not my circus. I really am excited to see them.

 

[CSolis]

I just wish their mother would parent them while they are here. I dislike being the "bad guy" ....not my circus. I really am excited to see them.

Take mom aside and let her know how you feel.. don't let it build up inside to where you dread visits. Maybe a vacation for her, but she still needs to supervise her children.

 

[Slocala]

I'm 58. So I know I'm way to young to post here with the rest of you "spent" chicken keepers.... I need to vent. So baby sit me while I have a temper tantrum please.
9 mini farms on a private road... One young couple has Guineas. From time to time his flock comes down to my place. They don't hurt anything and I don't mind them visiting... 2nd neighbor next door has lost 2 separate flocks of chickens to his dachshund dog. The darn dog came in my fenced yard and killed a Guinea hen. I can't stand senseless killing.... I've given my neighbor fence and all but begged him to keep his dogs on his property.... My 7 hens are just about ready to start free ranging my fenced 3 acre lawn.. If that darn dog comes over here and kills one of my old girls I'll put a stick up his butt and turn him into a wiener and spit roast him and toss his cooked butt over the fence.... How do I win this and keep friendly with my neighbor? He just doesn't understand the concept of keeping your animals on your own property... Now I'm hesitant to clip wings or even let my hens free range. I'm from Kentucky, at home farmers gave a neighbors animal one chance. If the animal killed livestock a second time the animal was disposed of.. FYI. My fence is well maintained, his dogs are digging under the fence from his side to get in my yard... Any suggestions would be helpful.

 

[ronott1]

I'm 58. So I know I'm way to young to post here with the rest of you "spent" chicken keepers.... I need to vent. So baby sit me while I have a temper tantrum please.
9 mini farms on a private road... One young couple has Guineas. From time to time his flock comes down to my place. They don't hurt anything and I don't mind them visiting... 2nd neighbor next door has lost 2 separate flocks of chickens to his dachshund dog. The darn dog came in my fenced yard and killed a Guinea hen. I can't stand senseless killing.... I've given my neighbor fence and all but begged him to keep his dogs on his property.... My 7 hens are just about ready to start free ranging my fenced 3 acre lawn.. If that darn dog comes over here and kills one of my old girls I'll put a stick up his butt and turn him into a wiener and spit roast him and toss his cooked butt over the fence.... How do I win this and keep friendly with my neighbor? He just doesn't understand the concept of keeping your animals on your own property... Now I'm hesitant to clip wings or even let my hens free range. I'm from Kentucky, at home farmers gave a neighbors animal one chance. If the animal killed livestock a second time the animal was disposed of.. FYI. My fence is well maintained, his dogs are digging under the fence from his side to get in my yard... Any suggestions would be helpful.

Welcome!
We have younger folks here too.

Do you have Animal Control there? If so, have them talk to the neighbor

 

[CapricornFarm]

Take mom aside and let her know how you feel.. don't let it build up inside to where you dread visits. Maybe a vacation for her, but she still needs to supervise her children.

Sigh. She is the boss, my son just does what she tells him to. She is unlikely to listen to me.

 

[CapricornFarm]

I'm 58. So I know I'm way to young to post here with the rest of you "spent" chicken keepers.... I need to vent. So baby sit me while I have a temper tantrum please.
9 mini farms on a private road... One young couple has Guineas. From time to time his flock comes down to my place. They don't hurt anything and I don't mind them visiting... 2nd neighbor next door has lost 2 separate flocks of chickens to his dachshund dog. The darn dog came in my fenced yard and killed a Guinea hen. I can't stand senseless killing.... I've given my neighbor fence and all but begged him to keep his dogs on his property.... My 7 hens are just about ready to start free ranging my fenced 3 acre lawn.. If that darn dog comes over here and kills one of my old girls I'll put a stick up his butt and turn him into a wiener and spit roast him and toss his cooked butt over the fence.... How do I win this and keep friendly with my neighbor? He just doesn't understand the concept of keeping your animals on your own property... Now I'm hesitant to clip wings or even let my hens free range. I'm from Kentucky, at home farmers gave a neighbors animal one chance. If the animal killed livestock a second time the animal was disposed of.. FYI. My fence is well maintained, his dogs are digging under the fence from his side to get in my yard... Any suggestions would be helpful.

Electric fence.

 

[getaclue]

In a nice, but serious chat with your neighbor, you might want to explain that his dog, on his property, is a pet. His dog, on your property, is a predator, and you will respond in kind.

 

[getaclue]

Electric fences, in my experience, don't work too well with dogs that dig. They just dig under them.

 

[CapricornFarm]

I'm 58. So I know I'm way to young to post here with the rest of you "spent" chicken keepers.... I need to vent. So baby sit me while I have a temper tantrum please.
9 mini farms on a private road... One young couple has Guineas. From time to time his flock comes down to my place. They don't hurt anything and I don't mind them visiting... 2nd neighbor next door has lost 2 separate flocks of chickens to his dachshund dog. The darn dog came in my fenced yard and killed a Guinea hen. I can't stand senseless killing.... I've given my neighbor fence and all but begged him to keep his dogs on his property.... My 7 hens are just about ready to start free ranging my fenced 3 acre lawn.. If that darn dog comes over here and kills one of my old girls I'll put a stick up his butt and turn him into a wiener and spit roast him and toss his cooked butt over the fence.... How do I win this and keep friendly with my neighbor? He just doesn't understand the concept of keeping your animals on your own property... Now I'm hesitant to clip wings or even let my hens free range. I'm from Kentucky, at home farmers gave a neighbors animal one chance. If the animal killed livestock a second time the animal was disposed of.. FYI. My fence is well maintained, his dogs are digging under the fence from his side to get in my yard... Any suggestions would be helpful.

I am not spent, just enjoy doing the work I want to do, not what I need to do for a job.
Good luck on your mission. Had the same issue in TN. No animal control. After I year f losing chickens and quail, I discovered who owned the dogs. She was not interested in putting up a fence or tying her dogs. I told her i was going to shoot them and she didn't care. So it came to an end.

 

[getaclue]

Cap, put reading material in your bathroom, and set a chair in your coop/pens. When they start to squabble, go out and visit your livestock, OR go sit in your bathroom, and read. Stay out until the storm passes.