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I am in a rural area of West Central Indiana and where I live no one lets their chickens free range because we are in a town, albeit a really SMALL town (50 people max), and each house sits on an acre of land. My neighbors across the street are now talking about letting some of their chickens out to do a little running around in their yard from time to time, and I am thinking about doing that too in a few more weeks. No one out here has fencing, so if the chickens wander off our property, we'd have to go get them and bring them back. Now, I don't know if anyone has read my thread in the family section about my insane neighbors (not the ones with the chickens) that have been giving everyone such hell lately. My question is, if a chicken did manage to wander onto their property, do they have the right to shoot it/ keep it, or call the cops on us or my other neighbors? I'm new to Indiana and so far, what little interaction I've had with the sheriffs has left me thinking they don't even know much about rules and ordinances. I could just see this idiot outside just waiting to grab one of my birds and refusing to give it back. Of course I plan to do everything I can to keep them on my property, but I just can't afford to fence in a whole acre of land. I'm thinking of moveable fencing, but if I get that, it won't be very tall, and I'm afraid some of birds might make it over the fence. I am just wondering what they can, and can't get away with. These are the same people that snuck onto another neighbor's property when they weren't home, took their dog off his leash and brought it back to their house, and then called the police and said the dog had gotten off their leash and had come onto their property and was eating their flowers. A flat out lie, we all know it. I just don't trust this guy. I also think he's been sneaking onto my property in the middle of the night, but I lock my coop and I have from the very first day we had it up. If anyone is familiar with Indiana laws, please enilighten me. I will research them on my own in the meantime. Thanks everyone.
I am in a rural area of West Central Indiana and where I live no one lets their chickens free range because we are in a town, albeit a really SMALL town (50 people max), and each house sits on an acre of land. My neighbors across the street are now talking about letting some of their chickens out to do a little running around in their yard from time to time, and I am thinking about doing that too in a few more weeks. No one out here has fencing, so if the chickens wander off our property, we'd have to go get them and bring them back. Now, I don't know if anyone has read my thread in the family section about my insane neighbors (not the ones with the chickens) that have been giving everyone such hell lately. My question is, if a chicken did manage to wander onto their property, do they have the right to shoot it/ keep it, or call the cops on us or my other neighbors? I'm new to Indiana and so far, what little interaction I've had with the sheriffs has left me thinking they don't even know much about rules and ordinances. I could just see this idiot outside just waiting to grab one of my birds and refusing to give it back. Of course I plan to do everything I can to keep them on my property, but I just can't afford to fence in a whole acre of land. I'm thinking of moveable fencing, but if I get that, it won't be very tall, and I'm afraid some of birds might make it over the fence. I am just wondering what they can, and can't get away with. These are the same people that snuck onto another neighbor's property when they weren't home, took their dog off his leash and brought it back to their house, and then called the police and said the dog had gotten off their leash and had come onto their property and was eating their flowers. A flat out lie, we all know it. I just don't trust this guy. I also think he's been sneaking onto my property in the middle of the night, but I lock my coop and I have from the very first day we had it up. If anyone is familiar with Indiana laws, please enilighten me. I will research them on my own in the meantime. Thanks everyone.
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