What would you do if you were me? Roo question.

[Davaroo]

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Sadly, some people do. Im sure psychologists would say it has something to do with deep rooted self-esteem issues. But the fact remains these folks exist. I got a guy like that at work.

 

[Chicks_N_Horses]

True. My dad has lots of chickens. He lives by the river where his parents lived and their parents lived before that. New neighbors moved in about 8 months ago. The woman came out and brought her nephews out to see the chickens one day....Few weeks later she comes out ranting and screaming demanding he get rid of all these chickens now! She was threatening everything under the sun. Now, if she had come over nice like a normal civil human being I am sure he would have moved them up the property line or something but she made him mad and he then told her "lady, they can get closer". Well, 2 days later the Helth Dept. shows up inspecting. She told them he was dumping all this waste in the river! Which was not true, they have a big compost pile in plain veiw with lots of poo (proof) in it. The man from the helth dept. said it was clean and there was nothing he could do. He told the lady this and now she has filed a lawsuit against him. Crazy...who knows why folks are this way but there are plenty.

 

[mlowarren]

Part of me is afraid to ask the older couple next to us. I don't really want to call attention to the fact that we have chickens. They don't go outside that much and I don't want them to know and then complain. Ya know what I mean?

A way that you could bring it up would be to ask them if they have noticed the rooster crowing from your other neighbors. You may find out that they know about it, and it doesn't bother them. If that's the case, you could coyly mention that you've been dying to have a rooster and some hens and gauge their reaction on that.​

 

[Judy]

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A way that you could bring it up would be to ask them if they have noticed the rooster crowing from your other neighbors. You may find out that they know about it, and it doesn't bother them. If that's the case, you could coyly mention that you've been dying to have a rooster and some hens and gauge their reaction on that.

This sounds like a great approach. I mean, really, there are already duck, goats and ponies, never mind chickens and roosters! Surely if they were going to complain, they would have, already.

Or you could remark how nice it is to hear a rooster crowing. I love to hear it.

 

[Im4dabirds]

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A way that you could bring it up would be to ask them if they have noticed the rooster crowing from your other neighbors. You may find out that they know about it, and it doesn't bother them. If that's the case, you could coyly mention that you've been dying to have a rooster and some hens and gauge their reaction on that.

This is a good way to approach the subject with them. I believe you'll find an older couple more willing to have them than a younger couple actually. They would be more likely to have been in contact with chickens as youngsters.