2 questions...
- Our neighbour has a large chicken area right against our hedge. It has metal mesh about 6ft high but with no mesh over the top. Yesterday she said our son's football had come over, hit a chicken and killed it. While I feel awful, is it not her responsibility to provide a proper enclosure? She has mentioned before that two chickens got out in the past and her neighbour's dog (on the other side) killed them, surely that should have been enough to make her consider a 'roof' mesh? While i've said i'll tell our son to be careful, he's ten and football mad and I know he'll forget. One of reasons we bought house was big garden for kids to play in. Should I tell her (politely) that a top mesh is sensible?
- Above neighbour throws all chicken waste in a bit of land behind her house (not owned by her). She doesn't burn it or anything, it just sits there in a huge pile. Is this normal? It's absolutely crawling with rats which come into our garden. The actual enclosure is large and lovely but just thinking throwing waste out the back is a health issue?