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Chickens!!

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marmaladeslade · 29/06/2023 09:45

Very random, but I am not a fan of chickens . I mean they are yummy but I don't like them in my backyard all day. I especially don't like opening my back door and having 6 of them staring at me. I kind of push my way through them. If I go to my shed they run at me as they think there is food there. I know it's sooky, but they aren't mine and I just don't want them in my garden. Do you think it's ok to ask my neighbour to keep them in her property?

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marmaladeslade · 30/06/2023 23:16

I've put mesh over my vegie seedlings @Sunnyday1203 It is a total pain.

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jc12689 · 30/06/2023 10:19

We used to keep chickens and it's a great hobby. But I made sure they never left the garden. They were only allowed to free range when I was at home, otherwise they were in a run. So your neighbor is being inconsiderate as they do shit everywhere. Your neighbors need to chicken proof their property and clip the chicken's wing regularly so they can fly.

Sunnyday1203 · 30/06/2023 09:57

OP I am in the exactly the same situation. I have chickens that have a lovely large pen. But my neighbours think their chicks can run wild. I have had to put fence around the veg plot as they trashed all my hard work last year. I have 2 neighbours either side with free roaming chicks. I am not in the UK and pointless saying anything to them as it it is just what they do here. Grrr you are not being UR.

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marmaladeslade · 30/06/2023 04:28

Floatlikeafeather2 · 29/06/2023 17:34

I've lived in the countryside all my life - you don't let your hens wander around on other people's property unless they've said it's ok. Does she think you've said it's ok with you because you just let it happen? She might of course be taking advantage of your naivety because she knows you're a townie. I think it's very odd that you haven't asked her to keep them out of your garden. I'm assuming you're in UK but might be wrong.

No not UK. And I just sort of thought "oh well they might just wander around a bit occasionally " but they seems to like my place more than hers. The mesh between the fences is all bowed because of her horses leaning on it so that's how they get through. I will have a word. I'm not keen to pick them up , and throw them over the fence, anyway they would just come back. Hopefully she will fix the fence or get a pen. It's only been a few months she's had them , so I was hoping they would sort it but it seems not.
I keep my dogs inside and in a separate section on the other side of the yard that is fenced properly. The chickens haven't got in there yet. Good luck to them if they do. Would not be pretty! They aren't trained to protect chickens and chase birds for fun sometimes - never catch anything , birds fly away, but a chicken well that might not do so well.
Thanks for letting me know I'm not being unreasonable!

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Chasingsquirrels · 29/06/2023 17:49

Don't your dogs go after them?
My cocker spaniel would have my chickens if he could (having caught one he just holds it in his mouth and guards it - he is now kept well away).
Local cats on the other hand steer well clear of the chickens.

Your neighbour is definitely being unreasonable.

Floatlikeafeather2 · 29/06/2023 17:34

I've lived in the countryside all my life - you don't let your hens wander around on other people's property unless they've said it's ok. Does she think you've said it's ok with you because you just let it happen? She might of course be taking advantage of your naivety because she knows you're a townie. I think it's very odd that you haven't asked her to keep them out of your garden. I'm assuming you're in UK but might be wrong.

Headsup101 · 29/06/2023 17:21

We have seven chickens and I would be absolutely mortified if they got into our neighbours’ gardens!!

HyperionWarbonnet · 29/06/2023 17:19

Chickens are brilliant but the husbandry is far more difficult than people think. Endlessly trying to stop red mite gets old really fast, then there's mink, foxes, buzzards, the neighbours collie.

There' nothing like watching chickens scratch about on freshly turned earth or an opened compost heap though.

CopperSeahorses · 29/06/2023 12:20

MrsSkylerWhite · 29/06/2023 10:52

Aren’t most chickens supposed to be inside atm because of avian flu? There are biohazard area signs up all over the place where we are (NW coast)

No, chicken lockdown was lifted weeks ago.

Dotjones · 29/06/2023 12:14

A chicken that wandered onto my property would soon find itself plucked, stuffed and roasted. Like the OP says they are "yummy" so just see this as an opportunity for a few free meals. When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. (Or something.)

Sunnydaysaredefhere · 29/06/2023 12:11

Once caught ds showing his chicken Keith round our house.. Those Ladies enlightened our lives immensely op. Give them a chance! This was my favourite Edwina!

Chickens!!
Chickens!!
Mossstitch · 29/06/2023 11:43

HyperionWarbonnet · 29/06/2023 11:02

I inherited four chickens with this place. What the vendor didn't tell me was that they liked to sit by the fire of an evening.

That's hilarious, I have visions of them in little rocking chairs with their knitting needles out and joined by @GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER 's cat......but then I love hens, had them myself for quite a few years.

Op, they are only running to you because they see human and think what treats are they bringing me. If you ignore them and walk slowly past them rather than shooing them away (which to them probably resembles you sprinkling food around) they will learn that they get no treats from you (rubbish human😂) and begin to ignore you🐔

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marmaladeslade · 29/06/2023 11:28

HyperionWarbonnet · 29/06/2023 11:02

I inherited four chickens with this place. What the vendor didn't tell me was that they liked to sit by the fire of an evening.

OMG Are they in your house? Eeek!! That's a step too far for me! I suppose I should be glad they just harass me at the back door.

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HyperionWarbonnet · 29/06/2023 11:02

I inherited four chickens with this place. What the vendor didn't tell me was that they liked to sit by the fire of an evening.

Sunnydaysaredefhere · 29/06/2023 10:57

Befriend them op. Very good for your mental wellbeing ime....
Great characters believe it or not!

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marmaladeslade · 29/06/2023 10:54

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 29/06/2023 10:52

One of dd’s rescue chickens was very friendly with one of her cats. Maybe the chook thought he was an oddly-shaped chicken - right colour, though.

❤

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marmaladeslade · 29/06/2023 10:53

DdraigGoch · 29/06/2023 10:49

Could you look to fix/improve the fence? Maybe offering to split the cost.

Yeah I guess, not super happy to split the cost though. I've seen these sort of portable netting things, which you can move from place to place each day ( she has them indoors overnight) so I think that would be the the best. I feel silly being scared of a chicken - we have a couple of giant dogs and they don't worry me. It's the way they kind of run at you flapping. Spooky, weird noisy things.

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GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 29/06/2023 10:52

One of dd’s rescue chickens was very friendly with one of her cats. Maybe the chook thought he was an oddly-shaped chicken - right colour, though.

Chickens!!
MrsSkylerWhite · 29/06/2023 10:52

Aren’t most chickens supposed to be inside atm because of avian flu? There are biohazard area signs up all over the place where we are (NW coast)

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marmaladeslade · 29/06/2023 10:49

Hetty104 · 29/06/2023 10:48

Hello,

is it just me or does anyone else feel like this ?
We are off to new york 5 nights / 6 days and if I'm honest I'm not really looking forward to it! By the time Ive booked the holiday, checked passports, visas, airport parking etc then packed I feel exhausted.
Then the thought of getting up early, driving to the airport, checking in etc etc 7 hour flight navigating our way to out apartment.
I am travelling with DH, DS 19 & DD 16 whilst the teenagers are very appreciative I just don’t think they see everything that goes on in the background. They are super excited and I’m living on the edge incase I mucked up somewhere. Am I being selfish? i try to relax but i just can’t.
We are now sat in traffic on the M25 because DH took the wrong turning, I did suggest we leave slightly earlier but I just got told to stop being an airport mum.
I feel the same with anything I book - concert tickets, holidays, day trips.
I remember my mum being like this and seriously don’t want to turn into her. I feel I’m never living in the moment always looking for the problem.

xx

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DdraigGoch · 29/06/2023 10:49

Could you look to fix/improve the fence? Maybe offering to split the cost.

Hetty104 · 29/06/2023 10:48

Hello,

is it just me or does anyone else feel like this ?
We are off to new york 5 nights / 6 days and if I'm honest I'm not really looking forward to it! By the time Ive booked the holiday, checked passports, visas, airport parking etc then packed I feel exhausted.
Then the thought of getting up early, driving to the airport, checking in etc etc 7 hour flight navigating our way to out apartment.
I am travelling with DH, DS 19 & DD 16 whilst the teenagers are very appreciative I just don’t think they see everything that goes on in the background. They are super excited and I’m living on the edge incase I mucked up somewhere. Am I being selfish? i try to relax but i just can’t.
We are now sat in traffic on the M25 because DH took the wrong turning, I did suggest we leave slightly earlier but I just got told to stop being an airport mum.
I feel the same with anything I book - concert tickets, holidays, day trips.
I remember my mum being like this and seriously don’t want to turn into her. I feel I’m never living in the moment always looking for the problem.

xx

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marmaladeslade · 29/06/2023 10:46

Ylvamoon · 29/06/2023 10:40

Time to make them yummy! 🍗

Hehe. It's crossed my mind.
Thanks everyone. I might check if I'm within my rights because as I say we are semi-rural, and we lived in the city until a couple of years ago so I'm not sure of any by-law type things.
If all good I will speak to the neighbour. I was a bit shocked when she got them and just said " they are are going to be free range" as they wandered around my backyard and I said "shit I'm terrified one of my cats or dogs might attack one". SHe sort of just shrugged. The country is definitely a different world to the city!

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Ylvamoon · 29/06/2023 10:40

Time to make them yummy! 🍗

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marmaladeslade · 29/06/2023 10:39

Stinkyredrose · 29/06/2023 10:37

Why did the chicken cross the road?

Haha. No they don't have to. It's the neighbours on the side . We are both on about an acre

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