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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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Stinkyredrose · 29/06/2023 10:37

Why did the chicken cross the road?

ClareBlue · 29/06/2023 10:36

We keep them free range around the property and they are messy shit machines that can be agressive and generally a pain. I wouldn't inflict them on any neighbors.
The eggs are lovely though.
And they completely intimidate the cats.

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marmaladeslade · 29/06/2023 10:35

DrinkFeckArseGirls · 29/06/2023 09:46

🫣😁 I’m sorry about your plight, OP but it is very funny.

how do they get onto your property?

I know it sort of is. We are semi-rural so it's post and rail with mesh between and they just duck under it. They literally run at me and freak me out . I try to shoo them away but they ignore me. I have 2 cats but they are normally indoors and I honestly don't want a chicken / cat war in my backyard!.

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UtterlyUnimaginativeUsername · 29/06/2023 10:34

I have chickens but they're very securely confined. I'd never let them poo all over the neighbours' gardens (or get eaten by the local fox and buzzard populations). You are absolutely not being unreasonable.

A cat won't help at all though, against a tiny dinosaur. They know their limits.

mondaytosunday · 29/06/2023 10:29

Of course it's reasonable. I wouldn't want their poop in my garden.
Hope your neighbour is at least giving you free eggs!

GoFaster83 · 29/06/2023 10:13

You've just described my ideal morning!

But have to say the cat didn't work for us. My chickens would escape from their huge run to see my mum and the chicken and the cat were mutually intimidated by each other so pretended they couldn't see one another.

Red2017 · 29/06/2023 10:06

I keep chickens in my back garden but they don't go into other peoples gardens. Actually it happened once, but she got spooked and flew over. 😂

Its not unreasonable to expect your neighbour to keep their chickens in their garden. Not everybody likes chickens. And they are poop machines.

CruCru · 29/06/2023 10:03

Chickens can be aggressive. Most of the lazy cats I know wouldn’t risk attacking one.

CruCru · 29/06/2023 10:02

So your neighbour has chickens but they go in your garden? Aren’t they really destructive? I’m amazed you have any lawn left.

Where do you live? If your house is set right in the middle of a farm (and your neighbour is the farmer) then perhaps chickens are to be expected. Otherwise it’s reasonable to say you don’t want them in your garden.

dontgobaconmyheart · 29/06/2023 09:53

I'm surprised they're still alive with that amount of free reign.

Poor things. YANBU to expect a neighbour to keep them in within their own property boundar, in fact I think it's bloody weird that a person would keep any pet and want/allow it to get put of their own garden and into other peoples.

Backtoreality1 · 29/06/2023 09:48

Get a cat - or a greyhound! They would very soon be ex-chickens.

On a serious note, the neighbour needs to get them penned up and off your property

DrinkFeckArseGirls · 29/06/2023 09:46

🫣😁 I’m sorry about your plight, OP but it is very funny.

how do they get onto your property?