I agree. I think at this point I wouldn't be worried about causing a nuisance for them by reporting it. Their dogs have already caused you a nuisance and they don't seem to care.I would report them to the authorities every time I saw them running loose. Every time.
I think the chickens are going to be unlikely to eat the dogs so that could be a factorI may not be understanding something because I am a born and raised city dweller....but am I understanding that at the time your chickens were not behind a fence at all? You say you have a fence in their area but they were outside it...is there not a fence around the larger property? If so that would be my first step...keep the dogs out and the chickens in. How is letting them run wild outside of a fenced in area any different than would the owners of the dogs are doing? How are you going to guarantee they stay in your property? As I said I may not understand correctly, but I have a hard time understanding how you could let chickens out without ensuring that they are contained then be upset when something occurs.
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I guess if you've never had chickens, it does seem weird, but they stay close to the coop area. We do have another fenced in large yard area where our dog is let loose to run, other than that he is leashed or in the house.Well of course not. But who is to say the chickens don't get onto the dog's owner's property? I understands this incident occurred on the OP's property but that doesn't mean it couldn't happen the other way around another time. I would just get a fence to make sure my animals stayed where they needed to be and kept other animals out.
I do want to be a good neighbor stll, and while we prefer to keep to ourselves (and these are not people we would socialize with regardless) I don't want to cause WWlll either.I would report them to the authorities every time I saw them running loose. Every time.
Well of course not. But who is to say the chickens don't get onto the dog's owner's property? I understands this incident occurred on the OP's property but that doesn't mean it couldn't happen the other way around another time. I would just get a fence to make sure my animals stayed where they needed to be and kept other animals out.
He falls into the jerk category. He just called here *****ing me out because he heard I called the dog officer. Wanted to know what kind of neighbor I was, if I wanted to be ****ty to let him know and that was fine with him, he'd be ****ty back. I told him the reason I called the dog officer was I had called him to talk about it and he never called me back, so I figured he was being pretty un-neighborly himself. When he found out his daughter never told him I called, he clammed up a bit. Still, I mean he knew what happened so him not calling me is still inexcusable in my book. His BIL is paying for the birds, so I think he's giving the BIL the shaft too by not paying half. Whatever, he's a jerk.Some people are just jerks and you just can't control their feelings or what they do.
Sigh...great in theory, not great when you live in a small town next door to these people. They aren't evil, just...jerks. Actually, he is a tad criminal. He's a contractor that steals/scams, files bankruptcy then reopens under a different name. Really don't want to have bad dealings with them, and just on principal I try to be a good neighbor. Just ventingyou should have called the cops and let them deal with these people
you need to make them buy you a new chickenSigh...great in theory, not great when you live in a small town next door to these people. They aren't evil, just...jerks. Actually, he is a tad criminal. He's a contractor that steals/scams, files bankruptcy then reopens under a different name. Really don't want to have bad dealings with them, and just on principal I try to be a good neighbor. Just venting
They are. Well, the BIL is.you need to make them buy you a new chicken
my DH told the guy who came to get them they better not come in the yard again or he would shoot the dogs. Which is legal if they are killing livestock.
If we report them the dogs will be declared a nuisance (for killing livestock) and that makes a mess for them and I'd rather not do that, but it peeves me that they won't just say "I'm sorry that happened. We will do better keeping our dogs controlled". Is that too much to ask?
I think your neighbors are totally out of line to let their dogs run free. However, I can't blame someone for avoiding talking to you and not apologizing to you after your husband's reaction was to threaten shooting--not something more normal like reporting them but, shooting them.
I know you came back later and said you would not really shoot the dogs, but how are the neighbors to know this? I find it very odd that you are willing to threaten to shoot and kill the dogs, but not willing to report the illegal behaviour and let the authorities deal with it.