I have posted in the past about my neighbors chickens, roosters and guinea hen.
This is what we are dealing with.
The birds poop everywhere, on our driveway, walkways, porch, patio, outdoor furniture and lawn. Some of it is the size of a small dog's poop.
The rosters come in our yard and scream at all hours, waking us up.
For the first time in over twenty five years our well was contaminated with ecoli. No way to tell for sure what caused it but the people that did the water testing saw the chickens and said that could be our problem. We spent thousands of dollars getting a sanitizing system installed.
The chickens have destroyed very large sections of our lawn. We have no grass in those areas and there are giant craters. Half our yard is a bumpy dust bowl. We will have to get soil, rake and reseed it.
One of the hens nested and layed 16 eggs in our landscaping surrounding our patio. Broken eggs were all over our walkway. The remaining eggs hatched and 10 chickens initially survived. I think there is one left.
We have been very patient about all this. The neighbors have been going through something very difficult. We get along with them and are very empathic about their difficulty but I can't deal with all this.
We spoke to them almost two months ago and they assured us that they would take care of things. The H even came over and asked how things were and told me he wanted to be a good neighbor.
Since I spoke with him nothing has changed and is in fact worse.
I don't know what else to do.
A fence won't work. Beside the expense of fencing in an acre, they fly over the fenced in areas we have for the dogs. The guinea hen has been up on our roof. There is no keeping them out. Water doesn't deter them. Getting chased out of the yard ten times a day has no effect.
I recently power washed my porch and scrubbed all the furniture and it was a mess the next day.
I also have two dogs. One is a puppy who likes to eat everything so I am constantly pulling her away from the poop and feathers they leave everywhere.
I would like to maintain our good relationship but this is just too much to just deal with.
Any suggestions? Would this upset you?
Thanks!!