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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!!

Yeah you can clip th we wings and they won't be able to fly.
This is a common practice and does not hurt the birds.
I would demand that they fence their area. They are nasty, not as bad as ducks, but they shit everywhere. Clipping wings and fencing them in is for the health of their home and yours. If they are unwilling to do so then you need to file a police report. Their poop carries nasty diseases that can take half a year to get rid of if you get it in your lungs. Also causes permanent lung damage this is why I kept my b9rda in a fenced area and wore a mask when cleaning the coop.

I would be upset by that, too.

I don't know the first thing about chickens, but my daughter has some and their pen is completely enclosed with chicken wire over the top as well as the sides. She does that to protect them from hawks, but it keeps them contained as well. Is that something that you could suggest for their enclosure?

I think I would approach the neighbor and lead with concern over whatever they're going through, and then move the conversation into something like, "I'm sorry that it's a bad time to bring this up, but something needs to be done about the chickens. They're negatively affecting my quality of life and my pocketbook."

Good luck.

Yeah you can clip th we wings and they won't be able to fly.

What a great idea! I'm about to go down that rabbit hole on YouTube.

Thanks Tush and Sacred.

They told us they were going to cover the coop but I can't tell if they did. They think it is only the guinea that is a problem.

Who would think this is ok to do to your neighbors? I have very gently mentioned that the rosters wake us up. They don't seem to care. We let it go because of their situation. Then they got the guinea and more noise and now poop on our outdoor dining table and our furniture we use on our front porch. Then these new chickens that dug up our lawn and landscaping. Then we had the nest and mama chicken sitting on it for weeks.

I am ready to blow!!!!

Thank you for hearing me!!!!