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Post by keesha on Feb 14, 2019 0:06:01 GMT
I live in a city and neighborhood where they are allowed. Coops on either side of me -- caught my third rat the other day. It's a controversial issue here now. Nice residential neighborhoods are battling rats - and it's attributed to poorly kept coops. I can't feed my compost pile anymore because of it The rat traps have to be in the garage so I don't catch a cat or other critter.. lovely. I wish I could say chickens are a good idea but I don't trust the average city dweller to maintain it properly.
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Post by rodeomom on Feb 14, 2019 0:19:13 GMT
Do they have a rooster? Otherwise you really shouldn't be hearing a whole lot. We only had hens and every time one laid an egg, they sang. Loudly. Sometimes the others would join in. Our chicken house is not very close to the house and we could hear them clearly in the house. We have chickens too and they sure let you know when they lay an egg and they are loud!
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Post by Outspoken on Feb 14, 2019 0:22:03 GMT
I live in a city and neighborhood where they are allowed. Coops on either side of me -- caught my third rat the other day. It's a controversial issue here now. Nice residential neighborhoods are battling rats - and it's attributed to poorly kept coops. I can't feed my compost pile anymore because of it The rat traps have to be in the garage so I don't catch a cat or other critter.. lovely. I wish I could say chickens are a good idea but I don't trust the average city dweller to maintain it properly. Oh, gee! This would be my breaking point. I am skeeved out by rats!
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Post by gritzi on Feb 14, 2019 0:30:15 GMT
Why choose a subdivision w/an HOA & rules if you don't wish to abide? Yes, I would alert the HOA.
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Post by alexa11 on Feb 14, 2019 0:40:09 GMT
I'm constantly amazed at how intolerant people are. They're chickens. How much noise does a chicken make. Virtually none. And what noise they do make is quiet. And if the pen is clean, there is no smell. My neighbour has 12 chickens. I have no idea they are there unless I walk up to the fence to look at them. Maybe living harmoniously with the neighbour is a better option. Not dobbing them in because you can. I CAN hear it, and it's annoying, especially since they're not even supposed to be there. I don't live in the country. This chicken is practically in my backyard, as our yards are very small. KikiPea I don't think it matters if you can hear them or not. These people chose to live in a neighborhood with a HOA and should abide by the rules or get out. You shouldn't feel bad for reporting them.
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Post by AnimalRescuePea on Feb 14, 2019 1:11:22 GMT
Why choose a subdivision w/an HOA & rules if you don't wish to abide? Yes, I would alert the HOA. Because, like the special special snowflake hoarders I deal with, they think the rules don't apply to them. I'm sure the chicken owners have some BS justification for having chickens.
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Post by Delta Dawn on Feb 14, 2019 1:15:53 GMT
Neighbour in front has chickens but you are only allowed 6 and no roosters. He is the one one around here who has chickens. The hens are quiet unless it is mealtime. Then I can hear them.
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Post by lurkyloo on Feb 14, 2019 1:43:37 GMT
3 hens, no rooster: I’d ask if I could pet them and buy eggs. Then, when my dog eats the fence to get to the chickens, I’d ask them to go halves with me on repair costs. Rooster: I’d tell them if they give away the roo I’ll keep quiet 35 hens: I’d report them because that’s not good for the hens
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Post by Miss Ang on Feb 14, 2019 3:15:42 GMT
If there was a noise or odor problem then I would notify someone. If not, then I'd mind my own business.
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Post by bc2ca on Feb 14, 2019 3:24:46 GMT
I'm constantly amazed at how intolerant people are. They're chickens. How much noise does a chicken make. Virtually none. And what noise they do make is quiet. And if the pen is clean, there is no smell. My neighbour has 12 chickens. I have no idea they are there unless I walk up to the fence to look at them. Maybe living harmoniously with the neighbour is a better option. Not dobbing them in because you can. Do you live in an area with HOAs? Let's be fair here, the household choosing to not live harmoniously with their neighbors is the one bringing chickens onto a property with explicit rules against them. I love chickens, volunteer to look after a friend's when they are out of town, don't find them noisy or smelly, but wouldn't hesitate to send an email to the HOA management company about chickens where there shouldn't be any.
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Post by mrssmith on Feb 14, 2019 3:25:22 GMT
I live in a city and neighborhood where they are allowed. Coops on either side of me -- caught my third rat the other day. It's a controversial issue here now. Nice residential neighborhoods are battling rats - and it's attributed to poorly kept coops. I can't feed my compost pile anymore because of it The rat traps have to be in the garage so I don't catch a cat or other critter.. lovely. I wish I could say chickens are a good idea but I don't trust the average city dweller to maintain it properly. Ugh. that's awful! I know 2 houses in my vicinity that have chickens but I have not heard anything about them from the nearby neighbors. We have a limit to how many permits for chickens the city will give out.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2019 5:23:33 GMT
I live in a city and neighborhood where they are allowed. Coops on either side of me -- caught my third rat the other day. It's a controversial issue here now. Nice residential neighborhoods are battling rats - and it's attributed to poorly kept coops. I can't feed my compost pile anymore because of it The rat traps have to be in the garage so I don't catch a cat or other critter.. lovely. I wish I could say chickens are a good idea but I don't trust the average city dweller to maintain it properly. Rats are there because of compost and garbage cans. And a free chicken dinner. Not because of chicken poop.
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Post by nlwilkins on Feb 14, 2019 9:47:41 GMT
After hearing a chicken go on and on this aftgernoon over the egg she laid, I would not say chikens are not noisy. It was kind of funny the first hour, the second hour it got old. Then the ducks chimed in. I was told that someone must have told a good joke. But this was on a farm and you expect to hear this stuff. AND the extra acreage seems to keep the noise at a distance, the sound doesn't bounce off the houses or something. (Now when the donkeys get going, I do say something.)
Seriously though, I would complain. You abide by the rules why shouldn't they?
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on Feb 14, 2019 12:05:15 GMT
Chickens stink never mind the noise. I would complain in a heartbeat. I have have kept chickens for years. They only smell if you don't clean them out regularly. I would report anyone who wasn't giving their chickens adequate care. They are a lot less noisy than barking dogs, screaming children and lawn mowers. I have 2 living next door to me. My Mum has 2 living next door to her. No smell. And they're great guard-hens if something disturbs them at night. I have no problem with them at all, but it's perfectly legal where I live. Personally I would rather have their chickens than their flipping noisy dogs. But if it's not legal where you are, and they're bothering you, then yes I possibly would report them.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Feb 14, 2019 13:35:57 GMT
By the time a thread gets to three pages, someone has usually already said what I was thinking. I'd rather have chickens than barking dogs, to be honest. Dogs do not make good neighbors when their owners fail to be properly responsible. This was a huge issue in a previous neighborhood I lived in. When you choose to live in an HOA, you choose to abide by the rules. If you don't like the rules, you can petition to change them. But you cannot just decide the rules don't apply to you. You're just not that special. And no one has to put up with your delusions of specialness. And that summarizes where I fall on this issue. If you choose to live in an HOA, you are obligated to live by the rules of it. I would notify the HOA of this violation.
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Post by keesha on Feb 14, 2019 16:37:56 GMT
I live in a city and neighborhood where they are allowed. Coops on either side of me -- caught my third rat the other day. It's a controversial issue here now. Nice residential neighborhoods are battling rats - and it's attributed to poorly kept coops. I can't feed my compost pile anymore because of it The rat traps have to be in the garage so I don't catch a cat or other critter.. lovely. I wish I could say chickens are a good idea but I don't trust the average city dweller to maintain it properly. Rats are there because of compost and garbage cans. And a free chicken dinner. Not because of chicken poop. It's not the poop, it's the feed. And, I have lived in the same house almost 30 years with a compost pile and rats are just now an issue. I don't mind the chicken noise (I actually kind of like it) and I like the thought my neighbors having their own source of food. I probably wouldn't have made the connection except it became a studied, published issue on the other side of the city first. I started seeing the poop and then saw my first rat (thank you RING!) so the traps went out. We raised rats at one time (the pet kind) and I know how fast the population can increase. It's something that needs to be dealt with quickly. The consensus is the rat population exploded because of poorly maintained backyard coops. Now there is a problem. That everyone has to deal with. Like you needed another reason to report them OP! If I didn't feel comfortable approaching them directly, I think I would send an kindly written anonymous note telling them the plan to let the HOA know. Give them a chance to deal with it first.
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