dancing cloud Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Lynn, what vile people your neighbours sound and how heartbreaking for you. Obviously you didn't get your girls on a whim or rehome them just because they ate your geraniums, poo'ed on the lawn, or didn't go with the colour of your curtains. Clearly if you and your girls were at risk, you had no choice but to part with them . I'm sure you have everyone's sympathy and we all hope you get much nicer neighbours very soon and can maybe use that eglu again some time in the future. Glad to hear Janty could help in finding your chooks a good home. Makes me very grateful for my lovely neighbours who couldn't wait to come and see my ex-batts when they arrived and have been avidly following their progress since. Time to show them I appreciate them and invite them round to see the chooks again, I think ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Sounds awful Lynne. I had a problem neighbour who was behaving similarly ....way before I had hens. To cut a long story short we involved the police and eventually she got a formal warning. She wouldn't dare complain about my chickens now. In fact we are on cordial terms as I called the police when they were burgled and they were very grateful etc. However, any further harrassment from her and I wouldn't hesitate to cut her off at the ankles....and she knows it. I know how hard it must have been for you Lynne as I found our spot of bother very difficult to cope with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ardene5 Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Hi Think it is just like getting a puppy for Christmas there will always someone who has them for a few weeks then say out with the old and next what we going to have, not bothered about what will happen to the hens or ducks etc. For some people it an "eco " trip they are on, others its "I'm above the Jones". We wants chickens and researched them before getting them. Our son works at a Hatchery and is going to college in September to study to become a gamekeeper. So it is a way of life for us, yes we are still learning but that is what life is all about. Really if we think about it we are all going back to the way things were of grow your own history is all around us, we are the new surfs of the 21 century. We pay taxes to the government and local government not to the lord of the county as it was but it is all the same, they are all after the same thing eg money. So where is Robin of Loxley when you need him taking from the lords and giving to the poor. Yorkshire place names dominate the rhymes of Robin Hood whose birthplace of Loxley in Hallamshire, Sheffield is near the site of Little John’s grave in Hathersage. Loxley is midway between Sherwood and Barnsdale and here we read, "In ancient times this area (Sheffield/Loxley) was part of the Barnsdale Forest that, together with Sherwood Forest, made up the forest of the Robin Hood legends.” We will alway try and rescue chickens where possible and give them a nice new home and although Ian now lives in Lancashire he originates for Sheffield, Yorkshire wonder if he had any connections to ............... Anyway time will tell. Best regards Ian & Valerie William & Harry Missy & Millie dogs girls Bluebell & Tinkerbell " The Bluebell Girls" 4 new girls ,small , , 4 ex battery hens 2 x 1 x in hut , and a coop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
