How high can a chicken jump?

[Luvachicken]

Well, it's not actually the weather I'm fed up with - it is beautiful and hot and sunny - but the fact that my neighbours children come out to play when it's nice.

They are SOOOOOO noisy and loud.

Their balls keep coming in my garden breaking my plants.

Just now, they were bouncing their ball on and off my carport.

The other day I told them to stop hitting their ball against my fence, so they decided to laugh at my washing on the line and shout at it - no idea why

The poor bloke over the back from me was watching the tennis and every time he cheered they took the michael out of him.

They never say sorry for making their balls come over, they never come round to ask for them back, and they never say thank you when I do throw them back.

 

It is a bit more peaceful in my lounge, but then why should I have to sit indoors on such a beautiful day.

One is in yr 3 and the other in yr 6.

They don't have any respect at all.

 

Why don't some parents teach their children how to behave?

 

I'm all for having fun but sometimes....................

[chuckmum6]

That sounds pretty rotten, my suggestion would be to talk to the parents, they are responsible for the children's behaviour (although most likely the cause). If after trying you have no joy maybe a combined forces with the other neighbours?

[Luvachicken]

They are the kind of people that don't care.

Sometimes the dad does tell them to stop screaming, but they stop for a bit then carry on.

 

I know the guy over the back of them did have quite a shouting match with them last year, but nothing changes.

 

Oh how I could live in a field with sheep and cows as my neighbours instead

[freddie]

This is why we moved to nowhere, . Mind you, there are tractors and silage wagons flying about this pm, as it's 2nd cut silage. Not very peaceful here either, a different kind of noise.

[newcountrygirl]

Having had this problem in the past - Dont throw their balls back. Keep them and if they ask for them back refuse. If the parents come round tell them why. We solved it by moving to a small village in Lincolnshire - bliss. Loudest noise we hear are an occasional tractor, owls hooting and chickens bok bokking!

[merlina]

You have my sympathy

 

My village is usually lovely and quiet, but yesterday the new neighbours had Chic blaring out all afternoon (and I hate disco )!

 

Not pleased if this is the way it's going to be.

 

Not sure what you can do about your little terrors next door - I've spent a lot of my life living next door to horrible people, and know how grim it can make things

 

I never found a solution except escaping to a sleepy village

 

Perhaps all us hen and peace and quiet loving, reasonable, types should commandeer our own village somewhere!

[WitchHazel]

Don't throw the bqlls back unless they are covered in the chicken poo they "accidentally" landed in.

[Janepie33]

Don't throw the bqlls back unless they are covered in the chicken poo they "accidentally" landed in.

 

[Luvachicken]

Don't throw the bqlls back unless they are covered in the chicken poo they "accidentally" landed in.

 

Sadly all my girls are in the run so no chicken poo on the loose - but there is Daisy doodoo on the grass sometimes

 

It looks like my only solution is to move to the middle of nowhere or to the chicken village someone mentioned

As for the sound of tractors, owls, cows and anything countrysidey, I love them all - it reminds me of family hols on farms.

Now, if there was a cd of those kind of noises, I could play that all day long really loud.....

[KimmyCustard]

NEVER throw balls back, eventually they'll lose so many over into your garden, they may actually learn that they will never be seen again! If a parent knocks to ask, then deny all knowledge, its not like they will be able to search your house for them is it?! Its a shame, summer is for kids in paddling pools in the garden but its also for adults to enjoy their own patch of green and not have to listen to Chic at 120 decibels or have anything fired at your car port!

[The Dogmother]

Same problem here; I live in a Victorian terraced house, so the neighbours are close. until recently everyone had always been considerate of each other and the children played happily but without shouting - mine included. Next door to me there are two small boys who bellow at the top of their voices, yesterday I put my head over the fence and explained to them (quietly) that as they were standing less than 6 feet apart, there was absolutely no need to yell

 

And as for the 'madam' with a hoard of kids in the HA property behind us... well, she kicks them all out of the house while she is 'entertaining'. Understandably they get hacked off and start to create.

 

Am I selfish in wanting to be able to enjoy a little peace in my own garden? The only time it's quiet is when I get up at 5.20pm!

[The Dogmother]

Oh, and lost balls get ragged by the dogs... how unfortunate.....

[Charlottechicken]

So sorry, you have my sympathies. I am also in a Victorian terraced house, with a decent amount of garden and at present we are blessed with mainly quiet neighbours. However, as soon as the weather turns decent we still get others sitting outside with the radio in the house blaring through open doors! I did solve this with one neighbour by blaring out some heavy metal over their noise. I am sure others didn't appreciate it but when I turned my music off 10 minutes later they had gone in, and all was quiet. Thankfully, they have not done it since. I think some folk forget that gardens don't have walls and ceilings.

 

We also have a fair few barbecues around here, usually just when I have loaded up the washing line and have all the windows open!

 

If anyone can point me in the direction of the large chicken keepers village with the quiet, considerate neighbours, I'm in!!!

[Space Chick]

 

Am I selfish in wanting to be able to enjoy a little peace in my own garden? The only time it's quiet is when I get up at 5.20pm!

 

Blimey DM you've changed, you were always such an early bird

 

I'd quite like some of your neighbours, I'm partial,to a bit of Disco music

 

In all seriousness though, it can be a pain when people are outside due to the hot weather...... One ugly man down the road was walking around with his shirt off, I'm going to have nightmares for months on that one and my next door neighbours toddler grandson wanted to cool down one of my cats as it "looked hot" by putting it in the paddling pool Thankfully his Bampa realised in time and said that cats keep cool by lying in the garden slabs and it was ok

[Yorkshire Pudding]

We have neighbours across the back who love a barbecue... so due we, but ours involve nice food, eating together and talking at normal volumes. Theirs involve loud music until 2am, shouting and swearing while their small children scream and cry around them. They have also installed some fab colour changing LED security lighting which is on at all times and lights up the rooms in our house that face that way in a variety of coloured glows - actually very bright and they shine right into your eyes when you first go into those rooms

 

Our new next door neighbours have two littles with a serious case of sibling rivalry, at times I have gone indoors rather than listen to their screaming!

[chickencam]

This actually makes me glad to live on the junction of two busy roads We only have neighbours on one side and live in a quiet cul de sac of largely retired people. The guy next door has had a few lady friends over the years one of whom had annoying children, but she only stuck around for about 6 months most of which were in the winter.

 

I hope that you find a solution so that you can all enjoy the lovely weather.

[bluekarin]

I don't mind music being played when people are out in the garden. As long as it isn't too loud and not until the wee hours as previous neighbours were prone to do a few times of the year. I agree kids don't need to scream and holler, but they do need to be able to let off some steam, especially if it is so nice. My neighbours must have hated ours when they were little as they played with aforementioned party loving neighbours kids in the paddling pool and between our gardens. It wasn't always nice quiet play We do have BBQs but try to make sure closest neighbours washing is in before we do and we try and make it as smoke free as poss. We have new neighbours who have a two year old so we now have the noises from her and actually, after many years of having lovely elderly neighbours, it is a breath of fresh air I think you shouldn't throw the balls back, but wait until they come asking for them, and let them know what damage they are doing. Or, you could always say that you don't know where they are and let them wait for them to be returned. It is hard when people are living so close. I worry about making too much noise like mowing the garden or the dog barking at certain times of the day as I am sure my neighbour works nights as the curtains are closed quite often during daytime hours. I should ask him really.

[Cinnamon]

We are very VERY lucky in that our one neighbour is very rarely home, nor are her children.

But, we sure do notice it when they are

A couple of months ago we had balls & shuttlecocks over the (very high) fence often & rather than knocking & waiting,the little darling took to coming over into our garden uninvited to get them themselves. One of them scared one of my girls half to death - she was wandering around in her pyjamas & was confronted by a hulking teenage boy in our garden

 

A good strong lock on a door in the fence that connects our gardens has stopped that behaviour.

 

Some people do not respect boundaries at all - this is something that drives me mad. I would no sooner wander uninvited into someone's house or back garden than fly to the moon!

[Ain't Nobody Here]

I'm starting to appreciate the noise of the building site at the end of my garden . Constantly clanking, crashing, beeping machinery - bliss . Oh, and it starts at 7.30am 6 days a week .

 

I secretly don't mind though, as my chickens squawking must sound heavenly in comparison .

[CatieB]

We live in a rural property with no neighbours. Currently the only noise is the sheep in the field in front and the cows in the field beyond that. It's only the odd baaaahhh and mooooo so currently very very blissful.

 

I say this not to be smug but to say it is horses for courses; in the winter it's very bleak, the road (its public not ours) is in such a dire state it could probably win awards and generally costs us each a set of new tyres at least every other year. No neighbours in emergencies either, it was a flipping long jog when I locked myself out!!!

 

I hope that makes some feel better. My dear sister in law has only visited once, hated it and said how can you live there it's scary. LOL ...um just realised only one visit, must be a good thing.

 

Ps forgot to mention the mud, it's so bad in winter that its like krypton factor getting in and out of the car. I often go to work in my smart suit with mud up the back of my legs. I have to keep baby wipes in the car to clean my shoes every morning. A few short weeks of bliss comes at a price.

[Jennifer Jane]

We live in a rural property with no neighbours. Currently the only noise is the sheep in the field in front and the cows in the field beyond that. It's only the odd baaaahhh and mooooo so currently very very blissful.

 

I do envy you, despite the downsides. I don't mind the natural sounds, dogs barking, children playing, even music at a reasonable volume. I hate the s"Ooops, word censored!" iron man, who circles us endlessly at the weekend - that drives me mad

 

Then to beat that, as soon as the weather turned nice, our neighbour started to dig up his patio - it has been going on for two weekends now and some weekday evenings, with constant pounding and cement mixture whirring. We had friends round for a bbq, and normally I would be considerate if our neighbour had her washing out (she does, every day!!!) but this time I thought that fair's fair To think how I worry about our hens clucking disturbing the neighbours.

 

We thought that we would escape it with a night in a Hereford hotel on Saturday, but it turned out to be opposite a karaoke bar, and people were revelling loudly in the streets until 4.30am, then at 5am the street sweeper turned up - I think I managed about 2 hours sleep

[Luvachicken]

We live in a rural property with no neighbours. Currently the only noise is the sheep in the field in front and the cows in the field beyond that. It's only the odd baaaahhh and mooooo so currently very very blissful.

 

Can I move next door ?

[Alis girls]

I think I'd kick any balls under a thick bush and when they ask for their ball say "what ball?" My boys have kicked theirs over but only on occasion and the neighbours are nice and throw them back. One day we got a Chelsea ball in the garden - my 2 ssupport Man U and were not impressed and called "wrong garden!".

I love the idea of a poo covered ball. And DM sleeping in till 5pm - bliss. I love disco music too - have you tried singing along loudly and out of tune. I will loan out my OH he will clear a garden of revellers with his singing - our cats run for cover.

[The Dogmother]

 

Am I selfish in wanting to be able to enjoy a little peace in my own garden? The only time it's quiet is when I get up at 5.20pm!

 

Blimey DM you've changed, you were always such an early bird

 

that should have read 5.30AM!

[majuka]

I can sympathise, the young lad next door sometimes sends a ball over but he never comes round to ask for it back, just waits patiently till we spot it. He always thanks us for throwing it back over so we don't mind However, the boys that used to live a few doors down were constantly kicking their balls into our other neighbour's beautiful garden and climbing over the fence damaging his plants to get them back

 

What you need is a nice sharp bbq skewer to pierce the ball where your dogs canine teeth would hold the ball then keep sending deflated balls back - they will give up when all of their balls get trashed