I live on a corner. The side street is a barely travelled residential street. Along that side of my property, which is up about 10' higher than the street, is where I spread my horse manure. I have a section about 6' wide and a strip about 75' long. In between the street and the manure pile are bushes, which hide the manure pile from the street. It is not a fly problem because I spread out the manure every day when I add to the pile, it dries and decomposes. A couple times a year I dig all the decomposed manure out and use it in my flower beds and rain forest.
The H'mong family across the street has 3 hens and a rooster. About 3 weeks ago the chickens discovered my manure pile. They scratch around in the pile, making big holes in it and spreading the manure out towards the street. Its a pretty big job for me to go out there every morning and rake and shovel it all back up the hill and off the side of the street.
I've told the chickens' owner twice very nicely, that the chickens are making a lot of extra work for me and what they are doing. The second time I went over there the guy closed the door in my face.
I won't shoot them, so don't offer that advice to me. I have tried my grandson's air soft gun, but I'm not a very good shot. And besides that, as soon as I'm out of sight, the birds are right back here again.
What can I do? I'm not against trapping them. Do they make traps to ensnare chickens?
The H'mong family across the street has 3 hens and a rooster. About 3 weeks ago the chickens discovered my manure pile. They scratch around in the pile, making big holes in it and spreading the manure out towards the street. Its a pretty big job for me to go out there every morning and rake and shovel it all back up the hill and off the side of the street.
I've told the chickens' owner twice very nicely, that the chickens are making a lot of extra work for me and what they are doing. The second time I went over there the guy closed the door in my face.
I won't shoot them, so don't offer that advice to me. I have tried my grandson's air soft gun, but I'm not a very good shot. And besides that, as soon as I'm out of sight, the birds are right back here again.
What can I do? I'm not against trapping them. Do they make traps to ensnare chickens?