chickens in Town
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Topic: chickens in Town
Posted By: Mucky_Tiger
Subject: chickens in Town
Date Posted: 05 July 2010 at 1:46pm
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our neighbours have about 5 chickens an OMG they are loud.
one neighbour reckons they might have a rooster but we havent heard it crowing. just the incessive stupid chicken noise 
they have a proper house thing and a fenced off run with a roof. all i can find on the local city council website is this http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/services/environmental-health/animals-pests - and it only mentions roosters me and the other neighbour hate the bloody things they make noise all the time. and my dislike isnt helped by an atack when i was 3 where a rooster ripped a whole in my back through 4 layers of clothing...so i dont like chickens much 
any ideas as to what to do? im thinking either A) ring the council and ask for them to be removed or B) leave the door open so one of the 15 cats in the neighbourhood can have a good game of chase   
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 05 July 2010 at 1:52pm
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They have to be a certain distance from the neighbours to have them (well Palmy says that). I would ring the council and get them to sort it out for you. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: stefany3
Date Posted: 05 July 2010 at 1:53pm
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I would ring the council. Even if they can't do anything, at least there will be a complaint listed against them for future reference.
I also like option B! ------------- 
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Posted By: Mucky_Tiger
Date Posted: 05 July 2010 at 2:16pm
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im pretty sure its about 20metres from its nearest house. according to the aerial map section on the coucil website
i drew an arrow pointing to where it is... 
but in saying that we are are only 100m away from them and its loud here so the neighbour whose house is like 20m from them must hear them very loudly |
Posted By: clover
Date Posted: 05 July 2010 at 2:25pm
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And chickens smell!!
Ring the council. GL ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: _SMS_
Date Posted: 05 July 2010 at 2:31pm
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There is a limit of how many chickens you can have on your property in a residential area. 5 isnt that many, im sure its over 10 you are allowed.
i would complain about the noise, and perhaps get the council to check if the people are allowed them there but thats really all you can do -------------  
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Posted By: Mucky_Tiger
Date Posted: 05 July 2010 at 2:42pm
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the limit is 6 here in town. if they have a coop ever a certain size they care, but its smaller than that.
and for them to be loud they have to exceed noise control levels and only then will they remove the chickens 
so until they stink, get extra loud, or get vermin we cant do jack about them |
Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 05 July 2010 at 3:15pm
I would ring and talk to the council ... although I just dont like the option of having cats eat them.   ------------- Mummy to Issy (3) and Elias (18 months) I did it .. 41 kgs gone! From flab to fab in under a year  http://www.femininefitness.co.nz/category/blog - LFs weight blog
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 05 July 2010 at 3:31pm
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Yeah I agree with LF, I dont like the idea of letting cats eat them as its not the chickens fault, but definitely ring the council and see what they can do/suggest.
GL!  ------------- |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 05 July 2010 at 3:35pm
| Not helpful but when our pet farm cat took on our chooks it came out worse off than the chook |
Posted By: tictacjunkie
Date Posted: 05 July 2010 at 4:23pm
| My cat is terrified of chooks. My dog is not, =(. We have chickens not far from us- maybe 50m, & I only know that because the neighbour gave us eggs & invited the kids to go look at them, they certainly don't make much noise. Maybe it's the way they're housed or the breed? We're planning on getting chickens (after our old arthritic chook-killing dog goes for a very long sleep), so I'd be interested to see what sort they are- I definitely don't want to annoy anyone! |
Posted By: kiwi2
Date Posted: 05 July 2010 at 8:11pm
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Call the council. I am not sure if there is anything you can do but let the council sort it otherwise you might end up on that neighbours at war show. Definately don't do the cat thing that is just not right.
Mind you I like chickens and the noise brings warm fuzzies for me so not the best person to give advice.  But if it not your thing I can understand the nuisance.
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Posted By: Mum_mum
Date Posted: 07 July 2010 at 10:39am
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We have chickens in a residential area - the only time we have had a complaint was when we had a rooster which we got rid of.
Our chooks are only really noisy when they haven't been fed in the mornings - maybe they aren't feeding them through the day and only in the afternoon or something...? ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
 Angel baby - May 2008
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