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ian henden wrote:
> "pammyT" <fenlandfowl @talktalk.net> wrote in message
> news:8AJke.1487$CF.42636@news-1.opaltelecom.net...
>> A farmer locally to me has placed a gas powered bird scarers in one
>> of the fields solely to annoy me. My next door neighbour whom the
>> farmer works for
>> part time told me when we were talking over the fence. It goes off
>> every 5 minutes from dawn to dusk and is causing me stress and my
>> animals too. Most
>> of the hen have stopped laying, and parrots come off thier nests.
>> My neighbours (5 lots) and I have complained to our council for noise
>> nuisance and they have done nothing.
>> Would I be able to take the farmer to court for some sort of assault?
>> The noise has been going on now for some 6 weeks continuously.
>
>
> Ummmm ... talk to him about it??
Tried that, he just grinned.
>
> Do your chickens smell?
I have no doubt they do as do most animals with noses. But there is no stink
coming from the field. Why do you ask?