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Chicken Farm
Can anyone help? I have been plagued by flies from the neighbours chicken farm at the back of my house. Enviromental health have been out, and admitted that the flies are 'chicken flies' and have come from the farm, but say that the farmer is taking all the necessary requirements to prevent flies. There are 5 or 6 sheds each capable of housing 1000 chickens in each and the nearest is about 250ft from my back door. Is the farmer legally allowed to house chickens that close to houses? The problem is obviously a health issue,is there any action i can take along those grounds? Enviromental health have so far been next to useless!!
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.wonder who was their first, the farmer, or the houses. It might be that the houses were built long after, and perhaps he might have a prior claim, saying that people would have known there was a farm there, so why settle in the surrounding areas.
Have you lobbied your MP for one, or spoken with the farmer. I do know from past experience of going past any number of chicken farms, they are odorous to a point of nausea and couldn't wait to get away from the stench.
Have you lobbied your MP for one, or spoken with the farmer. I do know from past experience of going past any number of chicken farms, they are odorous to a point of nausea and couldn't wait to get away from the stench.
in our village we have had a chicken farm here for decades and decades, my son works there and is always moving the hens about, the free range hens in the sheds can go outside if the want but as they move in flocks they tend to go all at once, then the farm hands have to clear the yards and it gets piled up and is sold.
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