Neighbor is complaining, might have to rehome :( Need advice.
About 10 months ago I bought a house on 5 acres and the owners left behind some guineas. We've come to really love them and trained them to come inside the barn at night (previous owners only fed them occasionally, didn't provide shelter). They stay on our property 90% of the time but occasionally wander into our only neighbors 200+ acres. She has started complaining to animal control about the birds being on her side of the fence (dumbasses jump over and can't figure out how to get back). This neighbor is fully acting in retaliation because her dogs came onto our property and killed three of the birds last fall. I made a complaint to animal control about her shepherds (she has 4+) showing up on our property and killing our flock. The charges of that attack were escalated by the town, and she has to pay fines and restitution.
Now I have to figure out a way to keep the guineas inside our property or rehome them. Their barn is surrounded by 6ft fencing but obviously they fly over that. Our property is also fully enclosed with a fence, but that doesn't do anything either. We set up shiny pinwheels to try and deter them but I don't even think they noticed them.
Do any of you keep your guineas fully enclosed? How is their quality of life? She's absolutely entitled to not want them on her property I'm just disappointed because she's clearly doing this in retaliation. She was friends with the previous owners of our home and the birds have gone over there for years, they even used to feed the birds over there for the previous owners. Is there something I can add to an existing 6ft tall fence to stop them from going over?
