Neighbours no fence

[Nara]

Hi,

We are a sheep/cattle farmers. Our neighbour is The same. On one of his boundary’s with ours he has no fence and his cattle push down the bank and through our fence into our field. Asked him to put up a fence but just ignores us and if we billed him for the damage he would again ignore it.

Any ideas?? Trying to stay away from the legal route.

 

[spin cycle]

take his cattle and sell them?....you did say you wanted 'to stay away from the legal route'

sorry

 

[spin cycle]

ooh....how about rounding his strays up back to your yard then reporting them via eartag...then they'll ring him to go get them?

 

[carpenter1]

I have the same problem, they will not fence their boundary to me.
The other day I had 42 Angus bullocks on my yard. Called him to get them. Some days I think I will leave my yard gate open to the road then they can wander off.

 

[devonbrion1998]

Yeh as spin cycle says, or just a few of them, so he don't come screaming at you
there be on to him without him expecting it.

 

[devonbrion1998]

Chap down the road had the same problem, he clipped every single ear tag out of them, then drove them all back.

 

[Still Farming]

Same here.
Not cut their side hedges for 10yrs plus ither?

 

[spin cycle]

Yeh as spin cycle says, or just a few of them, so he don't come screaming at you
there be on to him without him expecting it.

don't they just phone you up like with sheep?

 

[carpenter1]

Same here.
Not cut their side hedges for 10yrs plus ither?

Yep, there are hawthorns 15ft past their old fence line, that's flat in the grass.

 

[Limcrazy]

Some neighbour! Everybody has one

 

[Kidds]

Can't you just shoot them.




and keep the cattle.

 

[neilo]

I have the same problem, they will not fence their boundary to me.
The other day I had 42 Angus bullocks on my yard. Called him to get them. Some days I think I will leave my yard gate open to the road then they can wander off.

We had a neighbour like that, years ago, but with sheep. They were forever pushing through the hedge, and they’d eventually run them back and tie the fence up with a bit more string. The field they got into was by the road and went into a cereal break for a couple of years. I confess that the gate was taken away and replaced with a double strand of barbed wire one winter, and they decided it was time to sort their fence out then, purely by coincidence.

I dread to think what would have happened if his sheep had caused an accident on the road, but sometimes.......?

 

[Tarw Coch]

Chap down the road had the same problem, he clipped every single ear tag out of them, then drove them all back.

As Dick Emery would have said, ooooh that’s naughty but I like it.?

Better do a good job of destroying the evidence though as I’m sure it would be illegal.?

 

[Agri Spec Solicitor]

The joys of living in the countryside! Sadly we all have different standards. When people cannot agree it is time to look at the paperwork.
I think you do need to consider legal advice to see what can be done. Maybe the fencing obligation is on you!

 

[Tarw Coch]

The joys of living in the countryside! Sadly we all have different standards. When people cannot agree it is time to look at the paperwork.
I think you do need to consider legal advice to see what can be done. Maybe the fencing obligation is on you!

I’m quite surprised at that last line from someone with that username, would you care to explain

 

[carpenter1]

The joys of living in the countryside! Sadly we all have different standards. When people cannot agree it is time to look at the paperwork.
I think you do need to consider legal advice to see what can be done. Maybe the fencing obligation is on you!

Can you explain further.
I have to fence to keep others stock in?

 

[puppet]

I think he means how are they pushing through your fence?

 

[Still Farming]

Boundaries, ditches, who own's what and what side is yours or not?
Clarifications maybe?

 

[Grassman]

Can you explain further.
I have to fence to keep others stock in?

Usually you fence in your own livestock.
However there are circumstances where you are liable for a fence even if you don't need it.

 

[neilo]

Can you explain further.
I have to fence to keep others stock in?

Sometimes, yes. A lot of the external fences on this place are marked as 'mine' on the tenancy map. I have one neighbour that insists that I'm responsible for trimming his side of the hedge (I just pay his contractor for a couple of hours trimming to keep the peace) and another that doesn't see why he should fence his tack sheep in (I've refenced my side to keep his rats out, again, it's the easier option). Some people are just tw*ts and not worth the raised blood pressure.

Doesn't sound like that's a simple option for the OP though, as the fence would have to be sorted on the neighbour's side to stop them coming down the bank.