Hey all,
Me and my family have been living in our home in North Carolina for about 30, I have been living here for all of my 22 years of life. A few years ago, a "neighbor" down the road sold land behind our house to someone to build chicken houses. Well a year after clearing the land and building, everything was done and operating. Well, then the smell started. It is a really rank smell but back then, when it was under a different owner, you would usually only smell it in the afternoons and it wasn't TOO bad (although still very annoying). Well, a few years passed and nothing was said or done and we (and all the other neighbors around here) dealt with it. Recently from my understanding, the owner sold the chicken houses, to someone else who is operating them. This was probably late last year sometime. Now, this summer rolls around, and the smell is totally unbearable. We have been smelling them about ALL day/night everyday for the past few weeks to a month or more and it is the worst during mid-day and afternoon. I understand that they have to keep those stupid chickens cool, but this smell is really unbearable. You can't even walk out the door or open the windows at night without the smell infiltrating the house. You can't be outside and inhale deeply. I'm embarrassed to bring anyone over to the house anymore because of it, and I personally, am about sick (almost literally) of it.
My question is, is there ANYTHING that can be done to at LEAST get these guys to only leave their fans on that is pointing toward the thick woods where there is no one living or can anything else be said/done? EPA? Anything?
Me and my family have been living in our home in North Carolina for about 30, I have been living here for all of my 22 years of life. A few years ago, a "neighbor" down the road sold land behind our house to someone to build chicken houses. Well a year after clearing the land and building, everything was done and operating. Well, then the smell started. It is a really rank smell but back then, when it was under a different owner, you would usually only smell it in the afternoons and it wasn't TOO bad (although still very annoying). Well, a few years passed and nothing was said or done and we (and all the other neighbors around here) dealt with it. Recently from my understanding, the owner sold the chicken houses, to someone else who is operating them. This was probably late last year sometime. Now, this summer rolls around, and the smell is totally unbearable. We have been smelling them about ALL day/night everyday for the past few weeks to a month or more and it is the worst during mid-day and afternoon. I understand that they have to keep those stupid chickens cool, but this smell is really unbearable. You can't even walk out the door or open the windows at night without the smell infiltrating the house. You can't be outside and inhale deeply. I'm embarrassed to bring anyone over to the house anymore because of it, and I personally, am about sick (almost literally) of it.
My question is, is there ANYTHING that can be done to at LEAST get these guys to only leave their fans on that is pointing toward the thick woods where there is no one living or can anything else be said/done? EPA? Anything?