Thankyou for your comments guys (and gals!!), the latest is he said that as long as we keep to guidelines (that i had already agreed with with the council), that the feathers didn't blow into his garden and the smell is kept down, which i comply with then everyone will be happy,today i found out that he has contacted the council and is going to sue them over this and they are going to the papers........a week ago i saw them with friends in the back garden of which more than one was smoking which is the number one cause of emphasima....the mind boggles.....still i'm biting my lip and carrying on, the girls are settling in well and we are getting 2 to 3 eggs a day which we are happy with.