I live in a suburban area. Recently, the neighbor got a chicken as a pet. I did not pay much mind to the fact that he had the chicken because the worst experience started when this chicken became a daily visitor to my yard. It's every day, every single day. The chicken poops on my lawn, digs around in my garden, and even leaves droppings on my porch. I've really had to clean up after this one, though, and it gets pretty frustrating.

I approached my neighbors with this the first time by being really nice. So I am casually chatting with them one afternoon, pointing out that their chicken keeps wandering into my yard and asked if they could keep an eye on it. They brushed it off, saying, "Oh, chickens like to roam! It's just what they do." I tried to be patient because even then, the chicken kept wandering over and making a mess.

After another few weeks or so like this, I brought it up again, this time more firmly. I told them it's getting to be a real problem and that I don't want to have to put up with their chicken in my yard every day. Still, they weren't taking it too seriously, at least, and just sort of agreed that they'd "try" to keep it in their own yard. Nothing changed, of course. The chicken kept on coming.

The breaking point was when I went outside one morning and found that the chicken had destroyed part of my garden, digging around and ruining the plants I'd worked hard on. That's when I snapped. I went over to their house, clearly upset, and told them that this has to stop—that they need to keep their chicken out of my yard. They got very defensive and told me that it's just a chicken, and that I was being overreactive. They even told me I'm petty when they said, "It's not like it's doing any real damage."

Now, things are kind of awkward between us. They think that I make a mountain out of a molehill, but I do not think that one needs to see the whole process- specifically the cleanup afterward-when someone else's pet ruins their garden.

AITA for losing it on them and demanding they wrangle their chicken?