chicken thieves about.BEWARE

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hi all,
just a friendly not to say that a friend of mine (who is a breeder in cambridgeshire) had over 200 birds stolen last night,including yokohamas,choc orps lf,araucanas,game fowl and many others.
these birds were all show quality,AND MICRO CHIPPED.
so if you are offered cheap poultry pls be ware that it may have been stolen.
many thanks to all,especially TIM who kindly said i may post this.
 
I have made this a 'sticky' for a while.

Sadly this does happen - so everyone please beware and keep your ears open.

Tim
 
Yesterday poultry stolen during day in West Sussex and later on West Sussex/Surrey border.Be alert. Ros
 
-----and another last night apparently nr. godalming. Be vigilant. Ros :twisted:
 
thats not that far from me really :( :( well about 40 mins away omgggggggg its scary and i know it has happened very close to me so i am carefull as i can be . people think i am totally mad as i dont worry about the foxes and that i worry about theives more then them :-)11
 
The two legged fox needs to be treated the same as the four legged one in my case everything is electrified with a mains powered cattle unit i know that if they want to get it they will but i hope that if im ever that unlucky it will be painful to them when they try and might just deter them for a while
 
We live in the Craigavon area in Northern Ireland and a few weeks ago someone stole about half of my neighbours stock. He is a breeder and had about 300 at the time.
 
so sorry to hear this, we no longer put poultry in the field as we have had so many stolen, saying that last year we had a bantie and 6 chicks stolen from the garden at the back of our pony stable, you wouldt have known they were there if you hadnt walked around there. they also took the hen from the pen next door and next night came back and let the cockeral from that pen out during the night and the b. fox got him. 2 christmasses running we have lost our ducks, we no longer keep them. Im afraid if we caught them they wouldnt walk out, they wouldnt be able to crawl. Its a hobby with us but it must be even more devastating if it is your livelehood. I must admit our local polis have been very good not much they could do but at least they put it in the local papers and we put a notice on the field gate saying CCTV was in operation, it isnt and it got taken down but as the saying goes 'every littkle helps'

Jenn
 
Taken from a friend of ours near Burton upon trent, Staffordshire last week a dozen Wellsummers. Apparently chickens are stolen and sold at poultry markets immediately on a regular basis. Leek, Penkridge, Derby and Melton Mobray are regular outlets so I am told. Be careful what you buy everyone, because if an owner traces them to the Market they were sold at they will be recovered and you will be out of pocket. Even worse to be 'in receipt of stolen goods' is a criminal offence.
 
Hi
We had two thefts of 16 and 18 week old ducks a few years back , spent 2 thousand pound on cctv and then we had a fox problem really did think about giving up but i feel as i am winning my battle eventually....a vet school nearby lost there lambs so have been active about clearing the fox problems in the area. I know it seems excessive about the cctv but my son thought that someone was outside all the time watching and couldn't sleep for the thought that he might get stolen...

Lavinia
 
Poor lad! Increasing problem that we will be leaving behind hopefully. Bet it will be years before I dare leave the coops unlocked at night though. There aren't any foxes there either as the French haven't banned hunting with hounds and the locals shoot them on site because they all have chickens.
 
Unless the law has changed in recent years Chris goods bought at a "market overt", if bought in good faith, cannot be recovered from the purchaser if stolen, nor would you be charged with handling or possesing stolen goods.

Thedefinition of a "market overt" is "an open, public and legally constituted market or fair". Not sure what the legal position is about car boot sales and also people should note that it must ba an open market i.e. not in a market hall. Someone selling stolen birds will have a good tale to back up thie ownership.
 
I stand corrected Margaid. Just quoting the criminal law solicitor friend who had the chickens stolen. He spent all week driving around different markets looking for them as well.
 
No I'm the one with egg on my face Chris (if you'll excuse the expression). I need to buy an up to date edtion of th OUP Dictionary of Law.

The Sale of Goods (Amendment) Act 1994 repealed the section on "market ouvert" so all stolen goods are just that - it was you saying your friend was a criminal law solicitor which meant I just googled "market ouvert" and found the 1994 Act.

Your warning is therefore very important - and not just for buying chickens.
 
Interesting... I didn't realise you could get into trouble like this!

I'm too set in my ways now to buy from a market... I breed everything or swap birds if I need a new bloodline. Every now and again I buy in some birds but that is going to a specific breeder and waiting until the right birds are available but I don't keep many different breeds ;-)

Well worth noting what you say though.
 
To be honest I would not buy from an auction or sale unless it was just general cheap laying stock to be kept permanently completely separate from our Pedigrees. Like Tim I will go to a specific trustworthy breeder. Having said that I did want the TNN trio at the National, but they were already sold. Turns out they were sold by the very reputable lady I bought our trio of hens from in Leeds. She regretted selling them for just £60 though and I regretted not getting to the show sooner!
 
Well as you can see from the avatar Tim, we're all sorted now but it would have saved weeks of hastle. Amazing how broody the little madams can be though. I was expecting it, but two out of three at the moment and always one of the three! Otherwise they lay really big eggs for such a small bird, bit like Leghorn bantams.
 
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