cluckingmad Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Just seen this on preloved, thought it was wise to circulate: http://www.preloved.co.uk/fuseaction-adverts.showadvert/index-1032115415/b9a4387d.html 04/10/09 evening i had two of my very beautiful pekin hens stolen from bishops waltham in hampshire , the police have been informed , if you get offered a pekin hen black or a black pekin with bown feathers running through her neck , both are approx 3 years old , i have had them from chicks and i am not very impressed . if you get offered these please call or email me Also 8 pekin bantams and 1 leghorn was stolen 04\10\09 evening stolen in swanmore . the police have been informed , if you are offered any again , please call or email there has also chickens stolen in alresford , this is a warning to all lots of chickens are being stolen at the moment so please ensure all your chickens are shut away (paddlocked ) in at nite There seems to be a spate of these thefts going on around the country currently as more and mroe people return to keeping chickens in their back yards - if anyone sees anything suspicious or sees someone doing this the police would like to know. Take care all, and love to all of your lovely girls (and boys) out there xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Why can't people just leave stuff alone which isn't theirs Sorry, thanks for letting us know about these thefts cluckingmad Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 That's worrying. I must admit to padlocking the WIR each night and during the day but the eglus have no protection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eggquisite Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Very worrying! Why are some people so Really hope this is not a growing trend!!!!! Let's hope these chooks are returned safely back their owners! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoopsie Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Right that's it i'm definately buying a padlock for the run. Not sure how to make the Eglu safer though. This is terrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluckingmad Posted October 12, 2009 Author Share Posted October 12, 2009 Awful isn't it? Seems that as more people are keeping chooks they're becoming an easy target to theives... our WIR has a key lock on the main door and a pair of bolts on the other, the cube is inside it at all times but even so... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 I could put a lock on the WIR but all the cubes are outside, so are the eglus...will have to enquire as my Oracle (DH )'s thoughts on this one...................maybe he'll extend the big WIR & incorporate the & and a second WIR for the & ...which I seem to recall was my first request anyway, though I hadn't envisaged a being in there, and somewhere along the line somewhere secure for which will eventually have guinea pigs in...........do snivveling thieves take GPs too Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Alresford isn't far away. Very worrying as our back garden is not secure as there is a road the other side of the fence - although they would have to fight their way through a load of vegetation. I really don't know what to say, well yes I do, but I would be censored. I am so sorry about your birds. I expect they've been done to order or will appear at an auction or somesuch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CluckyBucks Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 I bought two brass padlocks from poundland and i have a fake security camera. Besides that, what can we really do? its ridiculous. xx xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
