chicken thieves

A chicken breeder has very recently had several of her birds stolen!!
SHe is in the Essex area and would be really glad for people to pass on any information, to her about dodgy people advertising POL chickens .

You can see what birds she has had  stolen if you go to her website Hens4homes.

She would like people to remember to only buy their chickens from reputable breeders.

Apparently there are a lot of chicken thefts going on at the moment. The thieves are targeting ex bats as well.

We buy our chooks from her and really feel for this lovely lady. She is so enthusiastic about her birds and gives such helpful advice to newbies.

Lock up your hens ladies and gentlemen, there are apparently unscrupulous people out there looking to make a fast buck by nabbing our hens!

I think someone mentioned this the other day MrsB.  Are you Essex way?  Good idea to put your rough location in your profile, so if you ask any region related questions, it give people an idea of where you are in world!   

Colchester auction might be a good place to look.  Unless they decide to take them further afield, in which case it could be Melton Mowbray!

Thanks for advice about profile. Have put in location. Takes me a wee while to get my head around using internet sites. Have only read some of the information on this site until recently. Haven't seen anything from anyone else about the chicken thefts. But then I am only just finding my way around.
only recently got round to joining this site out of desperation for advice on what might be eating some of the veg in our utlity room. Have since realised what an amazing source of information and support this site is.

Still haven't caught whatever it was stealing my veg but at least it has stopped for the moment!
Obviously too blinking cold.