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Braintree: Vet warns of hen snatcher

2:00pm Friday 10th February 2012 in Braintree

Braintree: Vet warns of hen snatcher Braintree: Vet warns of hen snatcher

More than 45 hens have been stolen from a smallholding.

It is the third time Hens for Homes in Stebbing has been targeted since 2010, despite vet Kirsty Watts stepping up security.

Miss Watts, 36, said: “The police are at a loss what to do.

“It is very difficult to distinguish one hen from another to prove ownership and there is a ready market for backyard hens since Jamie Oliver (and others) started encouraging people to keep chickens.”

She said eggs sales for the year would be hit by the theft, and she has also lost about £1,000 on the chickens were due to be sold.

Comments(4)

The Yellow Peril says...
2:25pm Fri 10 Feb 12

Suggest they try Sunnyfields Road, High Garrett

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Council Man says...
9:28pm Fri 10 Feb 12

I have some pretty smart covert CCTV equipment which may help to resolve this issue. Contact me on fixitman@btinternet.
com

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Rayning says...
12:38pm Sat 11 Feb 12

Sorry to hear this.
Our hens came from Kirsty originally, and we've also boarded them with her before now.

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Bit_Bytr says...
2:03pm Thu 16 Feb 12

Not to be too blunt about this but I just bought three hens for a tenner (two Orpingtons and a Plymouth Ribbed, incase you're interested!) And I certainly wouldn't be interested in spending fifty quid or more for a CCTV system! Crikey - you can pick up a PC webcam for a couple quid and hook that up with some easy to get motion sensor software and Robert's yer farther's bruvva: done and dusted. But... Will that STOP the thefts or simply record them? LOL Maybe simply put up a few official looking signs implying you've got an active CCTV security system and it'll deter the buggers!

Still - the question I ask myself is who would steal someone's chickens, for heaven's sakes? Are things really that bad?

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