2 legged theif at FAIR!!

[LeBlackbird]

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Fair rule #1- Carry a dozen rotten eggs incase of BRATS!
Fair rule#2- Carry a bat incase of bratty parents!

Lol, yeah

 

[Ibicella]

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OMG, what happened after that?! I hope his mother made the brat apologize to you at the very least.

 

[LeBlackbird]

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OMG, what happened after that?! I hope his mother made the brat apologize to you at the very least.

Oh yeah, my mom is not a nice lady. She started yelling at kid/mom

But I had to go home to change

 

[Laney]

I can't imagine in this day and age that it's OK for folks at the fair to collect eggs out of cages? With people having to have their birds certified disease free etc. The only person who should be touching my birds at a show other than me is the Judge, and I'd better see him use some hand sanitizer after he's touched the bird before mine.

To think of some volunteer just going from cage to cage grabbing eggs makes me cringe. I've never shown a chicken, but I show goats and every time someone asks to pet one of my pygmies I want to cry. "No, you can't. Imagine if I set you in a cage and let 2000 people pet your nose, or rub your ears, it would make you a bit irritable wouldn't it?", then I also have to ask them if they had pet another animal, usually yes, and had they washed their hands after? Probably not despite all the hand washing stations. Tell them about how disease is passed from one animal to another etc. By that point they totally understand why they can't pet the animal. I make exceptions for really small toddlers, provided Mom lets me put some Hand sanitizer on them, and there aren't any others around.

But the idea of some stranger sticking his hands into my cage and stealing my eggs, AND possibly contaminating my birds? That would really make me mad!

Laney

 

[Frogdogtimestwo]

Is it against the rules to lock the cages when the birds are not being shown?? I have been thinking about this a lot lately after someone stated there animal was stolen last year and we will be going for the first time this year. It may vary from fair to fair I suppose.

 

[Msbear]

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Someone has to feed and water your bird... those darned volunteers

So, no. You cannot lock them in unless maybe you come in 4 times a day to check on them.

Maybe you could lock them up overnight? or give the volunteer the key. It is sad that someone would steal a chicken but Im sure these kinds of things have been happening since the beginning of time. It's a risk and the best we can do is be vigilant, aware, and help watch out for everyone's birds. If someone is teasing a bird, I break bad in 2.2 no matter who's bird it is. Most of the time, when birds are stolen, it is after coop out and no one is around... but a few birds waiting to be picked up. During coop out and directly afterwards, things are hectic. Make it a point to be at your cage when this happens. Birds are not allowed to leave prior to this so anyone stealing a bird during a show will raise a lot of attention.

 

[MissJenny]

I am certain the person who would feed and water my birds is me.

I grew up showing animals at the same fair where the op had the duck eggs stolen -- nobody is supposed to go in the cages except the owner. The Judge does not go in the cage. Volunteers do not go in the cage. I've never heard of volunteers feeding or watering other people's animals. I'm with a lot of the others -- "Hands Off."

Oh, this reminds me of getting a very bad scratch from a chicken at that fair when I was 10.

I still have the scar -

- served me right for reaching into somebody else's chicken cage.

Hopefully toejam's eggs will be safe this year.

Jenny

 

[gsim]

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We raised 4 kids and NO WAY would any of them ever do something like that. They all knew the consequences of violating an order or bratty behavior because they learned it before they were even 2 years old, just as I did and as my mom and dad did too. That said, the two that now have kids of their own will NOT discipline them, and believe me, it shows. If I had one that did that, he or she would have hell to pay when we got home, and I would have been mortified and embarrassed to death . I do not think most young parents today are even aware that they should be embarrassed by their kid's bratty behavior.

Not bragging on my grand kids,

Gerry

 

[toejam]

I doubt it was going to the food pantry. I saw the guy when they showed me who they think it was and he didnt look like that type of person.

 

[GrannySue]

Last year I was doing a volunteer shift in the poultry area at our Fall Fair. (The position in all departments is called "hand slapper", LOL) We're supposed to remind kids not to touch stuff.
Kids? I found it was the adults who were the culprits! I was at the egg display and I couldn't believe the number of adults who tried to take the eggs out of the cartons. Probably just to examine the eggs, but still ...