Someone Stole My Best Silkie Hen At a Show Today :(

[kees]

Any leads?

Suzy

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

Cages need to be unmovable an the shows should supply double keyed locks. One key for the owner an a master key for the judges. A laptop recording a web cam at every door would help a lot.

 

[Funky Feathers]

No, no leads, and I agree with rebelcowboysnb.

 

[Poulets De Cajun]

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How about just staying with your birds?

I stay with mine from the time I coop them in until the time I go home, and if its a multi day show, I check with the show coordinator to make sure there will be someone watching the birds and checking cages until the barn is locked at night, and even then I may only leave an hour before the barn closes.

At some point in time, you have to take responsibility or partial responsibility for your birds, and if you can't then they shouldn't be entered. There shouldn't be an opportunity for someone to steal your birds, because if there is then that means you aren't tending to your birds properly. One could get injured, sick, die and if you aren't there what difference does it make?

 

[chiknlady]

I would notify eggbid and ebay and put her picture up so no one can sell her...Also let the Silkie Club know so that whoever can't take credit for your bird.

I hope you find her,

 

[Poulets De Cajun]

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We've been notified...

 

[P@P@2four]

I have to say that I was at the DE show and it would have been really hard to simply take any of our birds. We were all over that place and I constantly was walking the floor. My wife and I were really nervous Saturday into Sunday because her white pullet took BB/BV, but we made sure to be up before the sun to drive the hour and a half just to get there early. I have to agree with PouletsDeCajun on this one.

I'm going to be at the Susquehanna show as well and like everyone else, i'll keep an eye out. However, we can't act like the KGB either. There is absolutely no way that anyone could prove beyond any reasonable doubt that any look-a-like bird is indeed the one that was taken. It's sad to say, but I think there isn't anything anyone can do unless the actual leg bands are on it. And I for one simply can't imagine going up to anyone at the show and requesting to look at the leg band.

I'm going to be there all day with my birds. If I have to leave, I have friends there that I know I can ask to watch them for me if possible. If they still get stolen, well ... I took the risk and left. Rest assured though if I were to ever catch anyone ... "No really officer ... my chicken did that to him. Specially trained bird. Guess I should have posted a 'Beware of Kung Fu Chicken" sign on the cage."

Can I ask what we're going to do if we DO spot someone showing a similar or selling a similar bird? because if you are going to DO something, then I'd recommend being 100 thousand % sure that it's the RIGHT bird...otherwise you're leaving yourself open to litigation for ruining someone's reputation and potential livelihood.

Like I said ... I'll keep an eye out .. but most of the time they'll be watching my birds.

 

[Black Feather]

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How about just staying with your birds?

I stay with mine from the time I coop them in until the time I go home, and if its a multi day show, I check with the show coordinator to make sure there will be someone watching the birds and checking cages until the barn is locked at night, and even then I may only leave an hour before the barn closes.

At some point in time, you have to take responsibility or partial responsibility for your birds, and if you can't then they shouldn't be entered. There shouldn't be an opportunity for someone to steal your birds, because if there is then that means you aren't tending to your birds properly. One could get injured, sick, die and if you aren't there what difference does it make?

I kind of have to agree with PouletsDeCajun. We know what the show conditions are like and we make the choice to go to the shows. Our birds are our own responsibility to a reasonable degree. If we make it impossible to put a show on because we demand high tech security then we may loose showing all together. How many poultry clubs do you know of that can afford that sort of stuff? Not mine that's for sure. We can't rely on other people all the time to solve our problems....we have to take on some responsibility ourselves. If someone is in charge of looking after a barn and a bird is taken and you sue the person in charge of the barn, what are the chances that someone will want to ever watch the barn again? Bad things happen and it stinks, and trust me loosing a bird is terrible! I think about this sort of stuff when I go to shows, and I very often leave my best birds at home, or the ones I do not want to loose. Not because of theft so much as because I don't want to stress my best breeders.

I've learned through experience that as soon as you rely on someone else to do stuff for you, you will be disappointed.

UC

 

[patandchickens]

P@P@2four :

There is absolutely no way that anyone could prove beyond any reasonable doubt that any look-a-like bird is indeed the one that was taken.

That's why I suggested it might be useful for those showing expensive birds to develop a reliable ID system -- tattooing, the chicken version of fingerprinting (leg scales?), or whatever -- but the idea has been roundly pooh-poohed on this thread as somehow pointless <shrug>

Pat​

 

[Black Feather]

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That's why I suggested it might be useful for those showing expensive birds to develop a reliable ID system -- tattooing, the chicken version of fingerprinting (leg scales?), or whatever -- but the idea has been roundly pooh-poohed on this thread as somehow pointless <shrug>

Pat

Hey Pat,

It's not pointless at all, but most birds that are stolen are never seen again. If you're lucky enough to find the bird then it would prove ownership. Unfortunately of all the birds that have been stolen I don't think very many have ever been recovered.

UC