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

[Feathered Wings]

I'm so sorry this happened i hope you get her back

I went to my first show back in february and i really enjoyed myself.
But after the Judgeing was over and the awards given out it was a mad house with folks getting chickens.
There were several kids going around removeing chickens in different cages and as far as i knew they were theirs
It never crossed my mind they were stealing them and they weren't but i could see how easy it would be to take one.

My Friend shows old english bantams and he had his stolen out of his own yard. They were taken right out of the coops they even stole a hen sitting on bitty's.
He now has to pad lock all his coops and cage's

 

[monarc23]

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Well, being tattooed won't keep anything from getting stolen per se unless there is check in/ check out... BUT, it would make it impossible to show the bird subsequently, and enable a person to definitely establish the bird as theirs if it should turn up later.

As opposed to just one chicken among chickens "oh it's not the one you're looking for, it just happens to look similar", you know?

Pat

in rabbits no one knows which ear numbers are from which rabbits unless the original owner had judges looking for that specific number. Atleast in rabbits. I dont know how it would work in chickens...bu tin rabbits that ear number means nothing to the judges other than to read it out to the secritaries as they write down the good and bad points of each rabbit. It's very easy to turn "B's Into "8"s and Rs into "B" and so on and so forth.


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[tiki244]

I dont think you can tatoo chickens anyway. I dont think their systems would be able to take the pain.

 

[monarc23]

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I think it would tear thier skin too easily it even makes rabbits leather bleed at times.

 

[LilPeeps]

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I think it would tear thier skin too easily it even makes rabbits leather bleed at times.

They can be tattooed.

 

[Poulets De Cajun]

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Be kinda pointless on a Silkie though...

 

[LilPeeps]

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This is true, but then what if someone wants to sell this bird? Then you would have to set up some kind of database where people would NEED to record each and every purchase and sale of any birds (otherwiseall these non registered birds could be considered stolen)

No, all you would have to do is include the ID # on the bill of sale. Then if the seller goes nuts and decides to claim the buyer 'stole' the bird, the buyer has proof they didnt.

The idea would not be to prove current ownership (that *would* require a national database). It would just be a way to firmly distinguish one bird from the next so that IF a bird were stolen, there would be a way to unquestionably identify it later on.

Similar things exist with many other kinds of livestock -- accepted ways to reasonably well establish that a particular animal IS that particular animal -- and have worked reasonably well, I don't see why something similar couldn't exist for show poultry.

Silkies having black skin is a very good point re: tattooing, of course <doh!>

I still wonder about other identifying marks, like how unique leg and foot scale patterns might be.

Pat

That is a good point, but then all birds would have to be tattooed.

 

[Settler'sDreamFarm]

 

[sewchick]

What a disgusting piece of scum. What kind of a person steals someones prize chicken. That is really sad.

If I had one I would give it to you. I only have mutt chicks. If you want a couple your welcome to them. That one in your picture is so beautiful. I know it is special. It must be a lot of work to get your chicken in a show and to win first prize.....

 

[LilPeeps]

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Be kinda pointless on a Silkie though...

Agreed!