The end of an era...

[chickygirl2]

Fridge eggs !
That's an idea! I put some eggs that had been in the fridge for a week or more into the bator this past summer and they hatched out just fine. Just an idea......

 

[magsrags]

That must be devastating for you all. My sincere condolences.

 

[magsrags]

Another thought on this is to have BIG dogs protecting a flock like yours. Who would think someone would actually steal all your chickens???? That just ain't right!!!!!

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

I am so sorry this has happened to you. I would be purely depressed if someone stole my chickens - it is bad enough when critters take them, but when Humans steal them, that is a whole other breed of lowdown dirty dog.

Three of my coops are down in the donkey pasture - close enough to the house that I'd hear the donkeys going off and the guineas perch in a tree above the coop - so I have double protection there. The guineas will go off at the sight of a moth that happens to flutter to close to them, they'd for sure go off on something big enough to cut a lock and take chickens.

The fourth coop is within full sight of the house, so I doubt anyone would try to get in when I was home - and I am usually home. Still, it is worrisome that folks would do something like that, and I know people are getting more desperate for food and money.

Just last week I had someone poaching deer on my land. I am not anti-hunting - I am anti - shooting guns off around my family and animals and my home. My step dad had been down in those woods just earlier in the day - thankfully they didn't shoot him.

Like you said, I don't know what else can be done to protect your property, short of hiring someone to stand guard 24/7 and that is simply not practical.

makes me wonder what the world is coming to - and where it will be in another year or two.

meri

 

[NurseNettie]

Aw crap, that stinks. I'm so sorry.

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

Wow, that's terrible! I keep hearing about this stuff and it makes me want to take an old computer ($200), a $30 webcam, and have the thing take pics every minute around my house (motion lights at night would help with the pics).

Really sorry for your loss. I hope they catch the thieves!

 

[the1much]

harbor freight has a motion and heat detector for 16.99 ,, they chime on the receiver end ( in ya house) if anything moves,, and the receiver can be 400 feet away from the detector,,, they also have B&W cameras, that have built in night vision, that ya can hook right into ya vcr for 29 bucks.


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[chickens4jojo]

I am so sorry to hear of the loss of your heritage flock. That is irreplaceable for you, I know. Some people. They are not like natural predators that run on instinct, but those thieves choose to do evil and harm on purpose.

The surveillance camera suggestion sounds like a good idea for all of us, I think.

 

[chiknwhisperer]

Wow I'm sorry about your teribble lose. I hope someone knows or saw something that happened that night. I live in a small community outside of Lowell, IN. I don't think anyone would come in the backyard and do anything to my birds but now I'm wondering. I don't know what I would do if someone came on my little bit of property and did that to me and my family. I'm truly sorry for such a huge lose for you.

 

[Betsy]

Oh, my that is horrible!

My deepest sympathies! I hope that somehow the people who did it get caught...