What happened in the olden days when someone got caught stealing hens?

[Chicabee19]

Was it like a horse thief? Hanging?

 

[SterlingAcres]

Didn't thieves in the middle east loose arms or hands?

 

[debilorrah]

I thought that was China that cut off your hand....

 

[Chicabee19]

I was really thinking mostly about the Deep South.

 

[kstaven]

Most places it seems people got a sound thrashing. It seemed to be effective.

 

[ams3651]

they got a butt full of lead shot

 

[lauralou]

Tarred and feathered?

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

That would be appropriate for chicken thievery. Maybe pooped and feathered...

 

[miss_jayne]

they took ya behind the woodshed and 'convinced' you that you shouldn't do that anymore.

 

[Quail_Antwerp]

Don't know about chicken rustlers, but cattle rustlers were shot.......