Crime in your area?

[moxies_chickennuggets]

Nice and quiet here. We have good neighbors though, seems like. We all look out for the others. Lots of traffic out during the day. Apparently, a chicken processing plant up the road, somewhere....so, lots of strangers and immigrants travel this road 2x a day. I plan on locking my business door, and putting in a door chime......no need to temp anyone that I am sitting there, with a business. I also plan on NOT having a cash register sitting on top of the counter. Yes, it will be a business.....but not expecting a huge walk in customer base for alteraltions...out here in BFE.

 

[CheerioLounge]

Speaking of crime has anyone besides me been warned by their computers of cyber-attack on this site? My security software screemed at me last night while I was on site and again just now ~10:40 AM EST ~gd

Yikes! I have not seen anything. Did you notify a mod?

 

[Wannabefree]

I have had a four legged prowler in my trash out by the road for pickup, and there has been a prison break...4 cows walking down the road..like they wouldn't get caught out in plain view Then there is the dogfighting in the front yard because people don't keep their animals up. We did find a headless body down the street...I wonder how big those antlers were for someone to do that. If I could find the person that did THAT, there might be another crime commited Don't people know families are hungry and broke!? So, not really much around here I am thankful for the quiet simplicity of living in the sticks, though that doesn't always prevent drama, we have somehow missed the crapola ourselves. Could be we are all armed and the whole county knows it, could be because the "crackville slum" down the road is empty right now. Even when full though, those folks don't come down here causing crap.

 

[Dawn419]

Speaking of crime has anyone besides me been warned by their computers of cyber-attack on this site? My security software screemed at me last night while I was on site and again just now ~10:40 AM EST ~gd

I was on all last night and never had a problem. I went ahead and sent Nifty an e-mail so he can look into.

Thanks for the heads up, ~gd!

 

[ORChick]

Have a question that is sort of on topic. I remember reading some months ago, maybe early last year, on (I think) BYC, and again on a prepper forum that I lurk on sometimes, that there were fears in many people's minds that animal rustling was on the upswing, and that people were planning on putting locks on their coops and barns. But I haven't read too much about such things lately. Have any of you noticed (or experienced) more chicken (or other animal) stealing? Just curious; I have not noticed this myself, either in my neighbourhood or in the news.

 

[FarmerChick]

no have not noticed stealing animals YET

right now they seem to be taking things that will net them money on the spot. iron, any good gas powered equip etc.
anything not nailed down


but if times get insane, yea lock up the family and the animals cause every single thing will be a target.

 

[BarredBuff]

We havent had that problem, but I would like to eventually add locks to the chicken coops and the future cow barn

 

[the funny farm6]

The only thing bothering my chickens is that d*** owl!

But we have had our mt. Fiest and chihuahua go missing in a 3 month span along with 9 other dogs on our road (in the same 3 mos) odd don't you think?

And can you explain how a welsh corgi 56 miles south of us was let out at 11:15 pm gone 10 min later, the next afternoon they were doing a search on petfinder and found their dog up here at a shelter that had her vetted at 9:00 am that morning? If everyone was a stranger how did the dog make it from there to here in @9 hrs- over night when most are sleeping? This shelter had its paperwork pulled. And they were the ones taking dogs from here to bigger citys like chicago, st. Louis, ect...

They also busted a dog for order scheem south west of us. A shelter was paying people to go get dogs they had waiting lists for. Rotts, mastiffs, st. Bernards, were ones they were looking for.

 

[justusnak]

Wow on the dog stealing! Luckily we have small dogs, and they are NEVER outside alone, mainly because of the hawks, and recently I found out we have "big cats" in the area. YIKES! Our coops are always locked....but the barn is not. If the time comes, I can easily lock up the barn. We DID have a break in right before Christmas here...someone walked right into our garage...where the freezer is...and stole our Christmas ham! Nothing else....just the ham. I went to get it and saw a big empty space in the freezer...I would rather they took the tools...those are covered by insurance! Now the garage is locked any time we leave....just like the shop...in lock down. What a sad life to steal a ham...jeesh!

 

[hqueen13]

Have a question that is sort of on topic. I remember reading some months ago, maybe early last year, on (I think) BYC, and again on a prepper forum that I lurk on sometimes, that there were fears in many people's minds that animal rustling was on the upswing, and that people were planning on putting locks on their coops and barns. But I haven't read too much about such things lately. Have any of you noticed (or experienced) more chicken (or other animal) stealing? Just curious; I have not noticed this myself, either in my neighbourhood or in the news.

Actually, in some areas, horse people are having the reverse problem... If they trailer and go ride out somewhere on the trail, they have to COMPLETELY lock their trailers - otherwise they risk coming back from their ride and finding the trailer occupied. People are simply loading their horses onto the empty trailer and abandoning them. Not cool :-/