Sheriffs mark chickens with ink to avoid chicken stealing in Georgetown, Washington DC.

Measures to avoid chicken stealing in Georgetown, Washington DC. Chickens on a field in a poultry farm. A farmer feeds the chickens. A board at the poultry farm reads ' Thieves Beware this poultry is marked & registered'. A sheriff marks pullets with ink to avoid stealing. An ink mark on a pullet. Sheriffs walk away. A car parked in the background. The sheriffs enter a poultry farm. A man closes a grill door. A hen at a window.