OTTAWA (AP) A major theft at an eastern Kansas farm has authorities wondering just how to track down some stolen livestock. After all, Jeffry Curry, Franklin County sheriff, said, chickens aren’t tagged or branded.

One hundred chickens were taken over the weekend from a farm in a rural part of the county. The thief or thieves also took a $1,000 mower and a four-wheel ATV.

OTTAWA (AP) A major theft at an eastern Kansas farm has authorities wondering just how to track down some stolen livestock. After all, Jeffry Curry, Franklin County sheriff, said, chickens aren’t tagged or branded.

One hundred chickens were taken over the weekend from a farm in a rural part of the county. The thief or thieves also took a $1,000 mower and a four-wheel ATV.

Curry estimated the chickens’ value at $600.

The farm, located on 15th Street outside the city limits, is owned by Bo Tran, who lives about 40 miles away in the Kansas City suburb of Leawood and works the property on weekends.

Since the chickens aren’t marked, the sheriff said he’s not sure how they’ll be identified. But he said detectives will do what they can to figure out who stole them.