No bull,
My chickens are free range.
Just recently we had a little station wagon thing come racing up in front of our house.
The vehicle was full and everyone jumped out like it was some sort of commando raid. They were trying to kidnap my chickens! It looked like it was rehearsed!
When the first one was captured I ran out and yelled “What (#*&$&(*&*#)$)(*#)* are you doing to my chickens!”
Three chicknappers ran directly to the vehicle as fast as they could as I approached. The one that caught a chicken dropped it and yelled, “We thought they were lost!” as he fled to the last open door.
They were just lucky I wasnt a bit younger.
All your story needs is that the perps were all midgets. Then it would make prefect sense. Chasing your chickens with their little sausage fingers.