ABOUT 17 pedigree chickens have been stolen from smallholding in Astwood Bank, Redditch.

The two-week-old birds were taken from a land on the Evesham Road between 11.30am and 5.15pm on Saturday, October 3.

Their value is estimated to be £100.

Anyone with any information is asked to call police on 101 quoting police reference 0560s031015 or crime reference 22DG/71284G/15.