Police are investigating after thieves stole eggs from underneath the chickens of Gavin and Tracey Bale. See SWNS story SWEGGS: Police are hunting poachers who stole eggs from a chicken coop – BENEATH a brooding bantam. The fowl play was discovered when owner Gavin Bale made his twice-daily check on his hens. He looked under one of his 30 birds and was astonished to find her eggs had been snatched from underneath her. Gavin and wife Tracey have now called in police in the hope they can crack the mystery in Shepton Mallet, Somerset.