Police are now investigating a number of incidents of criminal damage and burglary that occurred on the Allangate Estate from around 10.50pm.. Six vehicles were damaged and a seventh had some powder thrown over it.
Police were first called to a house in Allangate Drive, Rustington to a report of a shed break-in and the theft of the chickens.
The following morning the full scale of what had happened emerged as residents on the Allangate Estate and surrounding area contacted officers.
For full story see West Sussex Gazette January 7