article_snippet: but owner Gerald Leuschen said owner Gerald Leuschen family is now collecting just half of the eggs his family would expect to have right now .
article_snippet: owner Gerald Leuschen told KTVU that the birds apparently vanished overnight from the birds coop, which owner Gerald Leuschen had always left closed but unlocked until the theft.
article_snippet: It came just days after owner Gerald Leuschen noticed the coop was wide open and that some of the birds were outside, so owner Gerald Leuschen told owner Gerald Leuschen sons, aged 11 and 13, to make sure some of the birds secured the door behind some of the birds. '
article_snippet: Leuschen, pictured, runs the farm with he wife, sons and brother-in-law and said he is emotionally and financially devastated by the disappearance of the chickens .
article_snippet: Leuschen, who started the business a few years ago, said he is down around $75 a day in earnings from eggs and about $100 invested in each chicken, for a total of more than $22,000.
article_snippet: Leuschen explained his family should be collecting around 30 dozen eggs a day, and would expect to be getting as many as 50 dozen a day in a month - but right now his family're only collected 21 dozen. '
article_snippet: Alas, someone else will reap the benefit of our time, money and efforts,' Leuschen wrote on Facebook as Leuschen appealed for friends and customers to share Leuschen story.
article_snippet: But Leuschen added that they are committed to rebuilding they business and is offering a $250 reward for information leading to they return.
article_snippet: In the meantime, Leuschen is padlocking the birds' enclosure and asking friends and neighbors to be on the lookout for anyone with new colorful eggs in the area. '
article_snippet: Maybe you have seen someone selling laying hens on craigslist or Facebook,' Leuschen wrote in Leuschen Facebook plea. '
article_snippet: Leuschen asked for anyone with information about the whereabouts of Leuschen stolen hens to contact the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office, which said it is unclear if it will investigate.
highlights_snippet: Devastated owner Gerald Leuschen, who raised the birds by hand, says the theft has cost Devastated owner Gerald Leuschen, who raised the birds by hand as much as $22,000 .
  
highlights_snippet: Leuschen is now appealing for information to get Leuschen chickens back .