Vampire Gardener
Chirping
- Apr 25, 2023
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I know the snake isn't poisonous which is why I haven't killed it yet. I just got my second egg today and when I came out 2 hours later I found this guy hanging around in the coop. I don't have food in the coop, it is all outside. I only have the automatic chicken door and a door for me that I keep closed. Doesn't look like he got an egg so maybe he won't build a nest (or whatever they call it) in the coop.
My coop is mobile and I started to build a predator proof run but my girls love to forage so I got a mobile electric fence and didn't finish the run. It is covered cow panels with a tarp and I have 1/2" welded wire covering them.
My biggest issue right now is that I have places the snake can nest in the wall of my coop. I created space for storage of food and nesting boxes and a separate segregation area so I could keep them separate. Though I did make all the openings on the outside of the coop small, I wasn't as concerned with the openings inside.
I guess it is possible that the snake has been there for longer than today but not sure. My girls are 22 weeks old today. The snake is at least 4' long but maybe bigger. And I got my first egg on Sunday and my second one today.
I'm debating removing the walls, but then that will give the girls more places to roost that are higher up. Will they use lower roosts when the weather gets too cold? I don't want them to get frost bite from the draft/ventilation at the top of the lean to.
My coop is mobile and I started to build a predator proof run but my girls love to forage so I got a mobile electric fence and didn't finish the run. It is covered cow panels with a tarp and I have 1/2" welded wire covering them.
My biggest issue right now is that I have places the snake can nest in the wall of my coop. I created space for storage of food and nesting boxes and a separate segregation area so I could keep them separate. Though I did make all the openings on the outside of the coop small, I wasn't as concerned with the openings inside.
I guess it is possible that the snake has been there for longer than today but not sure. My girls are 22 weeks old today. The snake is at least 4' long but maybe bigger. And I got my first egg on Sunday and my second one today.
I'm debating removing the walls, but then that will give the girls more places to roost that are higher up. Will they use lower roosts when the weather gets too cold? I don't want them to get frost bite from the draft/ventilation at the top of the lean to.