snakes

  1. veebeebee

    Rat Snake Killing my Chickens!

    I wanted to share this story about a huge yellow rat snake that killed 2 of my pullets last week so others are informed and aware that this could happen...as I had zero clue a rat snake would strangle my babies! About 4 weeks ago I found a large 5+Ft yellow rat snake in my coop. There were 2...
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    • Forum: Predators and Pests
  2. SweetTea&Chicks

    TWO GIANT black snakes in coop

    Earlier this morning the chickens were screaming bloody murder. I walk over there anticipating the worse; two of them run to me and one is looking inside the coop. There is one chicken in the coop so I look inside. All I see is that one chicken sitting there; I don’t think much of it so I walk...
  3. FeatherstoneFrm

    Copperhead

    My babies stayed out in the coop for the first time last night. I was nervous but all is well. Until today. I was in the run with my daughter sitting and visiting with the chicks and my daughter saw this copperhead behind me. It was outside the run but inside the garden fence. We did kill it. I...
  4. Orpington1

    Friend or foe?

    Hello. First post. I tried to attach a picture of a 12-18 inch long garter snake, but not sure it came through. I'm wondering if this little guy could be the reason the Girls are losing an egg a day to something besides me. Evidence is, broken empty egg shell sometimes in nest box but more...
  5. Lazy Farmer

    HUBBY JUST GRABBED MY EGG EATER!

    Here we go again! Ikes! Snake! Hubbbbbby! Help! :barnie I raise and breed Moulted Java Chickens. Lately my girls stopped giving me eggs to incubate. It's been about 5 days since I've got eggs from them. I went out to check for eggs about 30 mins ago and opened their egg hatch... I almost wet...
  6. Lazy Farmer

    Some of our visitors!

    We had a visitor.. by Farmer Connie posted Jul 7, 2017 at 1:39 PM
  7. mikeythepotatoe

    Snakes

    ok so I just came from cleaning my chicken coop outside and almost had a heart attack. I was cleaning when out of nowhere I see a snake slithering down the fencing! I don't believe it was poisoness as it didn't bother the chickens or me, but I still don't want them in my coop, I've been putting...
  8. Their gram

    Texas Rat Snake

    Lowered the door and reached in - barely stopped my hand from grabbing this! Must remember to pay attention! It is forcing it's mouth around an egg. The light gray curved parts - that's it's throat going over the egg. It's snout is against the darker brown egg farther on in. We won't be...
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