Get Outa Our Poultry Run You Dirty Ole Egg Suckin'...

[OldGuy43]

SNAKE!!!


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First one I've seen in over 3 years of poultry keeping.

 

[river-rat]

looks like a good sized devil worm for a wallet!

 

[Featherwrangler]

Texas ? I'm surprised only 1. I'm in NE Colorado and have shot 3, just this summer. 1 Rattler and 2 Bull. The only good snake is a dead snake. I have to carry, no matter what I'm doing. Critters or gardening

 

[Jimmyjaffee]

Ha, it's cute!

You might think I'm crazy but I love snakes, they help keep the mice and rats away from my chicken/duck pen and don't seem to do anything else. The only time when they might be a threat is if I have baby chicks out or if there's a venomous snake around (they usually keep there distance from the chickens and the chickens keep there distance from the snake) Other then that, I don't see any reason why you should harm a snake.

 

[OldGuy43]

Ha, it's cute!

You might think I'm crazy but I love snakes, they help keep the mice and rats away from my chicken/duck pen and don't seem to do anything else. The only time when they might be a threat is if I have baby chicks out or if there's a venomous snake around (they usually keep there distance from the chickens and the chickens keep there distance from the snake) Other then that, I don't see any reason why you should harm a snake.

Quite agree with everything that you've said. However, I didn't think that this was an activity that I wanted to encourage.