That's EXACTLY what I mean. That was fast! You might even be able to pick up a used one at a yard sale or your local thrift shop, since it's that season, now.
I can't claim credit for the idea, though. I actually saw it here somewhere, ages ago. It's been stored in the vague recesses of my...
That's a heck-uv-a-way to solve a mystery. And I'm genuinely sorry. I was actually starting to really like the little guy, as if I knew him!
For the snakes - get yourself a minnow trap, the long cylindrical kind that minnows & such can swim into but not out of - and bait it with an egg. If...
At my house? That chance would likely be pretty darned good! You know that little angel that sits on everybody's shoulder? I swear that mine is Murphy's (of Murphy's Law) cousin!
Looks like your "Packing Peanut" is in the last pic - those red shoulders were a giveaway on my OEGB's, too ... only they're both sweethearts, not little stinkers like your little one. Still, did they BOTH have to be cockerels? ...{{sigh}}