View attachment 554880 Figured I would tag onto this thread I created a while ago.
Last night as I was tucking in the girls, I noticed a strange foul odor. Three of the four girls were roosting, one seemed to be a bit nervous pacing on the ground. I was sniffing around and found the odor particularly strong near nesting boxes. I opened a box and low and behold another sizable black snake had swallowed an egg that I could not get back.
I don't want to kill the black snakes around these parts but I don't want them to get a free lunch either. So I reached in grabbed the thief behind the head and gave him a nice toss away from coup as he found that gravity works. He headed back towards coup so he sprouted wings again and again. He flew several times and finally got the hint to head off in a different direction other than the coup.
I still cant help to wonder what the stench was. It was real pungent. Do you think the snake stunk or did the girls? All is well this morning in the Chickmore estate and the stench has gone away side.
Thoughts?
Oh if you peer closely you will see the egg.
what aart said...it was either the defensive musk you smelled or it could have been the snake's feces. that stuff is pretty rank too.
if you want to get rid of the snake without having to kill it yourself just leave golf balls in the nesting boxes. that'll do the trick.