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wow! sounds like you have an egg napper lolnever had problems with snakes here or any predators had a problem where a coyote dug around the fence at night but every one was fine
Well, I would have had more pullets, but for 2 snakes.
One got two in the house, and one chick managed to escape to a fate in the outside world.
then another got into the pen where I had them when they were bigger
Lost 2 to unknown causes.
Plus one fried rooster that escaped the pen.
I also had, two days in a row, some chili plants nipped off.
I set a rat trap, one of those black ones like an alligator with a square jaw.
Used a glob of PB.
that nailed a pack rat.
I reset the trap, as there are usually at least two.
I nailed a pair of ground squirrels with it before, and a fewlarge nosey birds that tried for some of whatever bait was left.
The electric fence also nails some birds. they land on the wire, fall over, because it is a tiny wire, and get zapped when they contact the field fence...
I have seen a few snakes at times here, including a couple of King Snakes.
the others are rat/gopher snakes, and sometimes rattlers.
Have not seen any rattlers for a while though.
not to mention a plague of gophers, that dig holes all over the place.
saw a huge on above ground in front of the post office one day last year.
Today, I found one egg, so far, laid by Red, again.
collected it, and will put snake repellant around in a bit.
Too hot to do much at a time today.
maybe next year I will raise more chicks.
Want to get some Auricanas or other colored egg layers...
Not that the eggs taste any different, but sure are pretty.
I never saw any till I moved here, but my dad had a time back. and even may here have never seen green or blue chicken eggs.
I know my mother had not, but my one sister has, as I recall her saying.
She has a friend in Las Vegas that has chickens, and she has fed and collected eggs there at times.
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