My chicks are stinking up the garage with their brooding box. They are currently 1-wk-old Australorps, Orpingtons and guinea keets. I would like to move them to an area of my coop that is protected by chicken wire, but not hardware cloth. Coons, possums and other predators can't get in there, but I'm sure that a snake could. At least any snake that could fit through a 1" hole.
How old do the birds need to be before they would either be too big for a snake or able/smart enough to evade capture?
How old do the birds need to be before they would either be too big for a snake or able/smart enough to evade capture?