David65326
Chirping
- Feb 13, 2019
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My chickens have been producing between 20 and 30 eggs a day and recently production has dropped to about 12. Now I have a 40x60 chicken pan with a fairly elaborate protection system it has chicken wire then chain link fence sides top and buried underneath I have motion sensor lights all around as well as motion activated sprayers which even the most determined raccoon fox or skunk will not tangle with.
Yesterday while I was outside my chickens were raising Cane I knew something was up because normally they do not squawk and carry on so I grabbed my best weapon and went to the pan opened it up went inside and looked in the chicken house and lo and behold what did I find I found a 7 ft long black snake it had already devoured several eggs and was intent on devouring more. Now when I say I grabbed my best weapon I had a suspicion that I had a snake I have had them before so I went to Amazon and bought a snake stick like they use on TV it's about 5 ft long and it has a grabber on the end of it because I happen to despise snakes. It was fairly easy to reach in with the snake stick grab the little booger pull him out close the hen house up take him outside of the cage and convince him that eggs were not his thing.
If you notice that your egg production drops it is possible that you have a snake that has discovered where your hands lay their eggs and it will return on a regular basis to feast on your eggs it won't harm the chickens because they're too big for it to swallow it will harm any baby chicks and it will eat the eggs I suggest you get a snake stick or a pair of heavy leather gloves because you never know when you're reaching into a dark chicken house what type of snake you're going to be grabbing. You also have a choice to make once you've gotten a snake out he will return there's nothing you can do to convince him otherwise they have no fear you can scare him off you can throw him into the woods whatever you want but he will come back so either you kill it or you take it far enough away that it can't come back but you have to make that decision I put mine in the scoop of my tractor and drove 5 miles down a dirt road and dumped it.
Yesterday while I was outside my chickens were raising Cane I knew something was up because normally they do not squawk and carry on so I grabbed my best weapon and went to the pan opened it up went inside and looked in the chicken house and lo and behold what did I find I found a 7 ft long black snake it had already devoured several eggs and was intent on devouring more. Now when I say I grabbed my best weapon I had a suspicion that I had a snake I have had them before so I went to Amazon and bought a snake stick like they use on TV it's about 5 ft long and it has a grabber on the end of it because I happen to despise snakes. It was fairly easy to reach in with the snake stick grab the little booger pull him out close the hen house up take him outside of the cage and convince him that eggs were not his thing.
If you notice that your egg production drops it is possible that you have a snake that has discovered where your hands lay their eggs and it will return on a regular basis to feast on your eggs it won't harm the chickens because they're too big for it to swallow it will harm any baby chicks and it will eat the eggs I suggest you get a snake stick or a pair of heavy leather gloves because you never know when you're reaching into a dark chicken house what type of snake you're going to be grabbing. You also have a choice to make once you've gotten a snake out he will return there's nothing you can do to convince him otherwise they have no fear you can scare him off you can throw him into the woods whatever you want but he will come back so either you kill it or you take it far enough away that it can't come back but you have to make that decision I put mine in the scoop of my tractor and drove 5 miles down a dirt road and dumped it.
