Well, we do not have any compassion for snakes. When we come across a snake we have no idea if it is venomous or not. We can recognize these rat snakes now and know that they are not but we are not taking any chances. They bite regardless.
Anyway, we'll have to keep our eyes out for any more...
Ok, Sunday the wife check on the chicken tractor and there was a rat snake fleeing and one in the box. She beat the fleeing one to death and pulled the one out of the nesting box also sending it to it's maker. Both were thrown in the burn barrel so that there would be no coming back from the...
We are new to the chicken game. We started with 10 chicks from Atwoods. 5 appear to be white rocks and 5 appear to be Buff Orpingtons. Then we later got 15 more chicks from a local guy on craigslist. 10 Rhode Island Reds and 5 (supposed) White Rocks. Tuesday the latest batch will be 10...