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We let our chickens and roosters out this morning and they were all healthy and good. Early evening we noticed two roosters were dead on the ground. One was dead right next to a hen who was sitting on her egg and the other was dead just a few feet away. There was no blood, no feathers strewn...

bryan99705, Aren't Guineas difficult to care for??? I have heard they need special care. I will check into that. Thank you! Smallchickenmama..... - Thats exactly what I'm stressing out about.... snakes just doing a joy kill or what??? Our chickens are free roaming so the only way to...

Not sure if its the cinnamon and cat litter or the fact that the hens are atleast up higher off the ground but, they were all there when we got home tonight. Its not that high off the ground, not the rafters but, probably about 5 feet off the ground. Yay, they lived to see another day!!! We...

My husband has read that snakes don't like cat litter and cinnamon. But he also let them out today and we won't be home till late tonight. He let them out because he thinks this stuff is going to work. I had already decided that I would put them up higher when they were drowsy ... but guess...

I live in North Texas. I am pretty certain they are rat snakes. I am just befunkeld at why on earth they are killing my hens. The only thing I can think of is that the first time they were roosting low to the ground and the next time they were on the ground sound asleep. My neighbor had a rat...

We have lived somewhat peacefully with our rat snakes for years. As long as we grab up the eggs before they do and as long as we have kept our chicks closed in until they are big enough to fly up high to roost at night, we haven't had any problems. Until now. This batch of chicks we bought...