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    3 snakes in 3 days and now low egg production

    First egg in WEEKS to be found in the nesting area. YIPPEE!! I'm up to 2 whole eggs now and will have a delicious breakfast in the morning! My orpington and bantam are still holding out on me. Doing my best this coming weekend to secure the coop. Thanks everyone and hope you all have a...
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    3 snakes in 3 days and now low egg production

    I'm not sure about that either, Patty. I'm a newbie too.
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    3 snakes in 3 days and now low egg production

    Howdy Nancy. Third time I heard someone say that about snake-away. I've lived on my place for around 20 years and knew I had snakes but they are much more noticeable now with my hens! An abundance of bunnies too - different subject though.. Reading about the holes you folks mention, I've...
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    3 snakes in 3 days and now low egg production

    Did you have any eggs? Suggestions I've received so far: 1) mothballs 2) wire mesh around perimeter and buried 3) bundled wire around perimeter forcing snake to traverse that and get stuck 4) minnow bait trap with eggs to to attract snake and trap them 3) office mates suggested snake-away 4)...
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    3 snakes in 3 days and now low egg production

    Done. Even added an avatar...my girls took over the back porch as they usually do.
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    TejasJeff here and thaks for the welcome!

    Thank you for the warm welcome and help with my mini flock...and stink'n snakes! :-)
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    3 snakes in 3 days and now low egg production

    Gosh I hear you on them being there. I live on acreage and surrounded by nature. Each time I've found a snake in the coop, they have been in the nesting boxes. I have not found eggs in the boxes since the last snake I removed a few weeks ago. If I find an egg, it's near the feeder or they...
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    TejasJeff here and thaks for the welcome!

    Thanks everybody. Alaskan...you have skeeters and we have snakes!!
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    3 snakes in 3 days and now low egg production

    I hear you Penny. I mis-typed...Mothballs to keep snakes away and golf balls to trick my hens into laying!
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    3 snakes in 3 days and now low egg production

    Penny - thank you. Hardware clothe duly noted and been eyeing it at the feed store. I need to make it happen. Chicken Canoe - thank you. I believe it may be both. I didn't have access to golf balls but had access to river rock that looked like an egg. It's gone. I didn't beleive it was...
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    TejasJeff here and thaks for the welcome!

    EDIT: Yeh I can't spell very good either!! Subject line should say THANKS!! Me and my 2 kiddos set out on an adventure last year to start raising hens for eggs. No roosters as I like peace and quiet. :) We're on acreage in central Texas and our birds mostly have the place to themselves and...
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    3 snakes in 3 days and now low egg production

    Sorry Penny... I assumed folks would get Texas from my TejasJeff name. I'm in central Texas...headed to introduce myself next. And THANK YOU for replying. Buying mothballs next...a coworker suggested snake-away and another said "get used to it"! :-/
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    Thanks Penny. Yes ma'am 3 snakes in 3 days and very skittish hens. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/3-snakes-in-3-days-and-now-low-egg-production.1250660/
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    Bantam chicken - LOUD/WHINING

    My little girl does the same and has since we got her. She's teh .5 out of my 2.5 hens on our place. 9 times out of 10 my bantam is being LOUD because she's looking for her hen mates. Once she spots them across the pasture, she'll quiet down a bit. She's loud anyway though. She's a rescue...
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    A big ole Goose egg. Wait. Oops I mean ZERO....see my snake issue and question, please.
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