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    Ribbon Snake Vs. Broody Jap Bantam

    I'm in coastal SC. I've looked into the local snakes we have. The pic of the ribbon snake black body with yellow longitudinal stripes is exactly what it looked like. it was about as round as a half dollar and minimium of 4 feet long, husband and father say it was 5 foot. and yes.. that is WAY...
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    Ribbon Snake Vs. Broody Jap Bantam

    I don't think we are talking about the same snake then.... I have known chickens to eat snakes, but not a snake that was a good 4 feet long. with the same stripping as a ribbon snake, perhaps it was a garter snake, it was long and striping similar to a garter snake or ribbon snake. I wasn't...
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    Ribbon Snake Vs. Broody Jap Bantam

    it was too big to be a garter snake. When threatened they will wrap around their prey and death roll, Keep inmind is was a very small Jap bantam... she was quite small. I suspect that the snake wondered into the coop and the broody hen went after it as she was on the opposite side of the...
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    Ribbon Snake Vs. Broody Jap Bantam

    He may or may not have eaten an egg there were 4 eggs, and I was expecting 5, but it would have been a left over from a late layer the day before... he left the dead hen, and was still in the coop ?12? hours later. Hubby said the hen was stiff and had bugs all over her. So it happened about 8 am...
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    Ribbon Snake Vs. Broody Jap Bantam

    THe snake won... how do I keep this from happening again. It was my daughters pet hen, the only bantam in the coop with 4 fullsize laying hens. The snake is dead. He was still in the coop when the the husband came home and took care of the critters.
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