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Good stuff here. So far we have abandoned the run, which allowed snakes to access coop too. Just letting the girls out here and there so they can access the laying boxes. The one mom and week-old chick are in the brooder filltime. And I bought a snake repellant ( mostly sulfur) to spread outside...

Wow, thank you. Some good and new ideas here. I do hate to give in. I do have another question though. When the first setters were killed on the nests, it was night and the big roo right on the roost. He was very aggressive with me, and I had seen him fight off a hawk. Did the snakes get by him...

This is our first summer with eggs and we are doing miserably. in the last 2 weeks, black snakes have killed two setting hens and eaten their eggs. Two layers and one mama that successfully hatched out one chick 4 days ago remain. Just now I found another 6 footer in the laying box and...