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I am being watchful now for the snake. I did put a golf ball in one of the nest boxes. I also turned on the light in the coop at night as I think snakes prefer to hunt in the dark? It is almost impossible for me to plug up all access for something as slithery as a snake since the chickens are in...

There were no bite marks on the hen. Her neck seemed stretched and all the head and net feathers were wet. My snake imagination thought perhaps she was swallowed and then when he got to the thickness of her body he threw her back up. She was a silkie and they are pretty gentle.

That is what I wondered sfw2. I found a broody hen dead in the coop and her neck seemed stretched and was all wet. I blamed my puppy who would not bite but would definitely chase and lick. Now I wonder if it was a snake? I saw a skinny black snake in the coop this evening. I tried to catch it to...