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  1. hefalumpmom

    Will black snakes harm my chickens and chicks?

    I think armadillos will eat pretty much anything. They also carry leprosy (Hansen's Disease) and can transmit it to humans. Oddly enough, Missouri now has armadillos. They are a very common roadkill sight around where I live, but our county will no longer pick up their carcasses because of...
  2. hefalumpmom

    Will black snakes harm my chickens and chicks?

    Awww. I am sorry to hear about your duckling. All mine are too big for pretty much any snake we have around here. We have a few copperheads too, but they haven't posed a problem. I just relocate them if they are too close to the house. Thankfully we don't have rattlesnakes around here...
  3. hefalumpmom

    Will black snakes harm my chickens and chicks?

    You are correct. We do have a speckled king snake (what we call salt and pepper snakes) that can be anywhere from heavily patterned with spots to solid black. I thought they were the ones that ate other snakes (thus the name king???), but I came across some videos claiming to show (perhaps...
  4. hefalumpmom

    Will black snakes harm my chickens and chicks?

    I love snakes, especially black rat and all types of king snakes. Where I am we don't have any rattlesnakes or cottonmouths. We do have some copperheads. Here in Missouri there is a $500 fine for killing snakes (unless protecting yourself, family, or your stock). I found a nearly 5' black...
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