Yep! Another black rat snake. They will most likely be the most common snake around a chicken coop, hence the well-deserved nick-name. Beautiful healthy specimen at that!
That one (on the shovel) is around 4 ft in length (it is held real close to the camera, which makes it look larger). The largest copperhead I've personally ever caught was a southern copperhead in southeast Oklahoma, just around 4 ft. But the largest on record (already mentioned) was a northern...
I've lost a duckling already from a large rat snake. It found a hole my ducklings created, and came right in. The duckling (at the time) was about 4 weeks old, far too large to eat, but not too large to overpower. The snakes will usually not bother the adults, but young birds can fall prey, and...