➡I accidentally bought Balut eggs: 2 live ducks! Now a Chat Thread!

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Thanks all.. I’m relieved it was a bird I wasn’t going to keep around anyway, but worried sick for the others now.
I just finished screwing in even more hardware cloth and totally redoing the little coop door’s hinges and placement to try and minimize gaps. I literally don’t know what else I could do to stop a snake getting in, the way my coop connects to my run is so janky and macgyvered.

Also cut poor Snothead open.. couldn’t live with not know his gender. Yep, it was a he. I’ve got a picture if anyone’s interested.. wasn’t a full necropsy or anything. Between the wiring, mosquitos, flies, and fear for my other chicks.. I’m pretty done.
 
Tesumph said:
Thanks all.. I’m relieved it was a bird I wasn’t going to keep around anyway, but worried sick for the others now.
I just finished screwing in even more hardware cloth and totally redoing the little coop door’s hinges and placement to try and minimize gaps. I literally don’t know what else I could do to stop a snake getting in, the way my coop connects to my run is so janky and macgyvered.

Also cut poor Snothead open.. couldn’t live with not know his gender. Yep, it was a he. I’ve got a picture if anyone’s interested.. wasn’t a full necropsy or anything. Between the wiring, mosquitos, flies, and fear for my other chicks.. I’m pretty done.
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I’m interested! That’s always so cool to see, it just sucks it was under such awful circumstances.
 
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I feel for you Tess...and also empathize with the snake issue. Chef and I just put an addition onto our existing coop so I could finally put our babies outside (12 week old babies!). Putting the addition on required me to remove a stone paver wall around the old coop. While I was removing the pavers (by hand) I noticed a snake skin between the paver gaps and up against the wire mesh. Before I could say "hey honey, there is snake skin, the sucker jumped out at me hissing and rearing it's head back. :eek:I screamed and fell backwards into my garden bed and composter. Chef almost peed himself laughing until he realized exactly why I was screaming. I have no idea what type of snake it was...it was not the usual black snake we have...but it was quickly decapitated.
 
Tesumph said:
Thanks all.. I’m relieved it was a bird I wasn’t going to keep around anyway, but worried sick for the others now.
I just finished screwing in even more hardware cloth and totally redoing the little coop door’s hinges and placement to try and minimize gaps. I literally don’t know what else I could do to stop a snake getting in, the way my coop connects to my run is so janky and macgyvered.

Also cut poor Snothead open.. couldn’t live with not know his gender. Yep, it was a he. I’ve got a picture if anyone’s interested.. wasn’t a full necropsy or anything. Between the wiring, mosquitos, flies, and fear for my other chicks.. I’m pretty done.
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I want to see!
 

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