Black snake killed 3 of my 6 week old chicks.

[Barnette]

I've got a 6 footer on my property I've sprayed with a water hose and thrown water on twice to get rid of and he hasn't left yet.I have zero tolerance for a big snake hanging around especially a constrictor

Please don't harm it!! It's only trying to survive. Think about this: you consider your property "yours" but the snake does know that. It probably thinks that this his property!! How would you like it if someone came to your house and cut off your head with a shovel?!?!

 

[SilverBirds]

Eeeep

I found this video from Bullfrog and it's crazy! You'd think with the galvanized fencing, chicken wire, and whatever cloth covering he has would be plenty predator proof, but apparently not. Pretty sure this how the snake got my chick as well, through the wiring! This is why it's important to use hardwire cloth. https://youtu.be

 

[McChooky]

Please don't harm it!! It's only trying to survive. Think about this: you consider your property "yours" but the snake does know that. It probably thinks that this his property!! How would you like it if someone came to your house and cut off your head with a shovel?!?!

I have zero empathy for snakes you're preaching to the choir lol

 

[McChooky]

I found this video from Bullfrog and it's crazy! You'd think with the galvanized fencing, chicken wire, and whatever cloth covering he has would be plenty predator proof, but apparently not. Pretty sure this how the snake got my chick as well, through the wiring! This is why it's important to use hardwire cloth. https://youtu.be

A snake in my coop is a dead snake

 

[Barnette]

A snake in my coop is a dead snake

What if you were to relocate it? Place it in a box and drive it into the woods or something?? Near a water source

 

[SilverBirds]

What if you were to relocate it? Place it in a box and drive it into the woods or something??

Relocating is not a good solution. Snakes that have been relocated too far from their home range are less likely to survive. They will struggle finding food in unfamiliar territory, be more vulnerable to predators without their usual shelters, and they may cross roads, backyards, parking lots, etc., trying to get back home, which is obviously dangerous for them. If you relocate them too close to their territories it will just mean they will come back. A quick death to the snakes that have found their way into the coop is better than making them suffer for days, weeks, or even months.

 

[Barnette]

Relocating is not a good solution. Snakes that have been relocated too far from their home range are less likely to survive. They will struggle finding food in unfamiliar territory, be more vulnerable to predators without their usual shelters, and they may cross roads, backyards, parking lots, etc., trying to get back home, which is obviously dangerous for them. If you relocate them too close to their territories it will just mean they will come back. A quick death to the snakes that have found their way into the coop is better than making them suffer for days, weeks, or even months.

Okay. You're right.

 

[Logar]

Relocating is not a good solution. Snakes that have been relocated too far from their home range are less likely to survive. They will struggle finding food in unfamiliar territory, be more vulnerable to predators without their usual shelters, and they may cross roads, backyards, parking lots, etc., trying to get back home, which is obviously dangerous for them. If you relocate them too close to their territories it will just mean they will come back. A quick death to the snakes that have found their way into the coop is better than making them suffer for days, weeks, or even months.

The big issue with relocating snakes is that people dump them into the woods with no consideration for where the nearest water source is. If it is relocated close to one, it greatly increases its survival chances.
And what do you consider a quick death? The only humane way to euthanize a snake without vet equipment is by smashing the skull.

Rat snakes are constrictors.They squeeze them to death

Yes I know. I own one.

 

[McChooky]

What if you were to relocate it? Place it in a box and drive it into the woods or something??

I'm not chancing getting bit by this snake trying to rescue it. I've tried to run off several times.My dog was bit on the neck by one this size and it cost a couple hundred dollars in vet bills to get rid of the infection. Their mouth is only as clean as what they eat(rats)

 

[Barnette]

I'm not chancing getting bit by this snake trying to rescue it. I've tried to run off several times.My dog was bit on the neck by one this size and it cost a couple hundred dollars in vet bills to get rid of the infection. Their mouth is only as clean as what they eat(rats)

Okay, I get it. I personally use a long stick or pitch fork to gently move the snake back to the barn, where is takes care of our rat problem.