We keep a ceramic egg in most nests at all times for the occasional snake that gets in. Typically, end of that problem.
However, we just lost a couple of ceramic eggs over a couple of days with a smaller egg count as well. I figured another snake or two got them. When adding new eggs, I noticed one of the remaining ceramic eggs has definite bite marks on it. Actually punctured the ceramic egg at one point. Several nicks also indicate biting attempts. So the questions are 1) can a snake leave bite marks on a ceramic egg? 2) If not, what would do this during daytime hours but not bother the chickens themselves? I have never seen this before and am perplexed. Sort of wondering what kind of potential adversary we may be facing....
However, we just lost a couple of ceramic eggs over a couple of days with a smaller egg count as well. I figured another snake or two got them. When adding new eggs, I noticed one of the remaining ceramic eggs has definite bite marks on it. Actually punctured the ceramic egg at one point. Several nicks also indicate biting attempts. So the questions are 1) can a snake leave bite marks on a ceramic egg? 2) If not, what would do this during daytime hours but not bother the chickens themselves? I have never seen this before and am perplexed. Sort of wondering what kind of potential adversary we may be facing....