Do snakes dig holes ???

[SAMnELLA]

That's the only thing we could think of that got one of my chicks last night . I looked all around and found something made a little round hole underneath the bottom boards of the cage. I don't know what else it could be, but I moved them to the more secure (I hope) cage.

 

[enola]

What was the size of the hole?

 

[scflock]

That's the only thing we could think of that got one of my chicks last night . I looked all around and found something made a little round hole underneath the bottom boards of the cage. I don't know what else it could be, but I moved them to the more secure (I hope) cage.

My guess would be mice. I used to have that problem, especially under the feeders, until I raised the feeders and made solid floors

 

[JaceAgain]

Mice. Look for mice poop around the edges.

 

[enola]

Snakes will follow mouse tunnels .

 

[SAMnELLA]

It was about an inch wide, a round hole. I have seen mice, they try to get under our house, but they are tiny. Also, there were no signs of the chick at all, (no feathers or anything). I tried to find the culprit, with no luck. I buried some wire screen where the tunnel was and put bricks on top of that, but I also moved them to a safer cage.

 

[SAMnELLA]

Didn't see any mouse poop.

 

[scflock]

My guess would still be mice, and they will take chicks. I'm not saying that it's impossible that it was a snake, but what you are describing would be a mouse hole on my farm

 

[themenagerie]

Rats will take chicks too, and they dig holes.

 

[SAMnELLA]

scflock, what did you use for the floors ?