garter snakes

[Myra]

It seems that some garter snakes have taken up residence underneath the duck coop. Wil they harm my peking ducks and/or eat the eggs (or will they meander over 5 feet to the chicken coop which is off the ground and harm them and/or their eggs?)

Myra

 

[Hoss1975]

I don't think any garter snake it big enough to harm either.

 

[essig]

Garter snakes have lived near my coop for years with no incident.

 

[Elwood Lightfoot]

Garter snakes are harmless, they will however eat your fish or frogs and some bugs, And the chickens are more of a threat to them then than they are to your birds LOL

 

[bakerjw]

Garter snakes = major harmlessness

 

[froggie71]

We had a huge one living under our wood pile that we moved. It looked nice and fat. Think it was eating well off mice cause I never saw any and it did not go near the coop. Just relocated it to the woods across the street.