How did the parents take that?I give up. The picture won't load. I held the dove. It's alive.
I, on the other hand give snakes and lizards lots of places to hide.@campingshaws as far as the snakes, make sure to keep weeds trimmed, dont give them a place to hide (like rock piles, wood piles, etc) and eggs collected asap
and wear real boots that are tall, steel toe, snake proof maybe
The only snakes I've killed in my life were poisonous ones around buildings.That's all standard. Parts of the pond are right next to the dining hall, so we want it safe. We also kill every single snake we see (if it's in the pond or too close to the chickens. Others get to live!). BUT there are still tons of them around.
Killing snakes is how rodents get out of control.
Scaring the beejesus out of nesting birds by handling their offspring.I'm afraid of what you must think makes me happy!!![]()