Just a reminder, always look before a kid goes. I move a cement block everyday by sticking my foot in the hole and pull it out towards me as I undo the chicken gate. Yesterday as I was doing this to send my little girl in for eggs, I seen a copper head under the cement block. I put the block back and sent her in the house as I grabbed the snake fork (little marsh mellow/ hot dog forks that my mom found at Walmart last year that can extend in and out for $1 to $2). I did manage to pen it down and it was safely removed to a wooded area well away from homes. Please be on the look out for snakes, but do remember that they are mother nature's rodent control.