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[NanaKat]

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Thinking it might be a brown snake based on the scale pattern. If the head is triangular shaped it could be a poisonous snake. The body looks slender. Check out the website to help identify the snake.
http://www.oksnakes.org/index.cfm?id=6&patterned=1

 

[Fanaticalchickenlady]

Yesterday was my worst day yet. Earlier in the summer I moved the only three black copper maran roosters I had to give the pullets a chance to grow
and mature. Yesterday I decided to move them back with the young hens. I put one backup rooster inside with my banties.
The other two I put in with my BCM young hens, who just started laying. I opened their coop as always. Later on I found one of the two roos back at
his original pen. I never found the other roo. I think something caught him. I put the one roo back in with the hens, and shut them up in their house.
(It has a window and ventilation.) Later I went back to check on them and the one roo was laying on the ground, barely breathing. I brought him to the water trough and
held him in for a minute and ran him in the house. He died in my arms. That is so hard. Then I went out to check on the one I left in the banty
pen, and he was dead, too! It was just too hot to be moving them is all I can figure. Now I'm going to have to find a really nice rooster to go back with my hens.
But God is good, and he will provide.

 

[jcatblum]

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Thinking it might be a brown snake based on the scale pattern. If the head is triangular shaped it could be a poisonous snake. The body looks slender. Check out the website to help identify the snake.
http://www.oksnakes.org/index.cfm?id=6&patterned=1

I can't find a snake to match it anywhere! The under side has a single row of scales, not double, so it is more than likely venomous. I didn't get to see the head, DH shot it off. It is 5 foot. Maybe longer. The dog had the snake out in the woods, not sure why the snake didn't try to get away. DH had time to walk out & see what the dog was barking at, come in & get the gun & the snake was still there! Stupid snake.

Chicken lady, think I have a bcm rooster in the barn, he was hatched Easter Sunday. Can't remember, but think he is clean legged.

 

[old*cowboy]

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Thinking it might be a brown snake based on the scale pattern. If the head is triangular shaped it could be a poisonous snake. The body looks slender. Check out the website to help identify the snake.
http://www.oksnakes.org/index.cfm?id=6&patterned=1

I can't find a snake to match it anywhere! The under side has a single row of scales, not double, so it is more than likely venomous. I didn't get to see the head, DH shot it off. It is 5 foot. Maybe longer. The dog had the snake out in the woods, not sure why the snake didn't try to get away. DH had time to walk out & see what the dog was barking at, come in & get the gun & the snake was still there! Stupid snake.

Chicken lady, think I have a bcm rooster in the barn, he was hatched Easter Sunday. Can't remember, but think he is clean legged.

The Red Coachwhip is a slender snake and is highly variable in color. The back color can be tan, grey, red, or pink with bold black or brown crossbars or blotches. The head and neck have black markings. The underside is pink. The eyes are large with round pupils. Juveniles have black, brown or tan transverse bands on lighter background. Hatchlings do not have the black neck markings. The Red Coachwhip is a fast moving diurnal snake. When handled it will bites and twist its body, excreting musk. It is similar in appearance to the Striped Racer (Masticophis lateralis) which has distinct yellow lateral stripes.

Other Names
Red Racer

Size
length 62cm - 138 cm

Environment
open areas in desert, grassland, scrub, and sagebrush, rocky ground. Rests in rodent burrows or under shady vegetation. Avoids densely vegetated areas.

Food
Eats small mammals, birds, bird eggs, lizards, snakes, amphibians, and carrion

Breeding
Coachwhips are oviparous. Lays eggs in early summer. Eggs hatch in 45 - 70 days.

Range
Found in southern California, Nevada, Arizona, and into Sonora and Baja California in Mexico

Notes
Coachwhips are non-venomous. They can be nervous snakes and will vibrate their tail and strike when threatened, although they will flee if given the opportunity.
This says they are more out west. Could be this kind, or are several other kinds of whip snakes that fit the description to your snake. Fellar that was with me last night is a snake guru. I will email him and have him look at it. Guy

 

[babyrnlc]

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you might check craigslist, i think i saw some faverolles chicks around Tulsa a few days ago..

I just got two from a guy in Locust grove. He had an add on craigslist. they were $5 each, pullets

 

[Firefly89]

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you might check craigslist, i think i saw some faverolles chicks around Tulsa a few days ago..

I just got two from a guy in Locust grove. He had an add on craigslist. they were $5 each, pullets

Really?!? Do you have a phone number or email address?? I've been checking cl and haven't seen that

 

[Cuban Longtails]

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I've been successful baiting with old eggs & marshmellows. My cats usually ignore it.

 

[Teach97]

Howdy Guys and Gals

Snake looks to be a racer. Way to big for a brown. Not poisonous. Very few snakes in US are poisonous...rattlers, cottonmouths, corals and copperheads are it...it is none of those.


I had a blast yesterday at the auction seeing folks. Great fun traveling with friends!

 

[Poco Pollo]

We had five minutes of rain today. The clouds are still here, but all the water has already been absorbed into the parched ground.

 

[Cuban Longtails]

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Good to hear from you, Teach!