Stupid snake

[dufus]

don't take a chance on the sun,, hit them twice with a flame-thrower, them nuke them.

 

[DUCKGIRL89]

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[dufus]

i decided to be sporting about my snakes,, i give them a chance to out run a bullet. ever since that snake ate two of my 3 week old chicks, IT'S ON!!! i was responsible for those chicks safety, and i failed. i plan to have better success in the future. however, i can read some of these threads and see all the problems others are having with bears, weasels, ermines, etc. and we do not have those critters in mississippi. i am fortunate enough to live very rurally, out of sight of a seldom traveled road, and i can/will dispatch anything i catch bothering my chickens. also, i was a competition shooter for years, and sometimes still do, so that helps somewhat.

 

[TruGritCkn]

Yukk Snakes icky

They are ok out away from me but I would freak if I found one in the chicken coop.

I love all animals, even people, but like Dufus said, When Its On, Its On!

I shot a snake trying to sneak into the horse barn last year. So far with the chickens this year it has been 2 skunks, 1 fox, two coons.

All 27 chickens safe so far but after reading the Predator and Pest posts I think my birds are at risk and I have a lot of work to do to make them safe.

 

[geoff40]

There is some serious snake phobia to be found here!

 

[little_grey_bantam]

I toss out 8 foot bullsnakes into our barn right next to the chicken coop. Been doing so for the last 5 years and the family has been doing that for the last 50+ years.

No birds lost lol

 

[Ole rooster]

Dufus......you failed because you didn't take care of the probem when it first presented itself. That seems to be the case most of the time.

 

[dufus]

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well then, please advance me some sage advice, kind sir. how is the best way to ''take care of this problem:''

1---don't let the chickens and peepers in the yard, 'cause there is snakes about.

2---if i do let them out, close the door to the coop, so snakes can't get in. of course, there might be a small problem arise, about the laying situation. i could build some egg boxes in the yard, maybe snakes wouldn't get in them, only in the coop

3---if i do find a snake in the egg box, thank him profoundly for leaving me 2 eggs, that's enough for me, he needed 10. very gently set him on the ground, apoligize to him for disturbing his day, and ask him humbly to depart the premises

4---move to alaska, or some other frozen tundra, that does not have snakes

5---stay my course,, beat them severely about the head and shoulders with a stout stick, or double tap to the head with some .22 rat shot

now please allow me to borrow a phrase from somebody's illustrious prez, owe-bozo, ''let me be perfectly clear about this'',, i POSITIVELY do not,, and have not since i was a lad, believe in killing anything that you are not going to eat. however, it is a time honored tradition in the rural south, passed down generation to generation, to provide safety and security to your livestock, by whatever means necessary. bleeding hearts that are thankful that a mean ole snake actually left you a few peeps, didn't eat them ALL, are a definite minority here-a-bouts.

bottom line from me: ole sneaky snake gets in my hen house, he had best be armed, 'cause i'm fixing to start shooting at him. if it was good enough for grandpaw, good enough for me.

 

[effie]

I still like the person from texas who posted in another thread--"are ya raising chickens or snakes ?? because you can't raise both!" I keep birdshot in my 357 at all times when I go to the coop. So far this summer I haven't had to use it--thank goodness.........

 

[dufus]

that's exactly where i'm coming from effie. it grieves my soul to have to kill something that is not used for the pot. i do not run over snakes in the road, if there is anyway around it. but,, them suckers are NOT gonna wipe me out of eggs and peeps 'cause '' that's what they do, they are just being natural''. they best '' be natural'' somewheres else. in all truthfulness, i'm kinda whanged since that sucker got in my coop and hid, and i closed the birds up for the night, and lost some of my peeps. now, i check thoroughly with a LED flashlight, that i leave in the coop. i check the boxes [ and under the straw ] several times a day, i guess i've got some kind of phobia, better to be safe than sorry.