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I carry off Blk snakes since they are so good at keeping down the rodent pop and also copper heads. One did get one of my Muscovy 1 day olds about 3 yrs ago and I did rescue that ducklings and dispatched of that snake. Man did that snake have that baby in a strong hold.So my DH reminded me last week to put out the snake repellant.... it was before Wednesday's storm so I figured I'd wait till it dried out, of course I forgot.... so today I come home from lunch to a very large black snakein the pen in one of the duck houses.... thankfully he could not get to the babies since their blocked off with 1/2" hardwire. I made several unsuccessful attempts on the life of the snake with a shovel (shavings and plastic aren't a good base). DH told me to drag the house out to the yard, tip it on end and he would deal with it when he got home. SO I have put out the snake repellant and hopefully he goes nowhere and/or has internal injuries until DH gets home.
Here he is
@yoopergirl1211 what about hatcheries in Pa? then they wouldn't have to travel so far??Maybe @idealpoultry or @mfuchs can comment?
So far the biggest snake I've seen evidence of in the yard was about 3' and it was just a garter snake. I don't have any babies to worry about and the ducks kill snakes that size. We have corn snakes in the swamp (I've been told, never seen one) which as I understand means we don't have to worry about rattlers (the only poisonous snake in this area).I carry off Blk snakes since they are so good at keeping down the rodent pop and also copper heads. One did get one of my Muscovy 1 day olds about 3 yrs ago and I did rescue that ducklings and dispatched of that snake. Man did that snake have that baby in a strong hold.
So far the biggest snake I've seen evidence of in the yard was about 3' and it was just a garter snake. I don't have any babies to worry about and the ducks kill snakes that size. We have corn snakes in the swamp (I've been told, never seen one) which as I understand means we don't have to worry about rattlers (the only poisonous snake in this area).
So my DH reminded me last week to put out the snake repellant.... it was before Wednesday's storm so I figured I'd wait till it dried out, of course I forgot.... so today I come home from lunch to a very large black snakein the pen in one of the duck houses.... thankfully he could not get to the babies since their blocked off with 1/2" hardwire. I made several unsuccessful attempts on the life of the snake with a shovel (shavings and plastic aren't a good base). DH told me to drag the house out to the yard, tip it on end and he would deal with it when he got home. SO I have put out the snake repellant and hopefully he goes nowhere and/or has internal injuries until DH gets home.
Here he is
So far the biggest snake I've seen evidence of in the yard was about 3' and it was just a garter snake. I don't have any babies to worry about and the ducks kill snakes that size. We have corn snakes in the swamp (I've been told, never seen one) which as I understand means we don't have to worry about rattlers (the only poisonous snake in this area).