Nice snake! What line is it from? Good color, good head, long back, it should make a excellent breeder. RonAn off note. Look what I found in the nesting box the other day. Had it's mouth around an egg. I grabbed it by the back of the head and squeezed. The egg slide right out.It's like, your not eating my dang eggs stupid snake.
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I would of passed out, honestly lol .............Is it poisonous?
Hey is anyone planning to show at the RIR Club National meet at the Cape Fear Poultry Association show in Smithfield, NC on December 14??? I can't wait to see some pretty reds. Also, I will be hunting during the show for one bantam RIR cockerel or cockbird (SC) if anyone is planning to sell or bring extra.
Black Rat Snake line. Was over 5' long! Excellent breeder!!
No. Just a rat snake. About the 5th one I caught this year. A smaller one bit me like 3x before I could blink an eye. The 3rd one stuck in my hand so I was able to grab it behind it's head. But that's why I always look into the nesting boxes from the front before I go around back and open them up. Hate to have a rattler jump out at me.
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Don't know what happened to the quote? We have pulled one Texas Rat Snake from a nest box. It had swallowed an egg and it was about 3" behind it's head. I was surprised the egg had not broken.... quite a lump in that snakes throat. We have also pulled out two cotton mouth snakes and one copper head from the nest boxes. A couple weeks ago the wife was picking up some tin in the yard and a 14" copperhead baby wiggled past her. Before she could react a chicken ran over and grabbed it and began beating it on the ground. Then the chase was on, all the chickens started chasing that chicken wanting a piece of that snake. Two nights ago when the wife went out to close up chickens she hollered for me to get the shot gun. Three feet from the back step was a 2.5' cotton mouth. Last summer we had a chick get loose. I was herding it along the house behind the shrubs to the end where the wife was waiting to retrieve it when it emerged from behind the bushes. When she saw the chcik she reached down and grabbed it BUT hanging on to the other end of the chick was a 3' cotton mouth! The snake and the wife both let go but the chick was already dying from the bite. Really have to keep an eye open around here for SNAKES.
Don't know what happened to the quote? We have pulled one Texas Rat Snake from a nest box. It had swallowed an egg and it was about 3" behind it's head. I was surprised the egg had not broken.... quite a lump in that snakes throat. We have also pulled out two cotton mouth snakes and one copper head from the nest boxes. A couple weeks ago the wife was picking up some tin in the yard and a 14" copperhead baby wiggled past her. Before she could react a chicken ran over and grabbed it and began beating it on the ground. Then the chase was on, all the chickens started chasing that chicken wanting a piece of that snake. Two nights ago when the wife went out to close up chickens she hollered for me to get the shot gun. Three feet from the back step was a 2.5' cotton mouth. Last summer we had a chick get loose. I was herding it along the house behind the shrubs to the end where the wife was waiting to retrieve it when it emerged from behind the bushes. When she saw the chcik she reached down and grabbed it BUT hanging on to the other end of the chick was a 3' cotton mouth! The snake and the wife both let go but the chick was already dying from the bite. Really have to keep an eye open around here for SNAKES.
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There are many people who have very nice Standard Breed Large Fowl in the South. Bobby in North Carolina is the Dist Three Director for the Red Club has nice birds, Steve in Georgia and Matt in Alabama has some great birds. Chris in Louisiana has some great Reds and so many more that I can think of right now. What I would do is get me a note pad and take notes, be patient and go to some shows and see the birds, take video's of them and pictures side ways, over the top to check out width of back in front from the rear shots ect. If you want to show them make sure you get a strain or two that has good type. Most have very good color or dark even color.
I wrote a article on how to get stared with RI Red large fowl on my web site you should read it. This article was written for guys just like you. You can get a good breeding trio or two pair from one strain not cross birds strains and the next year have some nice young show birds to compete with.
Be patient, there is a show in December in Pensacola Fla that will have some nice Reds, then at Lake City in Jan and then the big one in Newnan Georgia in Feb.
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