Whats the best time to catch a snake?

[effie]

those water snakes didn't look like the ones we have around here--are they water Moccasins?--I didn't see where you were located...

 

[knjinnm]

So, how are the snakes getting in the coop?

 

[Anotherguywithchickens]

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yes they are.

 

[Anotherguywithchickens]

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not sure i patched anything i could find that looked like a spot to get in

 

[Anotherguywithchickens]

Well i went out at 915 last night and found another rat snake. It took off twards the woods and i was right behind it running and shooting. Glad my .22 hold 18 bullets because i used 15 of them before i killed it lol

Bad news is... even after ive killed this one, i still had 3 eggs missing this morning #@^%$#$#&^%$#^%$#&

 

[effie]

maybe you have one still hiding in the coop!!!!!

hopefully not one of those moccasins!!!!

I sprayfoamed everything in my coop that had light coming thru------and caulking works too--I told the kids I carry caulk around like Fonzy carried his comb!!!!

and you need to get some bird shot for that rifle!!!!!

 

[knjinnm]

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So what size wire are you using to keep snakes out?

Next, poke a hole in several eggs and stuff them with moth balls, reseal and let the snake eat the egg. Leave the eggs outside the coop in a make shift nest.

 

[Robertbrown]

You keep killin all your snakes and you're going to wind up with a serious rodent problem. By all means get rid of the moccasins..... try to leave the good ones

 

[Kassaundra]

Short of getting your drunkened cousin who will do anything on a dare to do it for you this is the coolest mostly hands off way I've seen.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=515899&p=1

 

[effie]

I don't know --I am with another poster on another thread that said "are you raising chickens or raising snakes?" "ya can't raise both" I haven't seen a snake at my coop yet and it has been several months(I am sure I will find one tommorrow now-LOL) I had a rat problem and I dealt with it.......I don't want any of them......I do everything I can to keep my girls safe--just like my kids---I read all these stories on here with people losing their chickens to predators and it's awful----don't get me wrong --they are still chickens-but they are a responsibility I take seriously. So,until these nasty egg eating -biddy swallowing ,slithering serpents are put on the endangered list and they are in my space they get reckoned with. Go gettem!!!