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katiedarling said:
Yeah, it was a real pretty looking snake. I noticed a molted skin the evening before, right by the steps outside the sun room. That's my route to/from their yard. It looked as if it had been going into the flower bed when it left it there. Same size as the snake last night, I assume it was that snake, but there are obviously a bunch out here. I find them in the pool skimmers all the time. It was only just over  3 ft or so. Definitely surprised me!:gig I'm sure all my neighbors heard the string of F-bombs flying from my lips if they were outside. Question though: It is my understanding that venomous snakes have more of a pointy shaped head and that non-venomous have a more rounded sort of shape. Is that correct or just an old wive's tale. Once I got a good look at it's face, I chilled a bit. Didn't look like a threat.

Next time I will relocate, if anyone can advise how to actually catch them and where to let them go at. LOL He was a slippery thing. Too crafty for me.
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No, he's not poisonous. And yes there are differing head shapes that can help clue you in, although there are some non-venomous that can look pretty daunting too!

See if this link works for you.. It's a great picture tutorial. :)

https://m.facebook.com/heidi.taylor.10/albums/1163470673671620/
 
My rooster still attacking my new hens. They won't come out from under the coop and now he attacks me becuase I pick them up to try to get them food (they have water under there). I can't get rid of him. I'm not allowed to get a new one so I'm stuck with this Jerk until he dies or a hen dies.
 
Flowerbh said:
There is no way this is a female. Male. If it has no rump, it would be an Araucana. Check to see if it has a tail bone.
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What is the tell that it's not a female? I'll check the for a tailbone when I can run it down again!
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katiedarling said:
Holy giant chickens, Batman!!!

Look at the size of those shanks! That's a big bird. Very pretty, though. Reminds me of how one of my EEs looked when I brought her home, but she was likely(?) a week or 2 older than the others. She's now the largest of my hens. Almost as big as the smaller rooster.
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maybe bigger.

Not to sound like a negative Nancy, but watch her abdomen, JIC. My big EE's abdomen started growing real fast,too. Like water belly. Vet checked her out and she had a tumor on her oviduct that was causing her to grow at warp speed. It was the strangest thing, even though she was the coolest looking chicken I'd ever seen. I told her that when she grew up, maybe she could play for the Knicks!
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Thanks for the advice. I think that's your BO in the middle of the first picture.
Snake surprise will give you body shock!
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I have a Purple Martin colony with over 100 pairs, 26 Tree Swallow and Blue bird boxes, and about 40-45 pairs of Barn Swallows, Those
stinking rat snakes will get in a gourd rack, eat the adults and babies and move from gourd to gourd at night until they clean out the entire rack. Same in the barn and my boxes.
I had 11 here last year some up to 5 feet and I rehomed all of them in Davy Jones' locker in my lake. They make excellent turtle food.
 
So, I let my chicks out this morning and around 11am they just decided to stay in the coop. Popped the roof open and checked on them and they were all huddled up in a corner looking all scared. It took me a minute to figure it out....hawks...I now have a pesky family of three hawks.
 

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