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RoboDuck said:
Take it somewhere and release it. Besides being illegal to kill non-venomous snakes, they are also very beneficial in rodent control. Just take it far enough away it won't find its way back to your babies.
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Didn't know it was illegal to kill NVS's but then those I don't cause they are good snakes and they keep away the bad snakes and if it's big enough they have a really good homing instinct so take it far,far, far away, and what about moth balls? Heard those work.
 
That's good. Hopefully he won't re-enter your bubble.. lol. But just in case the bubble fails you, the only true way to reduce the possibility of snakes is to rid your property of suitable living space and food sources they would want. And even then they may still pass through. Your very best bet is to get you a book and educate yourself on the different species in your area. Very few are harmful to people and they are VERY easily identified if you know what you're looking for.
 
RoboDuck said:
That's good. Hopefully he won't re-enter your bubble.. lol. But just in case the bubble fails you, the only true way to reduce the possibility of snakes is to rid your property of suitable living space and food sources they would want. And even then they may still pass through. Your very best bet is to get you a book and educate yourself on the different species in your area. Very few are harmful to people and they are VERY easily identified if you know what you're looking for.
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Guineas is the answer !!!
 
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EmilyP said:
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 snake
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in 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
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Glad to caught it in time. So far I have not seen any large snakes yet this year, but they're coming out of hibernation, and they're hungry.
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So what's the best snake repellant ???
 
missy1971 said:
So what's the best snake repellant ???
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A well-built coop that is off the ground helps, but if you have an opening at ground level just the size of a nickel, snakes can get in. Some people use plastic bird netting at ground level with a lot of success, but that will kill the snakes when they get tangled in it.

A good practice is to keep your eggs and chicks above ground level if at all possible because that's what the snakes are after, but that's hard to do if you have your hens raise your chicks. The good thing about snakes is that they eat mice that are attracted to chicken feed/food, so they do provide some benefit. I understand that some people totally freak out at the sight of a snake, but most snakes we encounter are really not a problem.

One year we had this beautiful black racer snake that kept hanging around one corner of our property. Just as quickly as I would see him, he would dart off into the woods. Well, we had a problem with moles in that area, but that snake took care of the problem. One day I saw the snake, and it had a mole in its mouth. It lifted the mole about three inches off the ground and took off into the woods. I never saw the snake again, but our mole problem was also gone.

My wife is pretty cool about snakes. When she finds one, she calls me over to try and identify it, but she doesn't kill them or freak out. Since the back of our property borders the woods, we get all kinds of critters and creepy things that come out of there. We try to co-exist the best we can.
 

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