Kinda like politicians, huh?
It's a rodent eating machine...
Good snakes, bad snakes even dead snakes. They all scare the S%$t out of me. Ha. This, and I've been around snakes my entire life.
Yep. Don't have chickens, but have seen a black snake curled around an egg to break it one time. I hear they can be a nuisance around them.
Are ya sure? All I ever heard about swallow the eggs whole, then wrap themselves around something to crush the shell. My brother said he found a dead one once that had swallowed a cold-cream jar.
They used to sell porcelain eggs to put in hens' nests to kill snakes. Some of the old timers even used porcelain doorknobs back when they were plentiful.
I don't even mind sharing a few eggs with 'em, I do mind reaching in to pick up a few eggs and feeling or seeing their presence. Now that will get me moving pretty quickly! Like this
Yeah, snake was in the hen house, and wrapped around the egg in the nest. We watched it for a bit before they killed it.Are ya sure? All I ever heard about swallow the eggs whole, then wrap themselves around something to crush the shell. My brother said he found a dead one once that had swallowed a cold-cream jar.
They used to sell porcelain eggs to put in hens' nests to kill chicken snakes. Some of the old timers even used porcelain doorknobs back when they were plentiful.
Still do, my buddy brought me out a few to "help" kill the snakes. I told him thanks and set them in the barn shop. I hate snakes, but need 'em, less the rats overtake the farm...They used to sell porcelain eggs to put in hens' nests to kill snakes. Some of the old timers even used porcelain doorknobs back when they were plentiful.
Might have been trying to get it in position to swallow it then. I think they have to push it against something (or themselves) to get it swallowed. Dunno.
Yeah.....Dennis, I think it more looking for a chance to eat you than saying hello...that's just me though......
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