A pretador in the henhouse

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A pretador in the henhouse

Post by Farrier1987 » Thu Jul 12, 2018 7:28 pm

Went to get eggs and found this fella. Took and put him over the lake bank. Fox snake, endangered species but doing well around here. Every summer I have something happen with them. Today just egg, no chicks or setting hen which has happened before. Constricted the hen and killed her a couple years ago. I think she tried to defend her nest. I have found shed skins in the barn too. But if its a few eggs a year, so be it. Havent had to go to war yet, and I don't want to.
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Re: A pretador in the henhouse

Post by Colleen Kinzie » Thu Jul 12, 2018 7:38 pm

OMG
I would die!!!!
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Re: A pretador in the henhouse

Post by SusanH » Thu Jul 12, 2018 7:47 pm

Wow. Bless you for caring for endangered snakes. I agree that an egg or two is a small price for helping such a beautiful creature survive.
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Re: A pretador in the henhouse

Post by Killerbunny » Thu Jul 12, 2018 8:02 pm

Beautiful thing!
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Re: A pretador in the henhouse

Post by Happy » Thu Jul 12, 2018 8:19 pm

Helz no!
Burn the coop down!!!!
I'm kidding...I wouldn't kill it but holy crap I'd probably break a hip from the back peddaling I'd do if I walked in on that.
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Re: A pretador in the henhouse

Post by labradors » Thu Jul 12, 2018 8:59 pm

That's a biggie!

Thanks for caring about this big boy :).

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Re: A pretador in the henhouse

Post by thegawd » Thu Jul 12, 2018 9:05 pm

WOOOHOOOO Thats Awesome! my favorite indigenous snake that i have only seen once when i was a kid. Beautiful! thanks for sharing!
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Re: A pretador in the henhouse

Post by poultry_admin » Thu Jul 12, 2018 11:05 pm

Great!
I'm also with Al and the others on that one! Glad to see that you keep your cool around snakes and even big ones!
Too many people would just grab the shovel and start hitting.
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Re: A pretador in the henhouse

Post by windwalkingwolf » Fri Jul 13, 2018 1:30 am

Lovely creature. I would rather have a dozen snakes in my henhouse (actually that happened once--a female garter and her many suitors were, um, twining on some straw) than a single raccoon.
Good on you for moving her!
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Re: A pretador in the henhouse

Post by la-chicken » Fri Jul 13, 2018 11:13 am

Holy Crap! (mike drop)
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