When you have chickens or any livestock for that matter, you tend to have predators. This snake we found enjoying our eggs is just one of many creatures that find chickens and eggs an easy and delectable meal. We relocated this fellow down the road so he could get off from our chicken welfare and go back to work eating mice and other pest.
Something recently has been enjoying eggs in our chicken coop again, all of the eggs our hen Abigail was sitting on has disappeared! We have not caught any critter, snakes usually are not quick to run off. Raccoons are bad about killing the actual chickens plus some eggs disappeared while the coop was shut up tight. If the chickens were eating them we would see other eggs being pecked at or destroyed. We are currently at a loss. Whatever it is, it's not bothering the chickens but instead just wants the eggs.
A weasel maybe? We haven't seen one. Oh well, I guess we won't have any new baby chicks hatching this month but honestly we didn't really need anymore.
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