Snakes getting your chicken eggs. Cure

[rbalan]

and it mostly kills non venomous snakes that are a huge help in rodent population but what the hay

Yep, most if not all are rat snakes, which are actually illegal kill in Georgia.

 

[BIKER13]

9 Tips to Keep Snakes out of your Chicken Coop

Snakes will eat chicken eggs and baby chicks and sometimes even threaten smaller birds. Here are tips to keep snakes at bay.

www.fresheggsdaily.blog

 

[lostchild]

When we raised chickens, never had trouble with snakes. Sometimes we’d pick up some biddies to restock, rats would get in and kill every one. Just leave them laying there ripped apart.

 

[wolfmanrogers]

This is a stupid “solution”.

 

[Dieselt]

The solution is simple, do not use chicken wire , I have chickens for 4 years , have use 1/2” or 1/4” hardware cloth , snakes won’t fit tru those small holes , it will have to be a really tiny one and chickens will kill it . It’s also much stronger . It has held against coyotes and foxes too . I have seen plenty of big snakes around the coop they just can’t get in.

 

[H2O MAN]

My mom caught a black snake attempting to swallow one of her chickens eggs and made the snake spit it out... she was too late the next day, the snake had already swallowed one. She likes the snakes, so an egg every now and then is acceptable to her and her chickens. This particular snake has been on the property for over 20 years, and yes she has named it.

 

[Sleepr71]

The solution is simple, do not use chicken wire , I have chickens for 4 years , have use 1/2” or 1/4” hardware cloth , snakes won’t fit tru those small holes , it will have to be a really tiny one and chickens will kill it . It’s also much stronger . It has held against coyotes and foxes too . I have seen plenty of big snakes around the coop they just can’t get in.

This is the Answer! Prevention. Also works great for Rabbit pens & anything you want to keep predators out of..