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Ga Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Karen
Meansville
Ga.
USA
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 Posted - Jul 15 2012 : 09:43:13 AM
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I need advice on keeping snakes out of chicken pen. We have a swamp behind our house and this year has been really bad for snakes I am having anywhere between 2-3 snakes a week. We have dogs and even put a donkey near the pen with no success, I am so upset because they r getting more eggs than we are. I work a full time job so I can't go up there 3 or 4 times a day like I need to. Any ideas ?
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crittergranny
True Blue Farmgirl
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Laura
Lindrith
NM
USA
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Posted - Jul 15 2012 : 11:05:46 AM
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I'm also concerned about them. My daughter found several chicks dead and 2 missing from a small cage in her henhouse. We think it may have been a rattler cause they will strike and then come back and eat later what they can't eat right away. Also 1 hen was walking around acting really goofy like maybe she got sort of nipped but lived. Like maybe she tried to protect them...blah creepy! Maybe put screen wire around the bottom 3 ft or so?
Laura
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kysheeplady
True Blue Farmgirl
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Teri
KY
USA
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Posted - Jul 15 2012 : 11:08:40 AM
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we found that we had a hole in our wood floor that was allow them to come in. All the bedding, shavings and such covers up stuff you can't see. Snakes don't need a very big hole.
Teri
White Sheep Farm
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Sugar Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Pamela Jean
Sugarloaf
Ca
USA
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Posted - Jul 15 2012 : 3:49:24 PM
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I came across this on backyard chickens... Snakes HATE garlic. Liquid Fence Snake Repellent is the BEST thing I have found, it covers a lot of area and is safe for every persona and animal exposed. Snakes smell that garlic smell and slither the opposite way as fast as they can! I use it around my house, as I have bunnies that run free and free ranging chickens, and the terrible snake problem I use to have has ended. When I first moved in this place was snake city!
Pam 
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Ga Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Karen
Meansville
Ga.
USA
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Posted - Jul 15 2012 : 4:15:24 PM
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Thanks Pam I will see if I can find some!
Create in me a pure heart,O God and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Psalms 51:10
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one_dog_per_acre
True Blue Farmgirl
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Trish
Sandpoint
ID
USA
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Posted - Jul 16 2012 : 09:10:28 AM
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This thread gave me nightmares last night! I think the South is all sweet tea and lagniappe. Nope!
“It always looks darkest just before it gets totally black.”-Charlie Brown |
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Ga Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Karen
Meansville
Ga.
USA
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Posted - Jul 16 2012 : 7:34:14 PM
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I sure wish it was! Lol
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sissarge
True Blue Farmgirl
502 Posts
Linda
Montgomery
Texas
USA
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Posted - Jul 17 2012 : 12:15:14 AM
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| GEESE!!! they will keep the snakes away. I have 2 and I have not seen any snakes this year. We have problems with copperheads also, and we have not seen any, since, the geese free range. I went to the barn the other evening, and could see where a snake had called across the road. But we have not seen it. It is big enough to be a chicken snake, but so far (knock on wood) we have seen no evidence of it. I have 4 mama hens right now with 2 to 9 little ones, and they are all being safe. Getting about 24 eggs a day, not missing any. Good luck, hope you find something that works for you. Farmgirl #946 Linda |
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Ga Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Karen
Meansville
Ga.
USA
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Posted - Jul 17 2012 : 04:34:32 AM
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Thank you Linda, I would love geese but I think the dogs would eat them:( wonder if they could protect themselves ? I have known geese to be aggressive.
Create in me a pure heart,O God and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Psalms 51:10
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MiaBella
True Blue Farmgirl
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Michelle
New Caney
TX
USA
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Posted - Jul 17 2012 : 06:38:37 AM
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Don't know from experience, yet, but I have read that Guinea Fowl will kill a snake if a flock of them comes upon one. I have 6 Guinea keets now, hoping they will be my bug patrol in my garden next spring.
Also, if you put golf balls in your nesting boxes, the snakes will eat them and leave thinking they are eggs. At first you will lose a few eggs but once the chickens get their scent on the balls, the snakes are too dumb to know the difference and will slither off with a belly full of golf balls instead of eggs. I received that advice from a feed store owner. It has worked for me so far.
Michelle
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MiaBella Farm
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Ga Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Karen
Meansville
Ga.
USA
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Posted - Jul 17 2012 : 11:01:33 AM
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I have got golf balls in there. Thanks for the guinea info . I will take into consideration all the comments and may try them all until I find what works.
Create in me a pure heart,O God and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Psalms 51:10
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Megan
True Blue Farmgirl
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Megan
Hudson
South Dakota
USA
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Ga Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Karen
Meansville
Ga.
USA
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Posted - Jul 17 2012 : 3:43:04 PM
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That stinks so now to figure how to get rid of coons huh?
Create in me a pure heart,O God and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Psalms 51:10
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GoddessintheGroove
True Blue Farmgirl
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Heike
Sacramento
CA
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Posted - Jul 17 2012 : 11:55:08 PM
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I was about to say the same thing.
Ew.
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Originally posted by one_dog_per_acre
This thread gave me nightmares last night! I think the South is all sweet tea and lagniappe. Nope!
�It always looks darkest just before it gets totally black.�-Charlie Brown
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