Texas Black Rat Snake. He's not dangerous, but he can kill your chickens. We had 2 chickens killed by one, they can't actually eat them, but they try and fail. The best thing to do is remove it, they are not venomous, and are good for the woods ecosystem. Relocate him to the woods. Don't kill him.
We love rat snakes! They are very important to our farm because we have a lot of mice in the barn. I have to admit, when I first saw one on our land, I screamed. For a full minute. I had to really change my mindset because snakes have a bad reputation. After learning about them, I felt more comfortable. I can even remove them myself (using a long stick with rope that my husband made for me). They absolutely love to eat the eggs so in the spring and summer I have to run upstairs every hour (in between my clients appointments) and take any eggs into our house Snakes can smell eggs so well, and you're correct, they absolutely can strike chickens and we don't want that. I'm so sorry two of your chickens were killed. Thanks for the comment! We are enjoying reading them and connecting with people.
@@farmchronicles2964 Can you snake proof the chicken coop instead? Or do hens lay randomly throughout the day? (I seriously don’t know.) Having to race down every hour seems like a lot! Snakes do so much good for the environment! Thank you for learning about them instead of killing them. Can you drive them to an open field by a creek?
@@farmchronicles2964 - Big one there. I had a 6' long one in my big coop. I wondered where all the eggs had gone. Well, the girls started laying in their smaller coop in the corner. I found a bunch of them there. The snake came back the following week and got the eggs in that coop as well. He was living under my house for several years, but he might not be able to fit through the thin slit in the cinder blocks anymore that he used to use.
@@myseosmithsUnfortunately, both are usually necessary. Definitely need to improve the predator proofing but this predator is going to continue to try to get into what was an easy food source. If non-venomous, I would try re-location, if venomous, I would not risk a return especially since I have small children around.
first off know what your talking aboutasthis is a harmless snake- best advice is predatort proof-- you want this guy around- if he can get in then you are not predator proof... you know him, but he has another 1000 budies out and about@@wayneegli8379
Reinforce your fence to protect the chickens, but definitely keep the Kingsnake. There are a lot worse things that can threaten your chickens that that type of snake, but that snake will keep them away.
That looks like my resident black snake. That snake scared the life out of me when i first seen him, but I am glad he or she is around. I haven't seen any rodents.
I had one of those about 2 feet away from me when I was working under a trailer in the mountains of North Carolina....my boss laughed. Said he never seen someone move so fast.
A snake that size will eat 4 or 5 eggs at one time. Normally I don't mind rat snakes or chicken snakes or corn snakes around the farm because they do eat venomous snakes , mice and rats from time to time. But once they get in the chicken coop and they realize that's where the food is it's time to get rid of them
Was he seriously gonna tease that snake with her in there? She's so sweet.. cuz I would've probably cussed him out and then the damn snake would've bited me anyways😢
I wasn’t so calm the first time I saw a snake or the second time. Or even the third. I read about them (they’re not poisonous, they eat mice, they’re a valuable part of the ecosystem, etc). They can bite and cause harm but they’re not poisonous so that made me feel a lot better. I’ve been able to catch them and pull them away from the coop but I just don’t have the heart to kill them. The first time I ever saw one I screamed for a full 30 seconds. I’m getting better but they startle me.
there are many nonvenomous snakes that actually eat venomous, so it's good to keep the good guys around, and predator proof the coop instead. @@farmchronicles2964
You can drill about a half inch hole in the side boards of your nest, then he will go in on nest get an egg and go part way through to next nest and get another egg, he cant wrape to break the eggs to consume so it makes it easy to catch him. Return him to a better place as black snack kill poison snakes, rates and mice. Put some of that real tiny wire around your coop and any hole that he can get through. Hope that helps.
I remember when I was a kid, a 3 inch diameter of a cobra came to our house. We don't have any choice but to kill it. Its so aggresive and trying to attack us. My dad get a long stick, tie a small cloth to the end, pour diesel on it and lit it. When the fire was close to the cobras head, it bit the fire and never let it go until its head is almost roasted.
You ever figure out how he got in? He himself looks trapped. I want to build a chicken coop and any "look out for _____ snakes can get in there." Would be great!
My mom had an almost 16 foot python get its head stuck trying to get in a coop of about 30 chickens and they all pecked his head so much it killed him even got themselves a little snack out of it lol . Lucky the snake got stuck or it’d be a completely different story
Wow snakes are scary, last week a 4ft 7” long snake which I believe might be a gopher snake (hard to distinguish it for rattle snake at eye level 2 ft away struggling with a rack a pinion under a 2001 Honda accord in your driveway) but man did I jump for my pellet popper fast as shiiit and my homie said my hops were as far-apart as Michael Jorden’s hops when they made his shoe emblem! 😅
I love all nature but hate these snakes. Not dangerous. But I do have small chicks and one got into my sheshed today. Thats my sactuary! No snakes allowed so finding whatever hole it came in
Ok. I was just about to get hen but not now lol. One of these things was caught in my HVAC unit He was so long that his tail was stick out of the unit. When the unit cut on I guess it chopped him in half. These things are huge..
Funny how everyone is saying “let him go, he’s good for the ecosystem”. 🙄I wouldn’t let him go anywhere but to his deathbed, he’s knows too much… there are millions more out there to help the system 🥳
I have bird netting (loosely) around the base of my run and coop. If it’s too tight, the snake will go through it, but loosely, it’ll get tangled up in the netting. I actually had one trapped in the netting earlier this week. I was skeptical when I first read about this tip, but now I’m a believer. Cheaper than hardware cloth.
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Get a rooster of some kind any will work but make sure that he doesnt try to spur you but attacks predators trust me my rhode island red is great to his girls and doesnt try to spur me i went outside one day because i heard something going on and he was whooping a grey hawks ass 🤣
Husband lifts shotgun
“Hun can you wait until Im out of the way”
“Oh ya” 😂
(Hey baby maybe you should wait till I'm out of the coop). Oh gosh that was funny 😂😂
Rocking those new balances!
My husband laughed and found that funny!
With the black dress socks and shorts. I'm there too. Total dad mode.
Lol a dad
😂😅 Oh yea...
😂 he wanted a more Action packed video.
Texas Black Rat Snake. He's not dangerous, but he can kill your chickens. We had 2 chickens killed by one, they can't actually eat them, but they try and fail. The best thing to do is remove it, they are not venomous, and are good for the woods ecosystem. Relocate him to the woods. Don't kill him.
We love rat snakes! They are very important to our farm because we have a lot of mice in the barn. I have to admit, when I first saw one on our land, I screamed. For a full minute. I had to really change my mindset because snakes have a bad reputation. After learning about them, I felt more comfortable. I can even remove them myself (using a long stick with rope that my husband made for me). They absolutely love to eat the eggs so in the spring and summer I have to run upstairs every hour (in between my clients appointments) and take any eggs into our house Snakes can smell eggs so well, and you're correct, they absolutely can strike chickens and we don't want that. I'm so sorry two of your chickens were killed. Thanks for the comment! We are enjoying reading them and connecting with people.
@@farmchronicles2964 Can you snake proof the chicken coop instead? Or do hens lay randomly throughout the day? (I seriously don’t know.) Having to race down every hour seems like a lot!
Snakes do so much good for the environment! Thank you for learning about them instead of killing them. Can you drive them to an open field by a creek?
@@farmchronicles2964 - Big one there. I had a 6' long one in my big coop. I wondered where all the eggs had gone. Well, the girls started laying in their smaller coop in the corner. I found a bunch of them there. The snake came back the following week and got the eggs in that coop as well. He was living under my house for several years, but he might not be able to fit through the thin slit in the cinder blocks anymore that he used to use.
I have learnt something today that it’s not venomous. That means many people kill many harmless snakes. At first sight you think it’s dangerous.
He gets to go to snake heaven.
Facts
another one will just come on in then. better choice to predator proof the space. That way the snakes can't get in. Otherwise, it's a losing battle.
@@myseosmithsUnfortunately, both are usually necessary. Definitely need to improve the predator proofing but this predator is going to continue to try to get into what was an easy food source. If non-venomous, I would try re-location, if venomous, I would not risk a return especially since I have small children around.
Why? They were there first, relocate them to the woods. Not that hard
first off know what your talking aboutasthis is a harmless snake- best advice is predatort proof-- you want this guy around- if he can get in then you are not predator proof... you know him, but he has another 1000 budies out and about@@wayneegli8379
Reinforce your fence to protect the chickens, but definitely keep the Kingsnake. There are a lot worse things that can threaten your chickens that that type of snake, but that snake will keep them away.
Definitely not a king snake podna
44 people gone have no eggs podna
Lmao - that dialogue between you and your partner at the end is exactly what would go down between me and my partner 😂
SAME
@@flori480Same
It’s called a husband and you have what’s either called a husband or wife .. only gays say partner
I would literally die if that was in mine
😂😂😂
Nah man get them eggs back!
Wring him out like you're getting the last bit out of the toothpaste tube!
😂😂😂😂
😭😭
That looks like my resident black snake. That snake scared the life out of me when i first seen him, but I am glad he or she is around. I haven't seen any rodents.
Yes! We like them too!
😂 these people are discussing and saying hi to snake meanwhile me shivering by looking at this videos itself😢
Same here, don't like snakes
she: wow snake heheheh
snake: are u kidding me?😂😂
he mistook your coop & run for the latest breakfast hotspot. silly Slytherin.
We call those in the South Mr. No shoulders or a Nope Rope..
Time to go cartel mode
super dad with the new balance
I had one of those about 2 feet away from me when I was working under a trailer in the mountains of North Carolina....my boss laughed. Said he never seen someone move so fast.
Bro not the ultimate dad shoes with the black socks 😂😂
Thank you for not screaming
The chickens will stop laying if he's in there too
They don’t want a Cockatrice 💀
Hey baby don’t poke the snake while I’m in here with it 😂😂😂ohh yeah my b 😅😅
A snake that size will eat 4 or 5 eggs at one time.
Normally I don't mind rat snakes or chicken snakes or corn snakes around the farm because they do eat venomous snakes , mice and rats from time to time.
But once they get in the chicken coop and they realize that's where the food is it's time to get rid of them
It's also time to figure out how they got in there in the first place and close up the entrance.
Exactly !!
Thats what a mean old Rooster is for. He will protect his flock.
We have a kind, gentle rooster. 😬
Snake gone.
Hawk come.
That's one of the pitfalls of chickens everything wants to eat either them or their eggs.
So glad we are in an area where there aren't a ton of snakes. Mostly Garter with Hognose, Pine and smaller grass snakes.
Everyone loves chicken 😂
“Oh yeah”😂😂😂😂
Was he seriously gonna tease that snake with her in there? She's so sweet.. cuz I would've probably cussed him out and then the damn snake would've bited me anyways😢
That is so creepy did you get it out without getting bitten
We did! We always relocate them as they are not venomous and I use a tool my husband made that captures them without killing them.
@@farmchronicles2964You are much more forgiving than I am. 🪓
Haha is that your man with the stick 😂
Baby I think you would wait😂
Snakes hate wools. Now figure out how you can block snakes enterances.
Black snakes will eat the mice and rats that are after the messy chicken feed. That big, just relocate him.
How did it get in? Is the bottom of the coop on the ground?
how are you so calm? I'd die if I found one 😂
I wasn’t so calm the first time I saw a snake or the second time. Or even the third. I read about them (they’re not poisonous, they eat mice, they’re a valuable part of the ecosystem, etc). They can bite and cause harm but they’re not poisonous so that made me feel a lot better. I’ve been able to catch them and pull them away from the coop but I just don’t have the heart to kill them. The first time I ever saw one I screamed for a full 30 seconds. I’m getting better but they startle me.
there are many nonvenomous snakes that actually eat venomous, so it's good to keep the good guys around, and predator proof the coop instead.
@@farmchronicles2964
Lol men logic lol i love how calm she is
Ohhhhh big boy!!!
You can drill about a half inch hole in the side boards of your nest, then he will go in on nest get an egg and go part way through to next nest and get another egg, he cant wrape to break the eggs to consume so it makes it easy to catch him. Return him to a better place as black snack kill poison snakes, rates and mice. Put some of that real tiny wire around your coop and any hole that he can get through. Hope that helps.
Its just a chicken snake he wont hurt you.
These rat snakes are not poisonous but they can bite. We just relocate them.
I remember when I was a kid, a 3 inch diameter of a cobra came to our house.
We don't have any choice but to kill it. Its so aggresive and trying to attack us. My dad get a long stick, tie a small cloth to the end, pour diesel on it and lit it. When the fire was close to the cobras head, it bit the fire and never let it go until its head is almost roasted.
You ever figure out how he got in? He himself looks trapped. I want to build a chicken coop and any "look out for _____ snakes can get in there." Would be great!
Oh hell nah
You should put down some 1/4" wire cloth on the bottom of your run.
I was told not to put hardware cloth under the floor of the run because when the chickens dig they would tear their feet up.
@@davidthompson9359 mind is 2 foot down 👇 from the dirt. In the coop it's a foot deep. No, mice.
@@JacquelineJaroffaith that's a lot of digging with a shovel
@@davidthompson9359 it's was a lot of fun. I gave them their own Greenhouse too
this is the only way to keep the predators out. You can't kill them all for sure. Ours is down a foot,
She got scared
Yep you have chickens you gonna have snakes
He’s a rat snake I think. They’re chill. He’s probably on the hunt for rodents around your coop or a egg or two.
Husbands FTW.
My mom had an almost 16 foot python get its head stuck trying to get in a coop of about 30 chickens and they all pecked his head so much it killed him even got themselves a little snack out of it lol . Lucky the snake got stuck or it’d be a completely different story
Like no more birdies and a fat happy snake?
That’s awesome😂
Very chill woman....dude was not acting smart
Is that an indigenous snake to your area? Looks like an exotic that maybe got out of its owners pet cage.
Ok my question answered. Indigenous to Texas. Cool animal. Good for rodent pests on the farm.
Two of these guys live under my front porch
“Oh ya” 🙄
How did he get in? Did you find an entry 'somewhere" or did he get in under your bottom wooden beam?
Wow snakes are scary, last week a 4ft 7” long snake which I believe might be a gopher snake (hard to distinguish it for rattle snake at eye level 2 ft away struggling with a rack a pinion under a 2001 Honda accord in your driveway) but man did I jump for my pellet popper fast as shiiit and my homie said my hops were as far-apart as Michael Jorden’s hops when they made his shoe emblem! 😅
Ohhhhhh big boy!
How did he get in?
Our chickens found a snake and were tearing into him.
Yes, ours find them frequently too and it sure doesn’t take a lot of time for them to finish eating one.
What happened to the chickens ?
Nice Black Ratsnake’
I've had one as well raid my chicken coop for eggs! I don't kill them, they also eat the venomous snakes!
That is a black rat snake
Psshh, you were in zero danger and he actually kept the snakes attention away from you.
Wish i could've caught and relocate him for you darn
He was relocated to our pond on the other side of our property. It sounds like you appreciate snakes like we do!!
Block any holes that snakes or other rodents can get in through.
Put nephlaline tablets around coops
Snakes are awsome. This one is no threat. Just take him to the woods.
You meant to say, a HUGE black snake.
Is that a python???
Ух, какая 😃
I love all nature but hate these snakes. Not dangerous. But I do have small chicks and one got into my sheshed today. Thats my sactuary! No snakes allowed so finding whatever hole it came in
The way she said chicken cooooop was hot
Put 4" hardwire cloth on the bottom and secure.
Didit eat baby chick eggs or food eggs😮
It's lost 😊..
Amazing Reptiles.
Stay Safe..👍
This is why you snake proof your coop with bird wire
Rat snake?
Yes! We have lots of them. Good creatures they are.
Ohh yeah! 😅
Catch, and release
Beautiful snake! What species is it?
Black rat snake
And this video is called, "how to Cash a snake"..😀👍
Better known as a Rat or Chicken snake ma'am..!
“So anyway, I started blasting!”
😂😂😂
Ok. I was just about to get hen but not now lol. One of these things was caught in my HVAC unit He was so long that his tail was stick out of the unit. When the unit cut on I guess it chopped him in half. These things are huge..
I just purchased two and now I’m a nervous wreck thinking about the possibility for snake visits 😂
No one touches my GIRLS or their eggs! No one! Not one living thing touches my girls and their eggs!
There’s stupid people who’d say..”that’s a good snake”….where I come from a good snake is a dead snake….simple
Don’t kill snake that kind often eat rattlers etc
Funny how everyone is saying “let him go, he’s good for the ecosystem”. 🙄I wouldn’t let him go anywhere but to his deathbed, he’s knows too much… there are millions more out there to help the system 🥳
Before he does what? You should never kill a black snake! If he’s giving you problems move him
Why? Omen thing? Just curious 👀
@@anothersomeone7008 big rodent eating machine.
I have bird netting (loosely) around the base of my run and coop. If it’s too tight, the snake will go through it, but loosely, it’ll get tangled up in the netting. I actually had one trapped in the netting earlier this week. I was skeptical when I first read about this tip, but now I’m a believer. Cheaper than hardware cloth.
I would die right there !! Lol 😮
Was that your son or husband? 😂
My hubby. He’s a good soul. 😊
Only good thing is that you found it..but not for it !
I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. (Luke 13:5)
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. (Isaiah 55:7)
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 6:23)
The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. (Psalms 34:18)
Get a rooster of some kind any will work but make sure that he doesnt try to spur you but attacks predators trust me my rhode island red is great to his girls and doesnt try to spur me i went outside one day because i heard something going on and he was whooping a grey hawks ass 🤣
Is thT all rhode Island rosters or just yours?
Is it edible ??? Lol maybe just cook him into some beef jerky 😝
So what happened to the snake
It was relocated to the pond far away from the coop
Hope you didn’t kill it..they are good guys..but they do like eggs, mice. Etc..
King snake. Not poisonous
We've never had an issue with black racers eating eggs. Only rodents. They will also keep other snake away.