The Egg Thief
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- Today a black snake slithered up the ramp and into my coop. Watch it try to eat an egg. For those who are wondering, but don't want to watch this video. I caught and released the snake into the woods a few miles down the road.
You have my deepest respect for not killing the snake. I also recently found a black snake in a container where I'm raising 11 little chicks and found that it had killed 3 and eaten 2. I released the snake unharmed back into the yard and faulted myself for not making a snake proof place to raise the chicks. Can't blame a snake for trying to get an easy meal. All the best -
Snakes are important rodent population control...I know this is true, because I once witnessed a snake passing out mouse condoms on my back porch...hahahaha!
How did you catch it? Anyone else think it's kind of cute? It stopped when it realized it was being watched but once it realized you're just "observing" him/her, it continued up the coop to feed it's belly. I would have freaked out. And 100 points for you for not killing it.
great video put some hardware cloth up around your coop and the snakes can't get in
Maybe I'm wrong, but the chicken wire openings/holes are too big, snake can get through?Replace it with smaller mesh , may help!
szaki agreed
Thanks for relocating the snake. I love them and have done much the same to help out an uninvited guest. I had one in my canary cage that ate my singer. I let it go too. Hey they are trying to get by and can't vote for politicians that promise to feed them for life.
Have seen a bunch of your videos and have likes what I see, but u got a subscriber in me when you released that snake. Class act
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You're a good man for releasing that snake back into his habitat.
Good for you not killing the black snake like most people would have. Also, have you looked into a small solar panel for your coop? I'm building my coop and run and am definitely going to put one on mine. They're so inexpensive now and it would solve having an extension cord across your yard in the summer.
***** Others have offered the same suggestion about using a solar panel. I happen to have a trickle charger and several of these deep cycle batteries. So I went with that cause it was free. I just bring my batteries in every 3 weeks or so to charge them.
That would have been the last egg it would have ever tried to steal were this to happen to me lol. One less snake I would have had to worry about. Side note a much smaller mesh and or electrifying the fence would have helped a bunch
That is one of my biggest fear when we move and can chickens. Guess I will get over it, lol. Good job relocating the snake and not killing it, I may not be able to make that same choice.
Mmmm. I wonder if injecting the egg with antifreeze would cause the snake to not eat the egg. LOL
Years ago, we had yellow rat snakes eating the eggs. Now, it's the bobcats, coyotes and foxes.
HA! I had the same thing happen. Great to watch. Big black snake - a little bigger than 'yours'. I have pics too (no video).
“When I was a lad, I ate 4 dozen eggs every morning to help me get large and now that I’m grown, I eat 5 dozen eggs so I’m practically the size of a barge”
😂😂. Classic Gaston! Loved that movie as a kid.
@@E_Fleming No one eats eggs like Gaston.
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Thank you for being kind and thoughtful to wild life creatures.
I caught a huge blacksnake once; he was crossing the parking lot where I lived. I was afraid he would be killed, so, after I dragged him out of a bush, I released him over a fence and into the woods. Trouble was, he got musk (snake pee?) on my hands. So I went to class and sat next to my best friend. I asked her if she wanted to smell my new perfume. She sniffed my wrists, then screamed out loud, startling everyone, and whispered that she was going to "get me." Funniest thing ever, lol.
I don't know if he "dug" in under the coop or got in some other way, but I've heard a way to keep out the critters is to line the inside edges of the coop with 12" wide pavers. That way, if something digs under, when it comes up, it's going to hit a block and go back. I suppose you could put the sand down on top of the pavers if you didn't want to look at them, but it might help if he's getting in with a hole under the structure.
+Michelle Paul I think this one was narrow enough that it actually squeezed between the wire fence. You are definitely right about that paver setup. Thanks for watching!
If you open the container by reaching across to the other side you can use the lid as a shield and reduce the chance of getting bit. Should also be done when picking up anything a snake could be under like rocks or wood.
That would have been the last time he ever tried to eat anything if it was here.
that is one big black snake! and your a better man than I, gunga din, for letting him live.
Very interesting! But gee...I wouldn't want one in my chicken coop. You're a courageous man.
Not sure but that looks like a Western Rat Snake. They aren't venomous.
Yikes that was a big snake! What that do is swallow the egg then constrict their muscles to break the egg the regurgitate the shell. It looks pretty crazy!
I like snakes and think they're beautiful, but I'm not a huge fan of handling larger ones if I can avoid it. Glad you didn't kill it as they are very good to have around just not in your coop or your bed.
Scary ...😨 🐍 😟!!!
Oh hell no. He would be history.
What state do you live in I live in Indiana and we're about to get chickens and I sure don't want any of those!!
Pennsylvania
WOW! Them snakes are big.
Do you know what kind of snake that was? I'm so used to picking up mice/rats for our python, I forgot they like eggs too. Hope I never find one in my coop, though! Love your videos, thanks for sharing! =)
Thanks for letting him go! I know they can be pests sometimes but they play a big part in the ecosystem and help with rodent control. Thanks for sharing!
Wow great job, that guy was huge!
omfg, that thing is huge. I only have small visitors from time to time. It's nice that you relocate them elsewhere though.
A snake will strangle a chicken if given the opportunity. I have had two chickens killed by a black snake while they were resting.
Sal g Wow, interesting. I knew they would take down a chick...but I didn't know they would bother with a full size chicken.
The shotgun would fix that problem
Yes my run was completely enclosed with chicken wire. There were no breaks in the wire and no holes dug anywhere. I was baffled after a week and two dead chickens with no signs of a struggle. No rips or cuts no feather loss. Just dead where they were resting. I seen the black snake in a nearby area but thought nothing of it. I then did some research and realized he was the culprit.
Sal Gerace Wow. That's crazy...good to know!
+Sal Gerace Black snakes kill chickens? Oh Lord, we have some work to do!
Hahahah...I am so glad you did not make the video of you catching him/her since i would be screaming on this side of the video. hahah OMG i'm not a snake person hahaha . you are such a good guy for doing this :) hugs and thanks for sharing .
I hope you put up 1/4 inch or 1/2 inch hardware cloth. That is traumatic for your chickens! I even have in under ground.
That was dangerous. The way you open the bin.
Was that snake venomous? You did a great job of relocating him :-)
Were all the chickens okay? I didn't see any chickens.
+Ma QianLi They were all fine...they just didn't want to be anywhere near that snake
Yep. I have a video of a black snake eating six eggs in a row before I removed him to a different location. Unfortunately, I was blabbering through the entire video and I'm too embarrassed to post it...lol
Yoie Gunderson
Edit the sound out and post
Todd Poulton I'm new at videos and I am not the best at it but I have the iPhone 7 and shot the video with the phone. My husband was watching your video while I was responding to this post and he got a big kick out of the music choice . Great job! Thanks for the encouragement.
Yoie Gunderson this isn’t my video, and I’m doubting you have seen my videos....I am actually considering deleting all mine, they suck so bad. I might remake them, but wow. El stinko!
Good luck with your videos, give it a shot. Remember, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
And even if it was shot on the phone, you can transfer the video to a computer and edit it there before posting. Remove the audio track that originally happened, do a much briefer and less chatty voice over or some music and post. If you want to change it later you can. But if you never post anything than you will never have posted anything......
Todd Poulton well, thanks for letting me know I am in good company. :)
I would have freaked out seeing that thing rodent control or not it would have had an axe to the head.
snake: untilsssss next timesssssss
thanks for letting him go... just hungry guy... like your chicken coop from other clip.
Aw, she's pretty! I'd take her off your hands...
yes thats the best way both sides how nice
HOLY CANNOLI !!!!! I dont know what to say besides that !!!
Snake; tastes like chicken... so I'm told! ;-) I've also been cautioned to use tighter mesh... a veteran told me about racoons reaching in & pulling out chickens piece by piece. Smaller mesh would also work against snakes... at least big-uns.
You should change your screen wire to smaller size opening which a lot of coops late uses for that kind of incident..... I'm sure you get the point
Animal Control on speed dial!
hope you add another video soon, maybe around christmas
william shidal I am working on my masterpiece video right now. A complete rebuild with construction info, measurements, and plans.
cool I cant wait God bless you and your family on Thanksgiving
Good Lord! I'd be very happy to be one of your chickens! You're a total package.
lol Right
I thought it was a king snake. Man I want one
I had heard from several people that a flock of chickens will attack (and often kill and eat) small snakes etc. that encroach into their areas. Is that just an old wives tale or was this one just too large for them to handle or ???
Hmm, I have never heard that...that's a good question. Roosters are a little more territorial and protective I think. My chickens wouldn't even eat a toad that hopped into their run a few weeks ago.
my RIR does eat snakes frogs & mice
Jeffrey Gilbert Does that apply to ALL snakes that they find in the enclosure or just the little ones? Also, do they distinguish between venomous and non-venomous snakes? How frequently do the chickens come out on the losing end of a snake-chicken encounter?
All good questions. If you are interested, watch a PBS special called "My Life as a Turkey" It's amazing! Granted, the special is about turkeys not chickens but I think you will find it very interesting. They talk a good deal in that about how wild turkeys are able to identify venomous snakes versus non-venemous and how they warn each other about the presence of a snake. Crazy stuff.
i let all my snakes go in hell with a 12 gage
wow. how did you catch him.
Great video though loved it. Good job not killing it.
What is the size of your coop ? flemwad18
Jeffrey Gilbert the coop itself is 5 x 6.
At least he didn’t eat a chicken
thanks for another great video, reminds me of my grandpa, 60 years ago, killing a snake and cutting it open to show me the baby chicks it had eaten, pretty intense for a 7 year old, I was freaked
That is a rough, early introduction to the "circle of life". Wow
YIKES!
Thief is free????
No way!!!
indigo
I would have had that snake for dinner :)
I don't understand... Why sit there and watch the snake eat the egg?! And excuse me for living, but here in Alabama, we SHOOT SNAKES! Why be more concerned with the snake than the unborn baby chick being eatten?! SMDH!
+Demetria Kelly I do not have a rooster, so none of my eggs have unborn babies in them; it was just an egg. Black snakes like this do a lot of good and aren't poisonous.
+flemwad18 true
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Can we date like.. please
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ah..the eggs only cost few cents only. let him eat it. be kind to one another.
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