Chcken Coop

Snakes are often the bane of the backyard chicken keeper. Lured to the coop area by the promise of an easy meal (eggs, small chicks, ducklings or sometimes bantams as well as the mice drawn to the coop), even non-venomous snakes can pose a real threat. Snakes can squeeze through the tiniest of cracks or smallest of spaces and therefore are very hard to keep out of a run or pen. After our recent run-in with a black rat snake, I revised my snake defenses and wanted to share with you.