Thursday, July 7, 2011

Snake and Roasters

Here is the snake that I found in the pen this morning. He had killed 7 of my chickens in all-5 chicks and two adults. Called Phil to find out what he had done with the loppers (brush cutters) the last time we killed a snake but he didn't know so I moved snake cage and all out in the yard where I had more room (yes, it was scary) and he made a run for it through the bars and I had a shovel waiting for his neck. Took several tries but I finally got him. I haven't stretched him out yet but he is 5 or 6 ft. I'm sure.
I took care of him before I butchered chickens this morning. I only got the two oldest meat chickens butchered because for some reason my phone was ringing off the hook this morning. I left them as roasters since they were such nice meaty birds.
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  1. LyndaJuly 7, 2011 at 11:25 AM

    Nice looking roaster! Yucky snake!

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  2. floweringmamaJuly 7, 2011 at 3:40 PM

    Wow, that is one FAT snake! Hopefully you won't have any more problems.

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  3. becky3086July 7, 2011 at 3:43 PM

    It had one of the half grown bantam chicks inside it :(

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  4. Martin and AmyJuly 7, 2011 at 4:33 PM

    I don't know what I'd do if I found a snake in our chicken coop!

    Nice looking roaster though!

    Martin :)

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  5. SueJuly 8, 2011 at 3:45 AM

    OMG. Seriously. OMG!!!!!
    I hate hate hate snakes. I would've died a thousand times if I had seen that. And I am NOT a girlie girl, but OMG.

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  6. MoJuly 8, 2011 at 4:55 AM

    Glad to hear that you got him! What kind of snake is it Becky?

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  7. becky3086July 8, 2011 at 7:26 AM

    I don't know what they are really called. Everyone down here calls them chicken snakes--for obvious reasons, I guess.

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  8. CindyJuly 8, 2011 at 8:22 AM

    We have killed 3 this year and lost three chickens. I'm glad you got 'em. Nice roaster! I hope to be eating mine soon. How old is the bird that you butchered?

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  9. Egretta Wells blogJuly 8, 2011 at 2:06 PM

    Becky, I don't have chickens, but it is snake haven here on my property in S. florida. This spring up til now, I'd say we have killed at least 10 or 12. I HATE anykind of snake, but if I had chickens and one ate so many, I would be MAD!!

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  10. DmarieJuly 8, 2011 at 8:41 PM

    oh, what a tragedy...I think I'd have had a nice cry before anything else!!

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  11. Dreaming of JeanieJuly 10, 2011 at 1:00 PM

    Just looking at your snake photo gave me goosebumps....I can't handle snakes. You're a real trooper for killing this one yourself. I would have run screaming for the hills!

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  12. DonnaJuly 10, 2011 at 7:02 PM

    Yikes! I am not sure what I would do about that...

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  13. CanadianShe_WolfAugust 7, 2011 at 2:33 PM

    My Mother used to tell stories about when she was a girl growing up on the farm,(there were 11 of them 8 girls and 3 boys) and my Grandpa used to hand milk about 50 cows. Mom said it was NOT unusal to walk into the barn in the morning and maybe 5-10 cows would have milk snakes wrapped around their leg, sucking milk from the udder! I think I could handle that far better than seeing a snake that had just had a "gourmet meal" of my chickens. I would of likely the first time, tried killing the sucker with my bare hands! Guess they have passed the "word" around that yer place is good eatin', Becky?

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