Our German Shepherd doesn't do snakes. She is great against coyotes,
possums, squirrels, and racoons but snakes are too sneaky for her. A
mongoose is a great idea. I'm not sure there are any in South Carolina,
though! You would think the geese would be able to protect their own, but
we interrupted a black snake trying to swallow a goose egg from the nest
and the goose pair were just hissing at it. We caught one in the guinea
house that looked like it had swallowed an egg but when we cut it open, it
was a golf ball that I put in the nest boxes to encourage the chickens to
lay there. The snake would have died anyway trying to process the golf
ball! I've put several more out in the hope that the remaining snakes will
be tempted to swallow them.
Tina
On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 11:55 AM, Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yes, that looks very pleasant, Tina. Is there nothing any of your other
> animals will do to protect against snakes? Perhaps a mongoose or two would
> deter the snakes.
>
> Chris
>
> On 1 Jun 2014, at 14:56, Tina Manley <images@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I've been spending a lot of time in the chicken house lately because the
> > baby geese are hatching and being eaten by black snakes. We've lost 4 so
> > far. Caught two black snakes and cut them open but the babies were
> already
> > dead. Normally, we would take the snakes out in the pasture and let them
> > go, but not when they are eating my goslings! I know there is one behind
> > the hay bales in the chicken house but we can't catch him. I'm standing
> > guard over the goose nest. Luckily, it's a pleasant place to be:
> >
> > http://www.pbase.com/image/155897375
> >
> > C&C greatly appreciated.
>
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