Chickens and snakes

One of my chickens caught a small snake (about 10" long) yesterday and ran off with it. She was chased by the others so ended up dropping it and it escaped into the grass. I just wondered if she would have killed it and or eaten it?

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  • Yes.

  • Probably.  The chickens will pretty much eat anything that comes into their pens if they can catch it - they may sadly get a hold of baby song birds which fall from nests.  Some of the reasons for keeping critters out of the pens with good sturdy hogwire/hardware cloth fencing is to keep other small critters out not just the coyotes and hawks.  Snakes are another matter, because gopher snakes can get a taste for chicken eggs, but good hogwire (1/4 - 1/2 inch spacing) will generally keep snakes out also.

  • Yes. She would have killed and eaten a snake that small.

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