SNAKE!!! TAKE TWO!!!

SUSAN: The other night I went down (a bit later than usual - after 9 PM) to put the chooks to sleep. I had the flashlight (which is a bit unusual, but very fortunate) and I took a look in the laying boxes to see if there were any eggs that Nigel had not picked up earlier in the day. SNAKE!!! There was a black rat snake extended into 3 of the laying boxes!!!

I quickly and carefully (after my fall last week) ran up to the house to grab Nige. I rushed into the basement and said (quite calmly): "Snake in the laying boxes!" and he quite calmly walked down to the coop ...

Bravely, Nige grabbed the snake and pulled him out of the laying boxes, while I shined the flashlight. Suddenly, Nige screamed out (a bit like a girl): "ooh! ooh!" and he dropped the snake on the coop floor. Then, I screamed "AAAHHHH!!!!" The snake slithered quickly out through the poop-shoot and underneath the coop.

Obviously, I was a bit "freaked" by the snake; but, Nigel explained why snakes are our friends and that it's good that our farm/garden attracts snakes ....

As you