Henhouse gossip

There is great wisdom to be found in the henhouse sometimes. And always take a flashlight if you are late gathering eggs. This is the male (we think, he's smaller than the female) kingsnake that keeps an eye on things in the chicken yard. We have no field mice in the feed bins, and far less poisonous snakes than we'd have without him and the big female snake. The hens don't mind the two snakes at all, and it's surprisingly comforting that the two snakes don't mind us humans either. They are amazingly trusting and allow us to carefully move them and drape them on whatever is nearby.


On the other hand, the fuzzyface predator that sometimes shows up has to be relocated to a more remote and safer area. Live traps are so nice!