We've had two casualites overnight from Snake Fest 07. It must have been an anaconda size carpet snake as it managed to take Grey Bitch and kill Bad Mother. Above is a photo I took of a black hen and Grey Bitch. The black hen survived. Although Grey Bitch didn't have the nicest name we really did like her. She was Old Boys very loyal companion. This could turn into a little bit of a eulogy so I'll stop. Needless to say that Old Boy is a little upset.
Bad Mother I named because I thought she was a bad mother, but as it turned out she was an ok mother, with having three chickens survive to become mothers themselves (which is a record). For the past week or so the three hens have been battling it out for this one tiny box to sit on eggs. As it turns out there weren't any eggs there, they were just percussion eggs. The snake didn't take Bad Mother like it did Grey Bitch, but she was definitely dead in the box when I found her this morning.
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