Snake fest 09 resumes

As I was penning everyone tonight I got a torch and had a look behind where the snake was today, only to find it still in the pen. Perhaps the neighbour just pushed it - out of sight out of mind? So now all chickens are in the trees tonight in the hope that they are better off out side of the pen. Am I making the right decision? Who knows even princess Speedy is out of the pen. I've moved Lady into the old duck pen so she's locked up with the ducklings but she's very upset about this. One of the young chicks isn't in the tree yet and I can hear it chirping. I should got and help it reach its mother. What a drama.
Papa is back tomorrow evening so hopefully he can get the snake out. I hope everyone makes it through the night.

UPDATE: Well I went over there at about 9pm just to check on them to find the snake up and moving about in the pen. I was worried so I went back over to the neighbours to help me move him on. The snake was so full of chicken that it was finding difficulty getting out of the pen. But we helped it find its way through the door. Hopefully it wont be back and the chickens will be safe in the tree tonight.

Below is a snake that was scoping out the chicken pen the other day. I'm not sure if this was the one in the pen today.