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snake in the garden

Yesterday while working around the yard I saw/heard something move really fast. It was a different sound than the lizards make running across the dry leaves and a different motion. It was this long thin snake. I think it's the kind we used to call 'racers' because they move really fast. Certainly not a poisonous type. I told it was welcome to stay and eat rats and mice, that I wouldn't begrudge it the occasional toad or lizard, but it best stay away from the eggs & the chicks!

The hens check out the new chicks on the block

The morning I finished fixing up an old cage and rigging up a small pen inside the bigger chicken pen so the chicks can live outside and not in my living room. They aren't quite fully feathered but with day temps hitting 100+ and night temps not below 60 I think they are going to be just fine.  The hens & the rooster all gathered around to check out the chicks when I put them in their new home. When the chicks get bigger I will fix the end of their cage so that they can go in and out, but the hens won't be able to get into it. That way if they are getting picked on too much they will have a retreat.

Mr. Roo

The rooster is not too sure about these goings on. While working on the chicks pen I didn't get the gate shut all the way and Mr. Roo and a couple of hens made their escape. I shooed Roo and a hen back in and shut the gate while chasing the last wayward girl. Roo was running up and down the fence scolding; whether at me for making the hen fuss or at the hen for not getting back inside I"m not sure. When I caught her and put her back in tho, he was still fussing at her and pecked her on top of the head.