Snakes

Lexie found this snake as she headed to the barn. She thought it was a copperhead. She went back into the house and got a machete. She was going to kill it. I followed her back outside and convinced her to let her dad look at it. She yelled for her daddy. We've discovered that yelling the word "snake" makes Andrew come running very quickly. Come to found out, this snake is a water snake. It is now living at the creek.

The next day, I was hanging wash on the line, when the chickens started making a fuss in the barn. I walked over to the barn and found a black snake eating an egg. I yelled, "snake!" and Andrew came running. Andrew realized that the snake was caught in the chicken wire. I ran and got wire snips and we cut it free. Andrew and the kids posed for a picture with it and then Andrew relocated it to our pond on our other place.

The following day, Andrew and the boys found a pack rat in the barn. Let's just say, it was not relocated.