This summer I had two peacocks sitting on over 30 eggs. TWICE a big black snake interrupted the incubation and none of the eggs hatched. One snake was trying to swallow an egg but it was too big. The other had given up and was coiled around an egg, maybe thinking "it's mine, it's mine!"
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I'm designing a new nesting box for next year.
I caught one snake in the chicken house with an egg half in his mouth. Missed my chance for a great picture...
JKJ