When You Have Chickens...

[John K Jordan]

This is a bit off topic but the other thing that chickens attract is snakes. The snakes will swallow the eggs and then wrap themselves around a post to break the eggs. They will also swallow baby chicks.

I grew up on a chicken farm - I've seen both situations personally. (well, I've seen them with the egg lumps in their body - I haven't see them breaking the eggs. I have also seen them with baby chicks lumps.)

For some reason, to this day, I can't eat eggs except scrambled or as part of another dish. I simply can't eat eggs sunny side up.

Mike

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

[Todd Mason-Darnell]

May I recommend a bucket rat trap:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcAHzadjxSI

Safe for birds and very effective. If you add some antifreeze to the water, it improves its effectiveness.

[Tony Zona]

... I've trapped numerous possums, racoons, and skunks with these. .....to be attracted.

JKJ

So, once you catch a skunk, alive, what do you do with it?

[Mike Henderson]

The other had given up and was coiled around an egg, maybe thinking "it's mine, it's mine!"

JKJ

Maybe thought it could break the egg by constricting around it.

Mike

[Ken Combs]

You do know that traditional mayo is just egg white and olive oil don't you?

jtk

All the recipes I've seen for homemade mayo specify Yolks only, no whites, some spices, usually mustard, oil, and acid (lemon or vinegar), salt and pepper.

Yeah, I could put all that stuff in the eggs, but mayo is easier.

[Jim Koepke]

All the recipes I've seen for homemade mayo specify Yolks only, no whites, some spices, usually mustard, oil, and acid (lemon or vinegar), salt and pepper.

Yeah, I could put all that stuff in the eggs, but mayo is easier.

Interesting, my recipe came from a friend long ago. Just now discovered there are different mayonnaise recipes depending on whether one wants to use the whites or yolks.

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jtk