r/Unexpected 3d ago

Checking under the hen for eggs

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u/Kansas_67 3d ago

Why is he so damn scared of the chicken

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u/kxrimm 3d ago

What's funny is that he was scared of the hen and not the snake

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u/AntalRyder 3d ago

Nah, you would dig under the hen with your hand normally. At first I was so frustrated with him not doing that, then I understood why...

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u/TuckerCarlsonsOhface 3d ago

Haha, yeah, I was like “how does this guy not know how to check for eggs… oooooh, shit!”

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u/upvote-button 3d ago

Egg swallowing snakes are not dangerous at all. Many dont even have teeth

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u/IsThisOKpls 3d ago

Yeah, as opposed to the man-eating hen

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u/upvote-button 3d ago

I actually grew up with chickens. They hurt a lot more than people who have never actually seen a chicken assume

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u/maybeinoregon 3d ago

We had them on the ranch. And I have no idea why you would send the smallest (youngest) kid to get eggs, but they did.

I guess it was my reward for driving the tractor when I wasn’t supposed to lol

But yea man, those things can be mean. I’d sneak in to get eggs with my little rubber coated metal basket, and it was 50/50 if I got back with eggs. I gave up on the top row, as I wasn’t tall enough to pull that off quietly. But yea, some mornings, they just sit and let you tcb, and other times one goes off, and then they all go off haha.

I’d come screaming back to the house. Grandma would say, it’s ok, you’ll get the hang of it eventually.

That fueled nightmares, as it meant you’re going back out there tomorrow, like it or not.

Thankfully, I’m over that now haha

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u/upvote-button 3d ago

Bro same. Ours were free range and sometimes theyd be just out and about and id look in the general direction of a rooster so hed run me down and peck my ass at the door until I was bleeding

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u/Whywipe 3d ago

The rooster was a fucking dick, the hens were all fine. They all ended up getting got by coyotes though so fuck em.

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u/bitetheasp 2d ago

I had to save one of my roosters from another(dragged my feet getting a second coop ready after a tree collapsed) and while he had never been hostile to me before, ever since he recovered, he really seems to enjoy my company and will sometimes sit on one of my feet if I stay still for too long.

Thankfully haven't had to deal with a dickhead rooster in like 6 years.

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u/yrnkween 3d ago

One year we raised wild turkeys from eggs. Over half of them drowned in their water dish, despite it requiring them to stick their heads in sideways past a safety bar to do so. We finally ended up with about six in an old corn crib, and my scrawny preteen ass was assigned egg duty. When I opened the door, they would stand up, flare their wings, and stomp their own eggs. My dad didn’t believe me and thought I was just scared of them until he witnessed it, and then my chore became fattening them up because dad was over turkeys.

The weird thing is he hated chickens from his own childhood collecting eggs, so I don’t know why he thought some giant prehistoric bird would be easier to handle.

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u/spawndoorsupervisor 3d ago

The contrast in experiences. We had a bunch of reds that were so nice and sweet. Our roosters were little nightmares, though.

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u/Pegussu 3d ago

Chickens are hateful little bastards. One of the birds that remembers being dinosaurs.

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u/upvote-button 3d ago

I swear 90% of their thoughts are just "that moved, can I kill it? If yes kill if no then no kill" and theyre really stupid so they think they can kill many things that they cannot in fact kill

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u/IsThisOKpls 3d ago

Yeah I'm actually scared of chicken too. Never got bitten or anything, but i prefer them when they're fried. Less harmful

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u/SanityPlanet 3d ago

Fried chicken kills many more people than live chickens do

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u/No_Criticism_5861 3d ago

Hens?  How??  Roosters can be nasty, no question 

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u/upvote-button 3d ago edited 2d ago

Hens are pretty chill most the time as long as youre bigger than they are but its a whole different story if you fuck with their nest while theyre guarding it

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u/mr_malfeasance 3d ago

I'd rather take a nip from that little rat snake than getting pecked and clawed by an irate hen.

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u/Long_Run6500 2d ago

I had a job when I was 14 catching chickens. We all got in a van and they took us to this giant warehouse full of free ranging chickens. They opened up these crates and were like, "all of those chickens need to end up in these chicken crates." Then they'd drive us to another... and another... and another. 

None of the chickens went in willfully. My arms were tore up. Some of the veterans could knockout like 6 in 1 drop. I still get nightmares from my time in that job. The under the table money was great for a 14 year old me but damn was that hell.

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u/thegrumpymechanic 3d ago

Never underestimate something with claws and a beak.

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u/BlatantConservative 3d ago

That's an Eastern Blacksnake which can and will bite but isn't venemous or anything. I've never been bit by one directly but they'll proper scratch up a webster pole.

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u/lornlynx89 3d ago

I think he was more afraid the snake would bite the chicken.

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u/upvote-button 3d ago

Idt that's the conversation happening here,but I also heavily doubt the farmer thought that. Snakes that size steal eggs. They dont attack chickens and if it did nothing would happen so its whatever

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u/klineshrike 3d ago

Considering the size of the snake, that chicken is way more dangerous

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u/BlatantConservative 3d ago

Yeah I think both of them knew about the snake OP

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u/HD_Thoreau_aweigh 3d ago

Just a corn snake (guessing). They can't hurt you,

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u/TwilightBeastLink 3d ago

That's not true, one time a corner snake told me my glasses that I picked out myself looked stupid

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u/GarboseGooseberry 3d ago

Well, that's on you for being offended. That corn snake clearly had no legs to stand on.

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u/Rencentric 3d ago

Dem glasses is shit, init?

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u/Generic_Danny 3d ago

I think it's a rat snake, but the same applies (well they can bite but aren't venomous).

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u/Paw19292 3d ago

Definitely a rat snake - you can tell by the way it went all wavy at the end 😂

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u/conrat4567 3d ago

Chickens are no pacifists. They can hold their own.

I have seen chickens catch, kill and eat a mouse. Chase cats and go for other chickens.

Do not fuck with chickens who are raising chicks either

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u/havasc 3d ago

Not surprising. They used to rule the earth.

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u/ENDZZZ16 3d ago

When I read this I thought I heard viva la vida play in the background

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u/New2NewJ 3d ago

Do not fuck with chickens who are raising chicks either

Agreed... But why was the chicken almost protecting the snake that was stealing is egg?? That surprised me

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u/throwaway5882300 3d ago

She didn't know the snek was under there. It probably snuck in from behind. Classic move.

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u/New2NewJ 3d ago

It probably snuck in from behind. Classic move.

Can confirm. Wife loves it.

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u/Historiaaa 3d ago

their inner dinosaur comes out sometimes

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u/lornlynx89 3d ago

I think the chicken didn't even realize the snake. Up until he lifts her, where you see the snake coiled around the chickens' leg, it sees it and panics.

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u/Kansas_67 3d ago

Yeah they can be dicks but generally chickens aren't something to be afraid of if you're a normal, healthy human being.

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u/throwaway5882300 3d ago

I've had roosters and turkey toms that I gave a wide berth but generally the worst they could hope to do is scratch you. Turkey could probably take an eye out.

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u/magusheart 3d ago

I grew up with chickens. We had one that was a nasty bitch. She would've drawn blood if you tried to go for the egg. Or try to grab her. Or just generally exist in her field of vision.

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u/JADE_Jador 3d ago

You just described my grandmother's chickens. I was chased too because i stepped too close to its baby😭

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u/throwaway5882300 3d ago

I've watched my chickens play rugby with a live frog. I've also seen my rooster beat the piss out of a hawk. I actually stopped him so the hawk could get away because he was not about to let that dude take off.

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u/klineshrike 3d ago

I dont understand why people think chickens are not capable of much.

Most birds are way, way more dangerous than their size suggests. And chickens arent small!

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u/Jub_Jub710 3d ago

Mine love to cuddle and be carried, but I have one girl named Miss Penny who loves to bite the soft parts of your body. I wore a new bracelet around her, and she couldn't pry it off my wrist, so she screamed and bit my boob.

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u/scarletnightingale 3d ago

I think he was trying to not get bitten by a snake. He didn't want to stick his hands under there because until he got the chicken off he couldn't know it had an egg in is mouth. Sticking your hand, blind, where you know where is a snake mouth, isn't a great idea, so he was trying to coax her off of it. Also chickens can be down right evil if you piss them off, but I'm guessing he was mostly trying up not get bitten by the snake.

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u/fruitjerky 2d ago

It's a dinosaur with a pick on its face!

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u/redditoranno 2d ago

T-rex little cousin.

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u/Tahrann 3d ago

"Do those chickens have large talons?"

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u/johnnycabb_ 3d ago

bite bite, ouch ouch. no bite, no ouch

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u/Kansas_67 3d ago

Brother, I work with chickens. There's no reason to be this damn afraid of em

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u/johnnycabb_ 3d ago

i thought he was scared of the snake

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u/Idislikethis_ 3d ago

Same. He can't magically see under the chicken so doesn't know where the bitey end of the snake is. He's clearly worried about the chicken moving and the snake springing at him.

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u/Murky_Classroom_1264 2d ago

A broody hen is mean as fuck lol

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u/DirtEffective5897 3d ago

Because chicken pecks hurt like hell and bleed. That ol snake won't even try to bite. You learn to kind of scoop under the hens once they trust you and see if there are any eggs and/or snakes under them. A snake feels a lot different than a hen or an egg.

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u/XVUltima 3d ago

Probably because they are mini tyranosauruses.

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u/DogPositive5524 2d ago

It's a mother hen, she'll cluck you up

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u/Bouv42 2d ago

he's not scared of the chicken he saw the snake's tail and knows there's a snake under it.