Poultry And Snake
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This thread is a community-driven Q&A where a backyard poultry farmer asks for advice on dealing with snakes. The discussion quickly shifts from practical pest control methods to religious debates about the biblical symbolism of snakes, while users share various home remedies and sanitation tips.
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“Clear all bushes around you. Then get more character for Seun.”
“Kill one snake burn it and spray the ashes around your poultry. You no go see ordinary S around your poultry again even in 1000yrs to come”
“Always drop bitter kola inside that cage. 1 or 2 bitter kola is okay. Snakes will run far away from the cage”
Unclassified: The thread contains significant off-topic content including religious debates regarding the symbolism of snakes and general banter about the animal's nature, which dilutes the agricultural focus.
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This thread is a lively Q&A discussion where poultry farmers share various folk remedies and practical tips to repel snakes from their farms. Participants debate the efficacy of methods like boiling eggs, using engine oil, planting tobacco, or rearing cats, while also discussing snake behavior and mythology.
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citing personal experience with trapsreferencing National Geographic Wildmentioning specific snake behaviors observed in the wild
“Therefore anytime your chickens lay, boil all the eggs”
“Clear your surroundings and pour dirty engine oil around the cage. Snakes hate the smell and feel of engine oil..”
“Start rearing cats , they will deal with them for you.”
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This page is a lively discussion thread where poultry farmers and enthusiasts debate methods for repelling snakes, specifically cobras, from their farms. The conversation oscillates between practical advice (using hard-boiled eggs, bitter kola, tobacco, or cats) and heated arguments regarding snake superstitions versus scientific reality. Users share personal anecdotes, challenge myths about snakes being evil, and exchange specific deterrent techniques.
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citing personal experience with mini poultry farmsreferencing biblical texts and ancient symbolsclaiming knowledge from 'advanced forums' or 'real books'
“Forest cobras are known to terrorize poultry farmers. Grind bitter kola bury it and plant lemon grass exactly where you bury the bitter kola. Do this around where you have your bird farm and you won't see them again.”
“If a snake swallow a boiled egg or golf ball it will just regurgitate it, so I don't get this comments about the snake dying.”
“Hard boiled eggs left with fresh ones in a poultry, when swallowed by a cobra, will choke the snake to death because the usual process whereby the snake slams its upper body on the ground to break swallowed eggs, will NOT work on hard boiled eggs, thus leading to the cobra choking to death.”
Unclassified: The thread contains significant debate on whether snakes are evil spiritual entities or beneficial creatures, with users citing religious texts and ecological roles alongside practical farming advice.
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This thread is a community discussion focused on natural predators and deterrents for snakes in poultry farms. Users share anecdotal evidence and folk remedies, such as planting tobacco, raising cats, or keeping pigs, to protect livestock without relying on conventional security measures.
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“Snakes sniffs around for poultry feaces and once they sense any they locate the spot and come around, they love to swallow eggs and strangle the chickens”
“Get pigs..they are the solution to snakes”
“Agric doesn't make noise and they are always been eaten by snakes”
Unclassified: Discussion of biblical references regarding Noah's Ark and Sumerian texts in the context of snakes.