Serving Kings

Recently, I have been seeing more snakes than normal. Today, I caught three California Kingsnakes. There was one in the chicken coop around 1:30pm. Then, at 4:30pm, I went to the chicken coop and there were two kingsnakes in there trying to create some chaos. The larger snake was in a small cage with a mother hen and her baby chick. She was kicking at it fiercely. The snake was very lucky I happened by. The hen would have killed it. The smaller of the two snakes was checking around for mice. He was halfway down a hole when I grabbed him. They are so gentle. I have never had a kingsnake try to bite me, ever.
So, what does it mean to be surrounded by California Kingsnakes? It could be good news...like the rattlesnakes must have vacated the premises for fear of being killed by them all. Or, perhaps it means there are so many rattlesnakes that the kingsnake population is on the rise. It might even mean that I will need to change this blog's name to The California Kingsnake Blog.
There are many more snakes this year than ever before. Please be careful!