Egg Thief

 My first hint that there was trouble in the henhouse

was when I found part of a snakeskin in one of the nests.

But it seemed small, harmless enough.

Later the same afternoon I went to check for eggs.

Almost every day I get two, and there was none.

Hmmm.

I looked around and found the culprit.

My husband put the black snake (and his egg) in a bucket

and shipped him off to a conservation area.

Even if you don't care for snakes, you have to be impressed

by how wide he had to stretch his little mouth to take in an egg.