Black snake when I was a kidbut I was chasing him first .

I would only kill a snake if there was a safety concern. The last snake in my yard sent my daughter screaming and crying in my direction. We went and caught it and I she began to understand there is nothing to fear. But that was a 3 foot black snake. She wasn't afraid of the baby garter snake we caught before that.

The chickens love to catch little snakes. They will chase the one with the snake and try and steal it. This can go on for a time until the snake gets ripped into pieces.