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Yes they will eat eggs, in the barn they have eaten a lot of eggs and baby birds that were nesting under the roof. I got tired of it and plugged all the holes, and then installed birdhouses on poles. Ten birdhouses have baffles, the other four have fence. Just a few days ago I found two rat...

How does it work? The snakes get trapped to the sticky stuff? I don't think I could use something like that anyway - I have chickens and geese there. They would eat everything that got stuck, it could also mess up their feathers.

Yes, fence posts are not safe - a predator can use the side of it to climb. It's safer to use a metal pipe to mount it.

The pipe inside the plastic one is metal and grounded. It is also exposed at the top.

Yes, but not in the nesting season! :D

It has rained often this year :) Dew is on the grass every night and most of morning. Also, the metal pipe inside the plastic one is grounded.

I have birdhouses near the cow pasture. I want to coil electric fence around a plastic pvc pipe at the base of the pole to protect it from snakes. Will it stop a snake from climbing the pole to get to the birdhouse?