Big Black Snake!

I was weeding along the back porch steps and noticed the Speckled Sussex hen acting strange near the oak leaf hydrangea.  She kept looking to her left side under the bushes.  I thought maybe there was a toad under the big oak like leaves and when I went to investigate and I found the biggest black snake - a black racer - I've seen in years.  With all the cats around I am sure the mice are slim pickings but maybe he will get some moles!  He's a big bodied snake, at least six feet long if not longer. I'll stay out of its way. We will get along fine as long as he stays out of the chicken house. I've had snakes steal eggs more than once and I don't appreciate it.