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If it's a wild household (German) roach, I wouldn't let your chicken eat it. House roaches can carry diseases and parasites, plus you don't know if it's been exposed to pesticides. There are species of tropical roach (Dubias etc.) that people use as feeders for reptiles and birds, these are safe because they're commercially bred.
 
Star and eclipsa said:
Can my chickens eat cockroaches? I caught one last night and im not sure if i should let them eat it.
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In my part of the country, we have a relatively new species, the Turkestan cockroach, that's displaced the German and Orientals.

I kind of love them because they stay outdoors (for the most part... unless they get "lost"). They're easy to catch. And my chickens love them.

Turkestan cockroaches are even sold as feeders for insectivorous pets. They're really high in protein and very nutritious (for the chooks, not me).
 
Dawnclucks22 said:
My hen caught one once and loved it but after @FirstTimeClucky said I'd be cautious.
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I should clarify my earlier post. I live in Canada where (as far as I know) we don't have any native outdoor roaches. Outdoor roach species are fine. The roaches to worry about are the kind that live exclusively in human habitations. They're the ones that people try to exterminate with insecticides, including residual chemicals that stick around on the roach if they don't kill it. Household roaches are incredibly tough and can even survive the radiation from a nuclear blast. Many are now resistant to common pesticides. German roaches are the most common indoor species, but depending on where you live the indoor roaches might be a different species (like the Turkistan roach).
 
FirstTimeClucky said:
I should clarify my earlier post. I live in Canada where (as far as I know) we don't have any native outdoor roaches. Outdoor roach species are fine. The roaches to worry about are the kind that live exclusively in human habitations. They're the ones that people try to exterminate with insecticides, including residual chemicals that stick around on the roach if they don't kill it. Household roaches are incredibly tough and can even survive the radiation from a nuclear blast. Many are now resistant to common pesticides. German roaches are the most common indoor species, but depending on where you live the indoor roaches might be a different species (like the Turkistan roach).
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Agreed. I don't have indoor species like Germans or Orientals and I wouldn't feed those for the reasons you stated. Turkestan are safe since they're outdoor roaches and they don't get poisoned.
 
FirstTimeClucky said:
Household roaches are incredibly tough and can even survive the radiation from a nuclear blast.
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That is because they don't have complicated internal system like we do.

We also don't really have German or Asian roaches in my new location either. But I'm sure there must be plenty of people who moved to the area and brought them with... so just a matter of time. :he

We had roaches BAD when I was a kid! :sick

I never in a million years would have imagined raising darkling beetles/meal worms IN MY HOUSE and more than that... not FREAKING out when one gets on my hand! :eek:
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still young so not fully dark.

I guess it's a little different when they are in a controlled environment. :oops:

Our actual household pest here is pill bugs, kinda like roly poly..
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