New Member in Texas!

[Catwmn]

Hello all,

My name is Catherine and I live in Willis, TX just north of Houston. I am considering starting a small egg laying flock in the spring and have been researching everything I can get my hands on for the past two weeks. There is just ONE thing that is holding me back. Cockroaches in the coop. I have a neighbor that raises chickens and everytime I go to her house to help her collect eggs, when we open the nesting boxes these huge black roaches scatter everywhere.

If there is ONE thing on this planet I cannot stand it is Cockroaches. She tells me that they are very common in chicken coops and I will have to just learn to deal with it if I want chickens.

It is seriously the only thing that is making me think raising chickens would be something I would want to do.

Is it normal to have roaches in your chicken coop? If so is there ANY way possible to keep them out??

Thanks and I hope to learn a lot from you guys!

Cat

 

[bella1210]

from ct

 

[tobin123]

and hello from Indiana

 

[Thinkingaboutit]

Hi Catherine,

I just joined this forum also! Like you I don't have any chickens yet but making plans to.

I have not heard about cockroaches in the coop...YIKES!!!

That set me back a little!

I hope you (and me) get the answer to your question!...Soon! lol

Lisa (in MI)

 

[crtrlovr]

hi there! Welcome from western Kentucky!

I VERY rarely see a roach in the chicken coop. If the chickens see it before I step on it, it's considered a snack.

 

[4-H chicken mom]

and

from Ohio. I have to agree with crtrlovr, if my chickens see any thing that moves that is not as big as them, it's lunch.

 

[TigerLilly]

from FL

My girls eat anything that moves; have not seen the first roach.

 

[Imp]

Welcome from an imp in Washington

Spiders yes, an occasional earwig or beetle yes. Never seen a giant cockroach, in the coop.

Course they don't have them here in Seattle.


Imp- It was the sight of those giant cockroaches in San Antonio that taught me to tiptoe in cowboy boots.

BTW I agree my chickens will eat any bug they can find.

 

[b.hromada]

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[noodleroo]

Welcome from south Texas! I, too, can't stand roaches. I have never seen one around my chickens or coop.