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Posted 07 July 2012 - 06:27 PM
Seen today near Albany, NY. There were two flocks in someone's yard but not penned in. I'm guessing they are tame/owned because they ran right up to the car but not sure what they are. Thanks!
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Posted 07 July 2012 - 06:35 PM
So, they are young? The color seemed different than I was used to. Thanks
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Posted 07 July 2012 - 06:48 PM
They also produce good eggs and they themselves are tasty too from what I hear.
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Posted 07 July 2012 - 07:14 PM
Domestic fowl are great for insect control. You won't see a cockroach or other insect in even a kitchen with a dirt floor if there are chickens.
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Posted 07 July 2012 - 07:58 PM
I think my chickens have too much to eat! There are cockroaches living in their coops.
Perhaps! They really do a great job keeping them under control here.
Once on a bus trip to Mexico City during the dinner break (at about 1 AM) I saw a HUUUUUUGE cockroach - at least two inches long!
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Posted 08 July 2012 - 01:35 AM
Perhaps! They really do a great job keeping them under control here.
Once on a bus trip to Mexico City during the dinner break (at about 1 AM) I saw a HUUUUUUGE cockroach - at least two inches long!
Yep, we have those here in the Southern U.S. In Texas we called them tree roaches. Here in Georgia I hear them called palmetto bugs. Either way, SCARY. Good thing I have a cat that is extremely adept at disposing any that get in our house.
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Posted 08 July 2012 - 01:45 AM
I used to do security at a light-rail station, on graveyard, and when I got bored (which was quite often) I could always sit and watch the rats and the roaches that came up out of the sewer.
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Posted 08 July 2012 - 02:12 AM
Yep, we have those here in the Southern U.S. In Texas we called them tree roaches. Here in Georgia I hear them called palmetto bugs. Either way, SCARY. Good thing I have a cat that is extremely adept at disposing any that get in our house.
Yeah, it was an impressive sight. I'm glad we don't have them here! I have seen the Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches in zoos;they are the size of a small turtle!
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Posted 08 July 2012 - 02:14 AM
I used to do security at a light-rail station, on graveyard, and when I got bored (which was quite often) I could always sit and watch the rats and the roaches that came up out of the sewer.
Well, at least you weren't bored!
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