John Westfield

I'm a lifelong cooking enthusiast with a special love for strange and underused ingredients. I hope this blog helps open your mind to more of the wonderful edible treasures around us.

Do chickens draw rats?

Yes, chickens do attract rats. Typically, it’s not the chicken itself, but the food that they leave behind. After the food is left for some time, it will begin to smell. That smell is what attracts the rats to the chicken coop. While I was researching we ran into the inquiry “Does chicken feed attract …

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Are chickens loud?

Chicken Noise Meaning Softer clicks and clucks Happy clucking when foraging or dust bat “buck., and buck., and buck., and bukaw! ” It’s egg-laying time! (Egg Song) Loud clucks or growling and pecking Competition from other hens when laying High, shrill, and repetitive Predator is nearby 6 more rows Mar 11 2022. If you think …

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Do chickens pee?

Chickens do pee, yes. But not in the same way as we do, or other mammals. Chickens – and almost all birds for that matter – do not have a urinary bladder or an external urethral opening. A common myth regarding how chickens pee is that they urinate through their skin. The result of protein …

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Do chickens throw up?

One of the most common reasons why your chickens could be throwing up is excess water. If it is a case of ascites syndrome, you will see your birds oozing some clear fluids out of their mouths. Some more ideas to take a look at are a crop is a large pouch found in chickens, …

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