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Do chickens eat caterpillars

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Many kinds of caterpillars. Yes. Certain types do not taste good apparently and when a hen grabs one that tastes bad she will shake her head to dislodge it from her beak. She soon learns from the color of each type which one's taste good and which one's to avoid.

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Yes they will, happily.

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