boiling crawfish and shrimp

I've done exactly what you are suggesting many times, threw the shrimp in at about the time I cut the flame off and let them soak/cook with the crawfish.
Also threw a stick of butter in to help with the peeling.

Second on throwing them in with the soak.

One guy didn't like crawfish so he brought shrimp for himself .. We didn't invite him back

Soaking the shrimp for 20 minutes seems too long. I do my shrimp separate because those suckered cook with the quickness. I try to gauge them when they start to separate from the peel.

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good tip on the butter

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Butter doesn't do anything but make them greasy. The key to good peeling shrimp is using fresh ones. You do that and they're not in their softshell stage, you'll be fine. You won't need to hold your nose funny, pray over them, put olive oil/butter/vinegar/cinnamon/hollandaise or whatever else it is that people on here recommend.

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The key to good peeling shrimp is using fresh ones.

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Not true. My family was in the shrimp business for a long time. They made peel-and-eat-shrimp for many buffets, mostly casinos. They would always use shrimp that were iced hard for a few days.

When I would go with my buddy's to run their land nets they would boil shrimp straight out the water, that were never even cooled. They never peeled good.

Didn't think that made a difference. Thought it was the time you let it boil/soak.

When people ruin shrimp, and they don't peel easily, I just eat them with the shell on. I'll bite the tail off though.

In China, peeling shrimp is something rich people do.

The key to coooking perfectly boiled shrimp is when to stop cooking. You can't time it, you've gotta cook with your eyes. When the shells separate, cut the fire and cool the water with some ice. This would be tough when mixing with crawfish. I would suggest just boiling them separate. If you have to cook them in the same pot at the same time,maybe cook the shrimp in a sack so you can control how long they're in and remove them all together. There's really nothing more disappointing that beautiful shrimp that you can't peel.

Butter to peel better, lol. That's like using salt to purge crawfish. Just throw your money in the trash instead.

I've thought about this some and never tried it. I think I may try this tomorrow.

I'll fight you over this. Like butter is somehow going to magically get between the meat and the shell. It's stupid and your buddy is stupid and is wasting his money on butter.