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It's hilarious sometimes. The pen of adults have probably seen about everything in the way of non-feed items and tear into everything. The pen of juveniles will inspect new things but won't really dig in to something new until I offer it from my hand and then the pecking order or curiosity...

Leftover cornbread and a flake of alfalfa to tear into and spread around the pen.

Big green beetles. There was a half a melon sitting in the sun and it was literally filled with them as they were feasting. I filled a quart Mason jar over 1/2 way with them and then distributed them between the 2 pens. I don't need to tell anyone how fast it got busy in both pens. If there is...

We have a community center in the neighborhood that does food boxes every Thursday and it is pretty well-known that I have started raising chickens to sell eggs. I am replacing someone who did it for the last 20 years out here so am filling a void. Quite a few folks from the neighborhood bring...

Fresh spinach this morning and thawed blueberries this afternoon.

As our birds get bigger, we are chopping and dicing less and less. I am finding that bigger pieces give them something to keep them occupied and as long as there are enough so everyone can get to whatever we are giving them, there are nothing but happy sounds coming from the pen. So far...

Today before the thunderstorm it was a flat of alfalfa and handfed sunflower seeds. After the storm it was thawed grapes.

Some of my girls won't touch anything new until I handfeed it. However, with 2 dozen birds, once something generates any interest, it is generally enjoyed by all.

Wow I have a 4 month old that looks just like the one eating the apple. So I should surmise that my girl is an EE?

It is really hot here so this morning while it was relatively cool, it was raw sunflower seeds. This afternoon when the heat is peaking, it will be blueberries that were frozen fresh and just thawed before feeding. We hand-feed those as some are pretty greedy and we don't want anyone to get a...