the cheap 3 grain scratch and the cheap wild bird seed, i would not risk feeding it to my birds. i use southern states poultry feeds. they have 5 and 7 grain scratch feeds with whole corn and whole popcorn, wheat, milo, red milo ... this is not a treat but can be fed everyday. i like mixing the rockin rooster scratch with layer pellets and oyster shell. in the fall when moulting, i feed them whole corn, sorghum, sunflower seeds and turnip greens. in late dec to january, when breeding season is about to start, i use the rockin rooster scratch. summer they get a lot of garden scraps. the rest of the time it is the layer pellets or pellet, scratch, oyster shell.