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Favorite snacks around here are eggs - scrambled or hard boiled and chopped - plain, low fat yogurt, bread OMG! Lil' Bit loves bread. Mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese and oatmeal. I give oatmeal served warm late in the evening before they go to roost, to help keep them warm.
Being as how Hickup is a Sebright, I think you'd need to take extra precautions with her during the wintertime. If she'll stay inside a warm coop with a buddy then fine, but if not you may need to bring her in. I would suggest her buddy be someone from her own flock she gets along well with. Bringing in an outsider would take more time, for quarantine and introductions, etc.
My flock really seems to understand that something is "different" about Lil' Bit and they are all very patient with her. She gets away with lots of things they wouldn't tolerate from any of the others. My roo especially is very protective of her. When he beak feeds her she often misses and pecks him in the eye, the face, the head. He never flinches and holds very still until her beak connects with the treat he's offering. He's a very good roo.
To us humans having a handicap is a major issue. To animals it's just the hand that nature dealt them and they learn to cope very well.
