Let me tell you a story. A few years back I had a group of 10 week old chicks that were pretty much free ranging. They had access to bugs, grass, and all that and were doing great.
I harvested a bunch of corn for canning from my garden and pretty much filled a small yogurt cup with corn ear worms. I dumped those worms out on dry dirt near those chicks. The chicks looked at them very suspiciously. A couple of the brave chicks started very slowly and carefully to creep toward those worms. A worm wiggled!!! Run away!!! Run away!!! They did not run far and soon a few slowly carefully started stalking those worms again. One wiggled!!! Run away!!! Run away!!!
This happened several times until one very brave young cockerel finally managed to snatch one. That’s all it took. That pile of worms was gone in 30 seconds even with keep away and chasing.
It’s pretty normal for even adult chickens to be cautious about any new food. You read about all these great treats for chickens but I’ve had several instances where I throw something from the garden into the run for them and they ignore it, at least for a while. Just be patient and keep offering that stuff to them. Eventually they will figure it out.
