Can chickens eat wild bird seed. Like, sunflower in the shell? And is so, do the eat the whole thing or will the take it out of the shell? Just curious..
Yes. They especially love black oil sunflower seeds, which they can shell for themselves just fine. It may take a few tries for them to get used to this scary new thing, though, haha!
I like the how the shell of sunflower seeds (BOSS) affects the feces of birds otherwise fed chicken feed. When diet is about 10% BOSS the turds become easier to clean up.