When my chicks were little fluff balls I didn't give them any treats. I started giving them treats after their adolescent feathers were nearly all in, usually scrambled egg, mealworms, or june bugs. When they fully feathered, I added kitchen scraps and weeds. After the first eggs were laid, I would give them scrambled eggs, rolled oats, BOSS, eggshells, bulgur wheat, weeds, kitchen scraps, an occasional ear of sweet corn, halved melons or squashes. I've avoided giving them much cooked or processed foods. They love weeds, june bugs, and BOSS best. Oh, and the cannibals love scrambled egg. I'm going to build a june bug trap for them this year. Mine don't free range, so I try to give them stuff they would usually forage for.
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