no we're not on a scientific field of medicine here, we're here to help each other. What some say works for them, others won't even try, especially if it looks uneducated and undocumented......
But I always try to temper my posts with what I can back up, you know, just in case someone wants to know where I got my information from. What I remember from grandma, I might not even be remembering right, might not have ever really happened and might have just been and old wives tale. and I also remember that grandma, and we had this discussion recently, said if I'd sprinkle salt on a birds tail, it couldn't fly away, so there's that.
Yes chickens will eat almost anything, heck they'll turn around and eat their own poo, one thing for sure though, they won't eat flour unless I give it to them because it's not readily available.