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Safe foods for chickens

Any fruits and vegetables not listed above.
Dried corn.
Live Grubs like black fly larvae, meal worms, soldier fly larvae.
Seeds
Nuts, but offer these sparingly as they are very high in fat.
Dried woodland mushrooms (human safe only).
Edible flowers such as marigolds, rose, nasturtium, lavender.
Herbs such as parsley, oregano, thyme, lemon balm, rosemary
Rolled oats, again offer these sparingly as they are high in fat and do not offer a huge amount of nutrition, but porridge is great to give in the winter months late in the afternoon as the hens will stay warm burning the porridge through the night.
It is illegal to feed your chickens dried grubs, meat or kitchen scraps.

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