Mine always get a good crumble mixed with corn in the morning. That is their main meal. During the day I let them out of the pen and run to wander around and catch bugs and worms. They take their dust baths along the side of the house and then it is back to the run. They know they will get a treat
of rice and some lettuce, so it's never a problem to get them back in.
You can give them just about anything except citrus, avocados, any type of dry bean, onions, garlic, apricots and apples. The seeds in apples are toxic, but you can give them a few pieces from the meat of the apple. Never give them anything salty or with sugar on it.
Never give them flowers - so many are poisonous and could kill them overnight. Never give raw potatoes or potato skins. A dollop of plain mashed potato is fine.
Mine love very small bits of meat like chicken (it's OK, they don't know who it was) and pork chops.
They like grapes (cut up) and watermelon just like we do on a hot day - just take the seeds out! A small dish of plain yogurt once in a while is good too. No ice cream, though. Plain Cheerios are a good snack and so are raisins.
In the winter they get a warm dish of plain oatmeal with a just a little bit of milk.
As you can tell, mine are spoiled and they would do just fine with chicken feed, bugs and worms.
But what fun would I have?
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