Chicken Treat Chart: The Best Treats for Backyard Chickens

Thanks for taking the time to do this article. I love all the photos!

This chart is an awesome reference!

Love the extensive snack list! And especially the quote from Nifty-Chicken! If my chickens had a choice between mealworms and styrofoam, more than half would pick the styrofoam.

I found this article helpful, but it was missing some treats.

This article has over 200 treats mentioned in it and was more comprehensive

This cart is vey helpful! I enjoyed reading it!

Being new to chickens, this is nice to have. Otherwise they would just get food and egg shells.

This is a really helpful and informative article! I had just recently learned chickens can't eat chocolate. Don't even bother googling what your chickens can and can't eat, this article provides all of the information!

A very well thought out collection of treats, some very minor incidents of vagueness (Scratch and Meal Worms, high in protein which in excess can cause obesity) but overall a great reference list for anyone who has birds.

Thank you for this information.

A very helpful and informative article and a good source of reference.

Misconception that chickens are "garbage cans"... quite the opposite!

They're sensitive to salt, acidic food and too much fat especially. I kind learned the hard way myself and wish I had access to this article at the time!

Our hens get almost everything on the list except meat and cooked eggs. We do mixed baked egg shell however. I love seeing their dirty faces when they've face planted their treat. Seeing a silky with a dirty face is funny, but you have to wash their face clean... Then the yolks on you. (sorry, couldn't resist) We also give plain live maggots(no coloured ones as the coating is bad for the hens). Started doing this once or twice a month since one hen became empacted with grass cuttings. We don't offer grass anymore. They love chasing them. We buy 1/4pint for £1.45p from a fishing tackle shop. There's plenty for 10 hens to have a nibble. Our hens are a lovely healthy weight and look well. Shiny feathers, bright wattles and combs and plenty of lovely egg laying.

As a new chicken owner, I had no idea "scratch" was supposed to be a treat!

Good info and of particular help to new poultry keepers.

Wonderful list! I can tell this will be a frequently visited page for me.

Edit: Now I am printing this out and hanging it on the fridge so everyone in the household knows what is ok to feed the chickens.

Great guide

Thank you so much for this post. Only have to go to one place for all sorts of good foods.

This is the perfect article on what tweets are best for our birds!