Just an aside here on the natural diet of chickens. My best buddy has a
farm in Vermont and she said she was watching her (very) free range
chickens one day. One of them was poking in the grass and surprised a field
mouse. She said the chicken pounced it and ate in in one big gulp!

So there you have it- chickens can be serious canivores, too!
(OK- omnivores to be accurate)

Louise

At 05:47 AM 10/30/1999 -0400, you wrote:
>Todd Moody wrote:
>> Susan, chickens are supposed to eat grains.  They have sharp
>> beaks for pecking, which gives them access to seeds (grains) that
>> have fallen to the ground, as well as bugs, worms, and similar
>> stuff.