When I lived in Germany my landlady would feed her chickens cooked peels from her vegetables in the winter. Those were the best eggs I ever tasted..... She saved the peels. She fed them a huge variety of things. I don't know why she cooked the peels, possibly mildew. I just never got around to asking her. Oliva ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Bridgeland" <[log in to unmask]> As to food, chickens are omnivores, they will eat anything from meat to bugs to fruit to seeds.