Interesting Question about chooks

[MaryN]

Chickens have been looking after themselves for eons and will happily survive free-ranging around the garden if there is enough space for them. This time of year I let mine out of their (large) run to trundle happily round the garden where they forage and rootle for bugs and other titbits. In winter they get table scraps, brassicas, the occasional armful of long grass and weeds to play with, and a top up of cut maize. I've never seen a starving chicken.