I always dread these articles. Not because they’re not well intended but because it’s unnecessary and can cause more harm than good. Chickens are one of the most studied animals on the planet. Poultry nutritionists have come up with the correct and complex balance of nutrients in commercial chicken feed so that they are both productive and healthy. There’s science behind it. The rule is 90/10 but honestly, most of us over-love our chickens with unnecessary quantities of extras. With the pecking order, how do you determine which chickens are just getting their 10% share? Secondly, some of the items on this list offer NO nutritional benefits to chickens (spaghetti??). I heard a chicken expert frame it this way - we would never add extras to baby’s breast milk because it’s nutritionally complete. Why would we do that to our chickens if our goal is good health? Regarding this idea that they are omnivores and appreciate variety in their diet. Well they are visual eaters. They have something like 250-300 tastebuds and no teeth to chew, unlike humans who have between 2000-4000 tastebuds.So food goes in the beak and down the hatch. Unless folks are keeping their flocks cooped up all day, most chickens are getting access to bugs and other creepy crawlers. So, I would whether not create unnecessary health risks by feeding the a whole lot of stuff they don’t need.