Day old chickens of three breeds were offered the choice of 14 varieties of seeds to peck at and eat. Commercial Payer and broiler chickens both preferentially selected sorghum while feral chickens selected wheat. Once having eaten a particular seed, chickens tended to select that seed when offered the various seeds a day later. If unable to eat the preferred seed at first experience, chicks tended to peck at random when offered seeds a day later. Debeaking tended to reduce pecking activity but facilitated ingestion of the selected seeds. When in groups, certain individuals will initiate feeding more frequently than others. When learning to choice feed a grain and protein concentrate isolation housing is a disadvantage.