Taste and texture of feedBirds do not have a very well developed sense of taste. There are a few compounds that birds find distasteful, such as tannins in sorghum, although there is little evidence that chickens will voluntarily increase their feed intake in response to any flavouring agent. We have shown that birds have an eversion to both mushroom-type and cinnamon flavours. To date, no one has investigated potential of such flavours as a means of controlling feed intake.