Best Rooster Food?

[loofa]

Hi everyone,
TLDR: ISO a delicious varied feed for a rooster with no hens, available in the US.
I've taken in a little rescue bantam rooster. I don't have any chicken hens, just a few ducks, with whom he has integrated beautifully. I'm looking for a nutritious food for him that he will love as right now I just have a pellet food that he is not much interested in. He is free ranging with the ducks all day on 1/2 an acre of grassy land munching on bugs and plants, hardly touching his pellets. Which would be fine, but he arrived in bad shape, very underweight, so I want him getting all the nutritious yummies in him I can.
I know there are tons of posts about feed, but using the search function I mostly find rooster oriented posts are focused on if they can eat layer feed or not. I just want to know the bets thing I can feed him

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

He won't eat much ration if he's free ranging. A good all flock ration is good for roosters and ducks. My free range birds always eat much more ration during the winter months, but barely eat any during the warm months. If he's young being thin is normal.

 

[nuthatched]

An all flock feed ot chick feed

 

[2 Acres]

An all flock feed ot chick feed

So I recently bought some Kalmbach Henhouse Reserve (I have roosters). It seems I could go to the grocery store and buy the "dry goods" off the shelf and mix my own. Lentils, Peas, etc... Just soak them in water for a bit.

I have all the spices and seasonings. If it wasn't for one hen wasting food, this wouldn't even be an issue. unfortunately... she learned from the Guinea fowl how to "rake" the food out of the troughs.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

So I recently bought some Kalmbach Henhouse Reserve (I have roosters). It seems I could go to the grocery store and buy the "dry goods" off the shelf and mix my own. Lentils, Peas, etc... Just soak them in water for a bit.

I have all the spices and seasonings. If it wasn't for one hen wasting food, this wouldn't even be an issue. unfortunately... she learned from the Guinea fowl how to "rake" the food out of the troughs.

The Kalmbach Reserve blends also have tiny pellets that have the other nutrients that aren’t in the individual grains. With the Henhouse especially, some birds hate the little pellets and rake right through them.

Also, of course, for any new readers, Henhouse has additional calcium, so not good in the long run for roosters and other non-layers. Chickhouse Reserve has higher protein and is often eaten more completely than the Henhouse.

 

[2 Acres]

The Kalmbach Reserve blends also have tiny pellets that have the other nutrients that aren’t in the individual grains. With the Henhouse especially, some birds hate the little pellets and rake right through them.

Also, of course, for any new readers, Henhouse has additional calcium, so not good in the long run for roosters and other non-layers. Chickhouse Reserve has higher protein and is often eaten more completely than the Henhouse.

What??? I thought the reserve was supposed to NOT contain calcium. Lied to again