No chicken feed! What do I use.

[Bknobel]

I live on a small island called Salt Cay in Turks and Caicos islands. We have an abundance of wild chickens here and I just built a coop and have 11 3 month olds. They have been totally free range with an exception of cooked rice. On this island we have no chicken feed. What do I feed the. I read about scraps but read only 10%. What can I feed them? Again they have been pretty much free range from birth.

I also need to find out what type of chickens I have?

 

[GC-Raptor]

They have been totally free range with an exception of cooked rice. On this island we have no chicken feed. What do I feed the. I read about scraps but read only 10%. What can I feed them? Again they have been pretty much free range from birth.

The 10% rule applies to treats like Scratch Grains and Cracked Corn if you feed Chicken feed.

Since you can't get Chicken feed, I would feed them any kitchen scraps and table scraps. Meat, chicken, fish and vegetables, as long as they aren't too salty and not too much fish, it can make the eggs taste fishy.
Grains, rice, seeds and berries are OK.
No Avocado or citrus fruits.

I don't know the breed of your chickens.

Welcome to BYC. GC

 

[Aquatic_blue]

The top two could be black laced golden wyandottes and the black could be an australorp. You may be able to tell more when they start laying eggs. Check out the egg color chart when they start laying:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...ind-out-what-egg-color-your-breed-lays.48143/
As long as they are getting proteins like bugs (maybe mice and fish) and such (at least 16% protein) and getting plenty of greens they should be fine. They look like healthy chickens. They aren't getting sick or anything, are they?

I am not sure what is available to you, but chickens will also eat cooked chicken, cooked eggs, cheese, fish, crushed eggshells can be given back to them as grit/calcium.

 

[Ridgerunner]

My guess is that they are not a breed but are barnyard mixes. Basically mutts. Nothing wrong with mutts. They lay eggs and are good to eat. They also have their own personalities.

One model for raising chickens used for thousands of years on small farms and such has been to free range them. Don't feed them anything as long as the weather is good and they can feed themselves. In bad weather supplement their feed but where you are snow is not seen so they should be able to feed themselves year around. Do your neighbors feed their chickens?

You can feed them kitchen wastes, garden wastes, or grains if you wish, but you are not in a position to micromanage their nutrient intake of they free range. They will manage that.

All this assumes they are feeding themselves while foraging. If you keep them confined where they can't forage for themselves you do need to feed them. I'd suggest contacting your agricultural ministry for guidance on how to do that there.