I would use beef heart sparringly before using hotdogs. I recall bugs being hard to find there. Consider a little fish feed in the form pellets like used for tilapia.
Red junglefowl cockerel of unknown age lethargic, somethimes unable to walk, rests often
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O.K. @ChickNanny13 You know I'm going to have to ask - what are the Micronesians doing with the chickens?[/QUOTE]
Your guess is as good as mine ... Hubby thinks eating
Most of the Roos we see are Fighting Cock, Hens look like a mix game & some domestic. There's alot of Cock Fighting here, so not sure which would be a better guess
O.K. @ChickNanny13 You know I'm going to have to ask - what are the Micronesians doing with the chickens?[/QUOTE]
Your guess is as good as mine ... Hubby thinks eating
Most of the Roos we see are Fighting Cock, Hens look like a mix game & some domestic. There's alot of Cock Fighting here, so not sure which would be a better guess
The guys at the boat ramp toss the discarded fish cleaning & left over bait, so I'm thinking you could feed just about anything. However, commercial chicken feed has all the nutritional value a chicken needs. You could keep him on Chick Starter but that maybe pricer than if you switch to Flock Raiser, All Purpose, Multi Flock, Grower, Game Bird but not Scratch which is a treat & low in nutrition. Your guy is used to fending for himself, thinking bugs, worms & fruit so you'll have to go slow introducing feed to him.
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We have chick starter, and I’ve convinced him to try it. I’ll try to get my hands on fish.
Don't over do it with the fish, just get him to eat the Chick Starter. You know he'll eat the feed with papaya, so gradually lessen the amount of papaya until he's just eating the crumbles. Another thing you can try is just add some water to the dry feed, make like a mash/oatmeal consistency, see if he'll eat that.
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Alright. He is very active and energetic. I’ve yet to give him any fish or meat. I think we should keep him a few days for observation, then releasing him up onto sleeping giant, what do you guys think? There’s already a population of chickens on the giant, so there’s definitely food.
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The sleeping giant is a mountain near where I live which is popular for hiking. However, it has plenty of empty places for a chicken to live.
So you aren't planning on keeping him, you were just rehabilitating him?
@centrarchid what do you think releasing him?
@centrarchid what do you think releasing him?
It makes no difference there. Just make certain he is back in good weight..
So if he is in good shape, he will basically just integrate himself with the other wild
chickens?
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