Someone dropped off a starved almost dead cockeral *update

RedHead

Songster
11 Years
Jan 22, 2009
521
2
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East Lake, NC
I didn't hear anyone come up the stairs on the porch on account of the washer and dryer running all day and about 3 hours ago I heard an engine start up in front of my house and went outside to check and there was a truck haulin' butt away and I looked down and saw this poor little guy lying there and I rushed him in to get him some food and water. He's able to stand now, but he's still wobbly and at first I thought it was one of my meat birds, but I'm not so sure he's a cornish now...I was thinking maybe he's a white Leghorn? I'll post some pictures in a minute. He doesn't even have the strength to chirp, though he's been trying.. but he's still too weak. I mixed him a bit of a mash out of some start and grow, eggs, milk and yogurt and I'm giving him vitamins and electrolytes in his water. Any other suggestions?
I'm so bloody ticked right now, and not at the fact that the chicken was dropped off but the condition which he was dropped off in. I swear one more hour and he probably would have been dead. From the looks of it, he was starved, crammed and seriously neglected.
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If I had had enough time I would've pulled out my .308 and shot the piece(s) of crap. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
I mean HOW DO YOU NOT FEED A CHICKEN?!?!?! they're good foragers, they'll eat almost anything, they can survive off of bugs, grass and table scraps.
Sorry this is sooo long I'm just REALLY REALLY ticked off
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Well he's responding pretty well relatively quick IMO, he can stand and take small steps right now and he's finally made an actual poo of substance that was full of feathers
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I just got a few pics of him, he looks bigger than he is because he's all puffed up. I'll bet he doesn't even weigh a pound and he is literally all skin and bones, he barely even has any sort of muscles on his legs or wings and his chest is ALL Keel bone.
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be careful taking him in, i know it seems the right thing to do is take him in , but how do you know he aint ill and coulds make your entire flock sick or worse. i would defintly quarintine him
 

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