Are Chilli's Ok

[Paulh29 0]

Has anybody heard of feeding birds with

hot chilli's.

I am unsure about this (burny burny), however

that is what i have been told by an experinced breeder.

 

Hmmmmmmm :devil: Burny

[Daz 0]

I don't think that is a good idea but I have had no experience with it and haven't heard it before.

[Paulh29 0]

I don't think that is a good idea but I have had no experience with it and haven't heard it before.

 

Thanks Daz,,,,I thought it would be a bit extreme.

 

Paul

[Cheeta 0]

the hotter the chilli, the better!! Well no not really.

 

Hot peppers/chilli are fine for birds. I feed them to my Cockatoo all the time, and the budgies get one every now and then. They all love it.

 

The chilli actually doesn't burn a bird's tongue, I just watch where they stick their beak after they have had hot chilli. Wouldn't want them to transfer any of the chilli 'juice' into our eyes or mouth (for those who can't handle the heat that is).

[Paulh29 0]

the hotter the chilli, the better!! Well no not really.

 

Hot peppers/chilli are fine for birds. I feed them to my Cockatoo all the time, and the budgies get one every now and then. They all love it.

 

The chilli actually doesn't burn a bird's tongue, I just watch where they stick their beak after they have had hot chilli. Wouldn't want them to transfer any of the chilli 'juice' into our eyes or mouth (for those who can't handle the heat that is).

 

Cool thanks for your reply Cheeta

I wonder what nutrition they can get from Chilli's (vitamans etc)

Well I might try one and see how they go.

 

Cheers

Paul

[Boomberry 0]

My African Grey eats them too my budgies are offered them but arent keen. Its true that they dont feel the heat like we do.

[Elly 0]

Beans – Powerful Nutrition

 

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Worldwide, thousands of bean varieties flourish. Many beans and pulses are known by several names, depending on the culture and history of where they originated in the Old World and where they were first grown, and often still are produced, in the New World.

 

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Dry beans and other pulses, also referred to as legumes – navy, red, black, kidney and white beans; cowpeas and black-eye peas; lentils and split peas; fava and lima beans; etc. – are nutrient-dense. That is, calorie for calorie, beans supply high levels of various nutrients.

 

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A serving – 1/2 cup of cooked dry beans – supplies about 120 calories and lots of complex carbohydrates, though beans offer a low-glycemic index value. In other words, the carbohydrates in beans do not cause as quick or as steep a rise in blood sugar as do many other carbohydrate-rich foods.

 

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rest of article http://www.beansforhealth.org/beanfacts.html

 

this is why they want vegetarians to eat alot of legumes and beans since they don't get these vitamins from meat.

[the pie 0]

Birds don't feel the heat- I've heard if you feed them to chooks it reduces/prevents worms (I think!) if this is true I spose it would work the same for other birds.

[Guest eterri]

Parrots often looove spicey food.