Kassidy 0 Posted June 1, 2010 Member ID: 6,100 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 9 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 86 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 555 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 29/05/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 13, 2012 Birthday: 31/03/1997 Share Posted June 1, 2010 Hi, Currently my budgies will only eat their seeds. I include pellets in their seed mix, but they will only pick out the seeds to eat, and fling the pellets out of their dishes. I have been researching lately reading particularly about what budgie diets should include, and I found out that fruits and vegetables, along with other grains, and greens, should be offered also. Now that I know that they should be eating fruits, vegetables, etc. I started researching on what types I could be giving them. Since pesticides and other toxic things to budgies could be on or in store bought fruits/vegetables, I'm going to be feeding them home grown veggies and maybe fruits from the garden my family will be starting this summer that includes some of the types they can eat. Here are the types of seeds we bought so far: Salsa Garden Collection (Includes Pepper, Onion, Tomato, Herb - Cilantro) Cucumber Carrot, and Organic Carrot (Seperate) Bean (Bush) Stringless Green Pod Peas - Laxton's Progress Corn - Peaches and Cream Bicolour Lettuce If any of these would harm my budgies in any way, be good for them, or could be given to them only every so often, please let me know. Also, if you have any other suggestions as to what other kinds we could grow for them, please suggest all you want. (We have a lot of room) We might grow some kale, and maybe celery, so please comment on that also. Thanks in advance, Kassidy Link to comment
anne101 0 Posted June 1, 2010 Member ID: 5,199 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 88 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 941 Content Per Day: 0.19 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 5,680 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2010 Hi Kassidy, I personally don't feed lettuce, I would try Silverbeet instead... Link to comment
Brucies Mum 0 Posted June 1, 2010 Member ID: 6,102 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 7 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 47 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 305 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 29/05/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 23, 2010 Birthday: 28/11/1947 Share Posted June 1, 2010 I started Bruce off on celery tops, he wouldnt eat any fruit or veg to start with but was instantly attracted to celery tops. Once he got used to eating that he then felt confident to eat other veg but is still not keen on fruit except a small piece of apple. Go easy on celery tops though as it can make their poo a bit runny if they eat too much. Another thing he loves is salad cress, this is simple to grow you dont even need a garden, you just sprinkle the seed on a damp unbleached tissue or cotton wool and you have a crop in a matter of days. Link to comment
splat 0 Posted June 1, 2010 Member ID: 3,340 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 202 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 4,891 Content Per Day: 0.25 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 27,770 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 17/04/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 19, 2014 Birthday: 13/05/1958 Share Posted June 1, 2010 The main things I give my birds are..... silverbeet, carrot, beetroot, broccoli, celery, corn cornels and corn on the cob, parsely and fresh lucerne. Link to comment
Kassidy 0 Posted June 1, 2010 Member ID: 6,100 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 9 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 86 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 555 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 29/05/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 13, 2012 Birthday: 31/03/1997 Author Share Posted June 1, 2010 Thanks for all the suggestions! I guess I'll be adding a few more things to my shopping list! Are any of the other types of vegetables that I'm going to grow dangerous to my budgies? Just to be on the safe side. Kassidy Link to comment
splat 0 Posted June 2, 2010 Member ID: 3,340 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 202 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 4,891 Content Per Day: 0.25 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 27,770 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 17/04/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 19, 2014 Birthday: 13/05/1958 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Have a look at budgie FAQs there is a list of what's safe and what's not. Link to comment
rachelm 0 Posted June 2, 2010 Member ID: 6,042 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 20 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 740 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 4,045 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 23/04/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 29, 2014 Birthday: 15/06/1977 Share Posted June 2, 2010 (edited) I grow silverbeet for my budgies. It grows all year round and is easy to grow, it even does well in a pot. Just pick the leaves as you need them(like coral, coz, butter lettuce). And they love it Also, i have added pellets to my budgies diet, at first i crushed them up and sprinkled over their seeds. Edited June 2, 2010 by rachelm Link to comment
Ratemymate 0 Posted June 2, 2010 Member ID: 6,051 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 10 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 112 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 675 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 27/04/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 30, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2010 bok choy, pak choy and silverbeet here love them because you can pick one bit every few days for the birds without having the feast or famine situation you often get with veges where you get it all ready at once Link to comment
Ratzy 0 Posted June 2, 2010 Member ID: 5,628 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 77 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,283 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 8,095 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 30/09/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 22, 2012 Birthday: 26/03/1998 Share Posted June 2, 2010 I've found you can plant the budgie seed mix. It is like sprouted seeds, just longer and it is like grass. You can trim the top bits then it will keep growing. I grow apple, pear, strawberry, corn, carrots and a lot of other stuff. My budgies get the occasional tiny bit of lettuce. We don't use sprays so everything is organic. Also, we get our own eggs daily. Link to comment
meeka 0 Posted June 3, 2010 Member ID: 5,887 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 8 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 44 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 300 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 26/01/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 10, 2014 Birthday: 14/11/1987 Share Posted June 3, 2010 I feed my budgie celery, celery tops, corn, watercress, bean sprots, snow pea shoots and alfalfa. He isnt much into fruit. I have tried many different things but these seem to be his favourites. I think he enjoys the picking and throwing things around more than actually eating them. Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted June 3, 2010 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.30 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted June 3, 2010 Budgies also like ENDIVE which is easy to grow as well. Link to comment
Kassidy 0 Posted June 21, 2010 Member ID: 6,100 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 9 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 86 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 555 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 29/05/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 13, 2012 Birthday: 31/03/1997 Author Share Posted June 21, 2010 (edited) Sorry for the delay for my reply. I have been busy finishing school and with other stuff. Anyway, we started our garden and I'm proud to say it has a bunch of little green sprouties popping through. My Mom did Reiki on it before we planted all the seeds about a week or so ago. (Search it up on Google) And now the sprouts are all about 2 inches tall. Here's a picture of the garden before everything started popping up: See how big it is compared to my mom? This is our very first garden! I'll post the list of vegetables we decided to plant later. And I'll take some pictures of the garden in the present time. EDIT: Here is the list of what we have planted in our garden so far: Drill 1: Potatoes Pumpkins Drill 2: Carrots Drill 3: Turnip Lettuce Drill 4: Spinach Beans Drill 5: PeasDrill 6: Cantaloupe Onions Drill 7: Nothing Yet We're still transplanting at the moment, so I'll be updating this. Thanks! Edited June 21, 2010 by Kassidy Link to comment
Kassidy 0 Posted July 6, 2010 Member ID: 6,100 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 9 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 86 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 555 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 29/05/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 13, 2012 Birthday: 31/03/1997 Author Share Posted July 6, 2010 Thank you all for your wonderful suggestions! I didn't get a chance to add everything in to our garden plans, so maybe next year round. Sorry it took so long for an update, but here is what's growing in the garden: Monday, July 5th Update Full Garden View Now: (From Drills Left to Right) Drill 1: > Pumpkins > Potatoes Drill 2: > Carrots Drill 3: > Lettuce > Turnip Drill 4: > Beans Drill 5: > Peas Drill 6: > Onions > Melons Drill 7: > Cucumber Top Right Corner: > Corn We are going to transplant some Cantaloupe and Tomatoes soon, they are already big enough to transplant, so we'll have some new additions into the empty spots in our garden. > Tomatoes and Cantaloupe And here is our flower bed.... And our herb pot garden: > Summer Savory > Sweet Basil > Parsley Hope you enjoyed the photos! Kassidy Link to comment
Ratzy 0 Posted July 6, 2010 Member ID: 5,628 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 77 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,283 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 8,095 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 30/09/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 22, 2012 Birthday: 26/03/1998 Share Posted July 6, 2010 :fear Sooo jealous! Link to comment
Kassidy 0 Posted July 15, 2010 Member ID: 6,100 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 9 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 86 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 555 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 29/05/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 13, 2012 Birthday: 31/03/1997 Author Share Posted July 15, 2010 (edited) Update for July 14, 2010 - Pumpkins Potatoes Carrots Lettuce Turnips Beans Peas Onions Cucumbers Tomatoes Corn Cantaloupe I'll get some pictures of the whole garden view, the herb garden, and the flower bed tomorrow. Thanks for viewing! Kassidy Edited July 15, 2010 by Kassidy Link to comment
RIPbudgies 0 Posted July 15, 2010 Member ID: 4,902 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 38 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 872 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 5,070 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 16/12/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 16, 2013 Birthday: 27/10/1957 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Kassidy your garden looks great. I see your soil is rocky. This will cause a problem with your root veggies. The carrots etc will tend to malform when they hit a rock or possiblly fork around them. Yoú could end up with some awesome shapes though and they will still be edible, just a pain to peel. You corn. Have you sown it lengthwise or in a block. Corn is grown in blocks to aid in the pollen reaching the corn tassles. Link to comment
Kassidy 0 Posted July 15, 2010 Member ID: 6,100 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 9 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 86 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 555 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 29/05/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 13, 2012 Birthday: 31/03/1997 Author Share Posted July 15, 2010 (edited) Kassidy your garden looks great. I see your soil is rocky. This will cause a problem with your root veggies. The carrots etc will tend to malform when they hit a rock or possiblly fork around them. Yoú could end up with some awesome shapes though and they will still be edible, just a pain to peel. Thanks, I'll keep that in mind when we start harvesting them and see some wacky shapes. You corn. Have you sown it lengthwise or in a block. Corn is grown in blocks to aid in the pollen reaching the corn tassles. They are growing in a 5 x 6 plants block in the corner, I forgot to mention. :hap: Edited July 15, 2010 by Kassidy Link to comment
Richmanaust 0 Posted December 10, 2022 Member ID: 9,653 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 0 Topics Per Day: 0 Content Count: 3 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 15 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/12/22 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 10, 2022 Device: Macintosh Share Posted December 10, 2022 In my yard and around the neighbourhood are various types of grasses that seed regularly. My budgies love it when I forage that and place it in their flight cage. As soon as I arrive they wait for it. They like to chew the stalks as well as the seeding heads. Link to comment
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