I found this interesting especially since many member breed their birds.

 

Fixed Link: http://www.birds-online.de/nahrung/sonstig...hterreis_en.htm

 

Boiled rice

For budgies and other bird species, boiled rice is a tasteful and easy to digest source of protein. It should never be salted, because salt could cause serious damage to a bird's organism! The next time boil rice, leave out the salt, you can salt your helping when it's on your plate. Boiled without salt, you can give small quantities of rice to your pet birds.

 

It is important to wash to rice before serving so that the grains do not stick together too strongly. Budgies usually don't like sticky food, but once they are used to boiled rice, they will love it.

 

Rice should always be fed as an additional food. Never give boiled rice to breeding budgies. Otherwise the parents will gorge their chicks on the big rice grains that have only little nutritional value. Consequently, the chicks will starve or suffer from a lack of minerals and vitamins. You should never risk that!

Edited November 25, 200618 yr by lovey

thanks Lovey!! man your quick with the research today...(Laughing out loud)

Link didn't work for me but very good info as always! Brown rice is best to use, I cook it up with lentils for Poe but the budgies like it too.

http://www.birds-online.de/nahrung/sonstig...hterreis_en.htm

 

see if that works Terri

 

Candance I have this site bookmarked.