I made this over the weekend for my birds, and thought I would share the recipe and photo. I find that my breeding pairs love this for feeding young chicks, and I put this in the cage at night. But the non-breeding budgies enjoy it as a nice treat.

 

 

1 cup cornmeal

2 tsp. finely ground cuttlebone

1 cup millet/seed

2 tbsp. honey

1/4 cup whole wheat flour

2 eggs

4 egg yolks

1/4 cup of pellets (soaked in water to form a soft mush)

2 tsp peanut oil or linseed oil

 

Optional:

1/2 a mashed banana (did not use this in the photo below)

1/2 cup Wheat Germ

 

I mixed the ingredients and poured into two small loaf tins and baked at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes. Then cut into slices and served once cool. I usually store the unused bread in a sealed container with a small slice of wheat bread to keep the moisture.

 

 

 

For the Australian & UK folks, I understand that cornmeal is hard to find, here is info on where you can get it... you can also use ground dried corn or maize usually found in feed stores. It looks like a very course corn based flour.

 

http://www.panzers.co.uk/ has actual cornmeal avialable in the UK (look under baking products)

 

http://www.usafoods.com.au/products.php has cornmeal avilable in Australia

That looks really good and I will try to make some today for my birds. Can I use polenta instead of the cornmeal ? and I dont use pellets so perhaps I will put some budgie starter in instead. and maybe some grated carrot and zucchini ?

Edited March 14, 200817 yr by KAZ

Thats looks great!!! Better send some to NickNack - don't tell him its for his birds though hehehhe

Thats looks great!!! Better send some to NickNack - don't tell him its for his birds though hehehhe

 

haha fantastic idea.. NickNacks special cake.

that looks great, l shall try it out on my birdies.

Polenta instead of cornmeal works perfectly Kaz. I've made birdie bread for my flock using that.

 

This was the recipe i used:

 

1/2c wholemeal flour

1/4c polenta

1/4c crushed pellets and/or seed

1 whole egg

pinch of baking powder (optional)

1/2c water or fresh fruit juice (i.e. homemade)

1c chopped/grated veggies, fruit, nuts, etc (try to squeeze off as much of the liquid from the veggies and fruit as you can)

 

It looked exactly the same as Ravengypsy's does in the pics but more vegetable-y.

Edited March 14, 200817 yr by Bea

I think we all have now either written down the recipe or have bookmarked this thread :(Laughing out loud):

Is Nack's gonna ice them

yes you can replace the cornmeal with polenta, Kaz :budgiedance:

 

luckily this recipe works great for substitutions and additions... and you can easily add grated carrots and probably zuchinni as well.. you can also replace the soaked pellets with breeding bird formula or budgie starter. It just adds some extra powder/flour-like component that gives good nutritients for the birds.

 

I've also added cinnamon or other spices/herbs to the ingredients as well for extra flavoring when they are handy... the birds seem to love it. To make it more veggie-ish, you can add extras in a mashed, grated or diced form without issues. It's a great way to trick some birds into eatting their veggies.. for those who have issues with that.

 

Also for larger birds you can use this same recipe but add things like nuts and other specialty bits that they enjoy.

Edited March 14, 200817 yr by Ravengypsy

Ravengypsy could you please post this recipe in our recipe topic as well ?

 

Here http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/index....showtopic=18426

 

Cheers

added :budgiedance: with a few modifications...

The birdy bread receipes sound great

 

I only have one baby budgie, and it would take him donkeys to get through a loaf, is it suitable for freezing?

I haven't tried to freeze mine since my birds eat it before it goes to waste, but it wont' harm it to be frozen as long as you serve it thawed. I have purposely dried it out to make a type of hard biscuit that the birds enjoy munching on as well.

Cool, I will give it a shot then this weekend .