okay cool, thanks again Splat!

Hey guys, okay so I have just finished reading and re-reading the Practical feeding chapters in the Gerald S Binks book " The Challenge"

 

Now there is two well respected Contributors in this section from Australia, they are Henry George from Brisbane and Kelwyn Kakoschke from Adelaide. Now these two breeders both offer up grit to there budgies as does Gerald Binks himself. Mr Binks goes into great depth in Practical Feeding - 1, Page 86, explaining reasoning behind the giving of grit to our birds, and to quote Mr Binks "Grit is essential. No Grit = no teeth = poor digestion" Now I have already made my mind up inregards to weather I was going to give my birds grit, and I will continue to do so, it is not uncommon for me to see my birds ferriting around in their grit tray every now and again, the parents of one nest do so on a regular basis!

The question Im asking is (if not to personal) do you give your birds Grits, and if not, can I please ask why?

 

ALSO:

 

From my recollection Budgerigars are Lactose intolerant, BUT.......

In the book Henry George and Gerald Binks both feed their Breeding Birds a cube of bread soaked in Milk!!!!!! and Now to quote Mr Binks again:

"Milk, we are both familiar with, as a nutritious food. As every housewife knows, it is graded in degrees of richness and fat content. Use the richest source available to you when making up your soft food mixture. Propriety baby foods are an alternative".

Question : Does anyone here feed their birds the milk soaked bread, and if so are there any side effects?

 

Thanks for reading

I am yet to visit an aviary,that does not feed grit.The Two Australian breeders Kelwyn Kakoschke & Henry George are probably two of the best breeders in Australia ,they feed grit,& Gerald Binks feeds it,& he has one of the top ten studs in the UK.So you tend to think that these breeders have got it right .

Edited June 5, 201114 yr by PJI

I have tried the bread soaked with milk but they really didn't go for it.

The last 2 years I did put soy bean milk powder in my soft food and I had NO ill affect at all.

But this year and from now on I am just using soaked seed, soy bean meal and vegies for my soft food plus added calcium and seaweed meal.