Hi All ,

 

I just would like to share my feeding routine and have comments and corrections if I am in a mistake somewhere .

 

My Seed Mix :

25% Millet

25% French millet

25% Canary

3% Linen seed

3% Hemp seed

3% Niger

6% Peeled oat

 

I buy them seperately and mix with the above ratios , this seed mix is available 7 days a week

 

Soft food :

I have 8 main ingreedents

 

4 boiled eggs

4 carrots

A bunch of parsley

6-8 Egg shells (boiled , owned and powdered)

1 banana

1 teaspoon of olive oil

1 teaspoon of fish oil

+ Vitamin supplement

 

The other ingreedents depends on what I have (I usually select three from the fruits and three from the veggies):

A tomato

A cucumber

A bunch of whetgrass

A bunch of Spinach

A small amount of red cabbage

Two Kiwis

An Apple (the seeds are taken)

A Peach

1/2 Melon

 

All goes trough a blander and frozen in ice trays , I feed this mix 5-6 days in a week . Once a week I add a small amonunt of yogurt or kefir on the soft wood while serving .

 

 

Sprouted Seeds :

Once or twice a week

 

 

 

Iodine and mineral blocks are always present along with the grit . I occasionally feed them fresh veggies directly , something like once in a month . I am trying to find lime pieces just to hang to the cages in rotation with cuttle fish bones . Drinking water is changed daily with mineral water (without gas) but I do not use any additives , I spray them with normal water once in evey two days in summer (rarely I add a little apple vinegar to the spraying water)

 

 

All responses will be appreciated .

 

Thanks .

that in my opinion is one of the best food regime's I've ever seen.

How does it all go in the ice trays? How long does it keep for?

Excellent !!!!

I wish i gave my budgies food ,like that... i might try it one day. How do you offer the ice block to them?Do you let it melt?

I grind all these with a blender and fill the cavities of the ice tray , it takes around 4-5 hours to get it completely frozen .

 

This amount is enough for one week for 40 birds , this fills 5-6 standard ice trays and half of the tray's cavity comes enough for a pair .

 

I do not wait long to get it melt , before putting the divided cubes into the feeding cups , I quickly pour some water upon them and wait for 5-6 minutes .

 

A tip for those who are not fond of softwood , covering canary seed and pushing a bit into the cube helps a lot , I know all birds are different but mine likes canary at most and this worked out as a good way to trick them .

Edited June 30, 200915 yr by cem