I was just wondering what are the best foods to help fatten up budgies for breeding?

 

i can feel the keel bone on a few and was wondering what would fatten them up the best.

I soak wheat/barley in water overnight

They love it and it's fattening

You can ever soak seed like oats over night or just put unsoaked oats in the aviary which is the easiest.

I've been told hulled oats is the best.

 

Just be wary of hens that find a nest and don't leave, meaning they eat the oats and then go straight back inside

You get overly chunky hens that way lol

I got some hulled oats and soaked them and they disappeared in less than 5 minutes

I just use feeder oats (normal oats) with the husk still on, heaps cheaper.

I soak the feeder oats for part my soft food for breeding birds and I put unsoaked feeder oats in the aviary for all birds but only in the colds months because oats will make your birds over weight if you are not careful.

thanks for the info , my budgies were in great condition and all have finished laying eggs and are incubating - but i have noticed a few that have lost condition and

i can feel the keel bone is pointy , even though their crops are bulging full