Where can I get the best spray millet?

bonnies_gouldians · Post by **bonnies_gouldians** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 2:51 pm

Thanks BillD. I appreciate it

FeatherHarp · Post by **FeatherHarp** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 4:03 pm

Here is the link to the post I made showing the millet I grew this summer (this is the 3rd year I have grown my own). It seems so easy to grow as long as it has full sun everyday.

My Millet Photos and Discussion

BillD · Post by **BillD** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 11:17 pm

For those that grow their own millet sprays.. Have you seen any problem with wild birds contaminating the sprays you feed your domestic birds? I know I have wild/loosed finches in my area (my birds talk with them all the time) and wonder if they may pose a threat of disease or parasites.

I'm learning..

FeatherHarp · Post by **FeatherHarp** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 9:48 am

Good question BillD...something to wonder about. I suppose it would be a potential problem for anybody who grows their own or buys Millet from a supplier who grows several acres of the stuff. I check each millet spray before I store it in a container for any obvious bugs or foreign objects.

BillD · Post by **BillD** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 12:27 am

Thanks FeatherHarp..

You make me want to look at the Millet Sprays I purchase from the Pet shops too. Am I being paranoid? Know there are no regulations, so it's probably a good idea to look them over before offering them to my 'kids'.. Geez this can get complicated.. hehe

mickp · Post by **mickp** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 8:22 am

my millet is grown either in the other half's shadehouse or in polystyrene containers in the storage area of my aviary. when i used to grow it in the garden it was covered with bird netting.

MalditoGorrion · Post by **MalditoGorrion** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 10:24 am

as mickb said you can covered with bird netting so you dont have that problem. God I wish a backyard

subersibo · Post by **subersibo** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 10:23 pm

Great thread! I gotta try planting my own millet this spring. I am already trying to raise my own mealworms, hope everything turns out well so pet shop visits would be lessened.

bonnies_gouldians · Post by **bonnies_gouldians** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 11:03 pm

mealworms are pretty easy to raise. Just be sure to pull the pupates (spelling?) out of the container and set them in their own enclosure until they become adults. Both the worm and adult stage will eat the pupate stage. I have done this for my reptiles for the last three years, saves a bundle of money when you have a ton of lizards to feed