Couscous for our birds!

perrysbirds · Post by **perrysbirds** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 11:13 am

Just wondering who gives couscous to thier birds?
I fill a coffee cup approx 1/2 full of Couscous and then I add just enough water for the coucous to absorb it up.Once it aborbs the water I mix in a little Prime and a little avi-culture and some poppy seeds.They eat everything up

B CAMP · Post by **B CAMP** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 12:12 pm

perrysbirds
Do you cook this or just add water ?Do you feed this often?
I did try it once but I added it to boiling water and it soacked up the water and I mix with eggfood they never ate it ,on another site some people use it and like it .

perrysbirds · Post by **perrysbirds** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 1:46 pm

B CAMP wrote:perrysbirds
Do you cook this or just add water ?Do you feed this often?
I did try it once but I added it to boiling water and it soacked up the water and I mix with eggfood they never ate it ,on another site some people use it and like it .

I just use cold water.I usually give it to my birds a couple of times a month.I shake poppy seeds on it also once the water gets aborbed up or otherwise the "Prime" I mix in with it goes into the water and you loose it.
Wait until the water is aborbed and then add what you like to the couscous.Hope this helps!

B CAMP · Post by **B CAMP** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 1:49 pm

Thanks will give it a try

nixity · Post by **nixity** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 5:09 pm

The only birds of mine that really eat it are the societies :)

BillD · Post by **BillD** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 10:20 pm

couscous is a type of pasta.. right?

I do love it, but is there a nutritional value to the birds? I'm just asking in my ignorance.

nixity · Post by **nixity** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 10:31 pm

BillD wrote:couscous is a type of pasta.. right?

I do love it, but is there a nutritional value to the birds? I'm just asking in my ignorance.

Yes it is a pasta - if/when I've fed it - I always get the whole grain organic couscous.
Any whole food has some degree of nutritional value, but you just have to avoid the over processed white grains.

BillD · Post by **BillD** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 10:47 pm

Thanks nixity..

Don't know that I'll be giving that to my birds. I'll probably eat it myself.

Does anyone feed cooked barley to their birds? I love that too.

blueribbontoes · Post by **blueribbontoes** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 3:45 pm

I do as part of my daily "fresh" (er, frozen...) food mix. I did the whole grain organic. They eat everything in the mix and seem to like it.

L in Ontario · Post by **L in Ontario** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 7:23 pm

Just learned something else here - I thought couscous was a rice-type of food. Now I know better!

I feed cooked barley to my parrots in their mix of fresh/frozen veggies that I cook for them. I remember eating Campbells Beef with Barley soup years ago. Mmmm, good!

BillD · Post by **BillD** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:46 pm

I have those memories of Campbells soup too.. I liked the barley best. Guess that's why I cook it up for myself.

My birds don't like Kale. I finally found it in a store.

They don't like the free food a lot of us received either.

finicky finces. oh well..

They had some Romaine tonight. I know they like that.

I'll cook up some barley and offer it to them soon and I'll let you know.