Sprouting Millet Spray

BigBear0007 · Post by **BigBear0007** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 12:49 pm

I saw a little sprouting this morning but also a little white mold, so I'm keeping the container open.

When you see the sprouting, you can start feeding to them, it does not have to be three days old. The mold I think is harmless, I just rince it off, it has never adversly affected my birds.

Jerry

lou · Post by **lou** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 9:28 pm

Feeding anything that has/had mold=DEATH
I wouldn't take the chance
Lou

debbie276 · Post by **debbie276** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 7:03 am

I agree with Lou, I wouldn't offer anything that has mold on it to my birds.

lovemyfinch · Post by **lovemyfinch** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 7:16 am

Don`t you just love it when you discover that you have been giving your babies a good quality food.

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 7:27 am

hi
this reminds me of when i always tried to grow my own chickweed,i would take what i thought was a decent cutting and plant it ,and it would always die,now all my birds have gone i notice in the flower tubs in the back garden they are all full with the stuff....now i dont need it irony eh!

ken

lovemyfinch · Post by **lovemyfinch** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 7:40 am

But, Kenny at least you can watch the wild birds enjoy it, and know that you have contributed to the upbringing of their beautiful and healthy babes.

L in Ontario · Post by **L in Ontario** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 7:42 am

lovemyfinch wrote:Don`t you just love it when you discover that you have been giving your babies a good quality food.

Looks super Janine! I'm hungry now.

L in Ontario · Post by **L in Ontario** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 7:43 am

kenny wrote:hi
this reminds me of when i always tried to grow my own chickweed,i would take what i thought was a decent cutting and plant it ,and it would always die,now all my birds have gone i notice in the flower tubs in the back garden they are all full with the stuff....now i dont need it irony eh!

ken

Murphy's law in full effect! Sorry about that.

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 7:55 am

hi
has anyone tried cous cous in there eggfood mixture,and also i was looking in my notes and found a piece about quinoa seed which i fed to my youngsters as a vitamin type seed when i first started using it you could only buy it from health food shops now you can get it from most seed suppliers.....by the way it is pronounced keen-wa for some strange reason....when i first rang the shop they hadnt a clue what i was talking about until they asked me to spell it you can also soak it and let it sprout if you wish,by the way humans can eat it aswell

ken

lou · Post by **lou** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 10:14 am

Hi Kenny,
Yes, I do add cous-cous and quinoa to my finely chopped eggs , I cook it first and let dry a little then add small amount of corn meal to it. This dries the eggs a little

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 11:09 am

oh thats fantastic,i didnt know whether anyone were using either of them as i have never seen a post to that effect

ken

L in Ontario · Post by **L in Ontario** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 11:57 am

I use cous-cous occassionally for the fids - Janine (lovemyfinch) got me on to it!

Ursula · Post by **Ursula** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 11:59 am

I added cous-cous to the egg-mix (with grated carrots and corn meal) when my budgies were breeding, they raised their young on that. I found that the finches prefer the plain egg + corn meal mix though and I haven't mixed cous-cous in for that reason lately...

okiebirds · Post by **okiebirds** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 8:56 pm

mine turned out moldy and stinking... into the trash it went. Decided not to waste anymore.

BigBear0007 · Post by **BigBear0007** » Sun Apr 17, 2011 11:20 am

okiebirds wrote:mine turned out moldy and stinking... into the trash it went. Decided not to waste anymore.

Too much moisture or old millet spray.
I have had it happen also.
It's not an exact science and I am no expert.
I had to play around a few times before I got it correct.
Try just one first and cut it into three pieces.

Jerry

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