eggfood

[christine]

If they dont eat it they can build a nest in it lol

[franny]

does anyone freeze their bee pollen?

Yes it can be frozen.

[L in Ontario]

B Camp and Franny - why do you freeze eggfood and soak seed (or whatever you add) separately? Is that necessary?

[franny]

B Camp and Franny - why do you freeze eggfood and soak seed (or whatever you add) separately? Is that necessary?

No, not necessary, I've read on Lady Gouldian site I think, that they mix it all up and freeze. I do sometimes add the dry eggfood and some soak seed to it as well, and then freeze. Depends how much time I have on any given day.

But I also freeze some soak seed, and the mealworms separately, so I can give them a treat now and then of just one or the other. I don't feed eggfood (real eggfood) every day, now that they are not breeding. So it's eggfood a couple of times a week, meal worms a couple of times, a couple of days soaked seed, and then a day for birdie bread. Just trying to mix things up a bit so they don't get bored.

About the only thing they get for sure every day (aside from the regular seed mix with Herb Salad, is the dry eggfood - but I mix up what dry bugs I might add to it each day. Even millet I skip the odd day. Especially when I've put a new treat or veggie in the treat cup - then I might put just a bit of millet in with it and take out the spray of millet.

[L in Ontario]

Franny - Understood, and this should make things a tad easier. Thanks!

[B CAMP]

Like franny said,I mix different things with it I put chopped broccoli,some times,sprouts,carrots .I don't like the way broccoli is when you freeze and thaw its to wet. You can always add other stuff before you serve

[L in Ontario]

Good to know, thanks B Camp!

[BillD]

does anyone add Spirulina to the egg mix? I have that for my Koi and heard it is good to combine with it.

[DVBourassa]

I added some to my bird bread. They seem to like it.

[franny]

I bought flaked kelp from the reptile section of Petsmart, and it has spirulina ahd kelp. I don't put it in the eggfood, I mix it with the seed and Herb Salad. Keeps the number of food containers down to a minimum. I have two tube type seed feeders with this mix. Then the oystershell and charcoal tube feeder, plus the water feeder.

Then I have a small treat feeder with attached perch, meant for holding bird biscuits, so it's shallow rather than deep, and I put the dry eggfood in that, but switch it out with real eggfood, or add bugs/bird bread or whatever to that. Something different each day, in that feeder! They get real excited when they see me take that one out to fill!