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I would like to share my finch food recipe with you. Im a big believer in giving the birds everything natural, and really dont like adding supplements and additives to their food.

1- Egg mix:

i boil an omega 3 egg for ten minutes (boiling for ten, not total cooking time) and blend it all in the food processor. I add some wheatabix cereal or oatmeal to the mix, and some whole grain cooked couscous.

2- In a plastic bag, i grind sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, almonds, twelve grains, flax seeds. i sprinkle a nit of that over the egg mix.

3- i top all of that with a sprinkle of sprouted millet (two kinds).

For my greens i offer different mixes of:

1- finely chopped parsely
2- kale
3- dandelion
4- carrots
5- broccoli
6- celery leaves.
7- raddish leaves

I alternate these mixes.

Sometimes i will mash a tiny quantity of seedless fruit in with the greens, such as apple, kiwi, or blueberry.

Do they like it? The gouldians love it. The GBW are more picky but they eat it occasionally. The zebras, societies, and canaries wipe their boxes clean, leaving only the husks of the sprouted millet.

I also feed them a blend of budgie and finch mix, adding a small quantity of tiny pellets, finch treats, and dried egg/insect mix.

Additionally, they have a clean amount of grit, grated cuttle bone, charcoal, and oyster shell.

thanks for sharing. I make my eggfood as well and add all kinds of things depending on their needs and likes at the time.

I will have to give that recipe a try. I hope they'll love it.

Rour wrote:I would like to share my finch food recipe with you. Im a big believer in giving the birds everything natural, and really dont like adding supplements and additives to their food.

1- Egg mix:

i boil an omega 3 egg for ten minutes (boiling for ten, not total cooking time) and blend it all in the food processor. I add some wheatabix cereal or oatmeal to the mix, and some whole grain cooked couscous.

2- In a plastic bag, i grind sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, almonds, twelve grains, flax seeds. i sprinkle a nit of that over the egg mix.

3- i top all of that with a sprinkle of sprouted millet (two kinds).

For my greens i offer different mixes of:

1- finely chopped parsely
2- kale
3- dandelion
4- carrots
5- broccoli
6- celery leaves.
7- raddish leaves

I alternate these mixes.

Sometimes i will mash a tiny quantity of seedless fruit in with the greens, such as apple, kiwi, or blueberry.

Do they like it? The gouldians love it. The GBW are more picky but they eat it occasionally. The zebras, societies, and canaries wipe their boxes clean, leaving only the husks of the sprouted millet.

I also feed them a blend of budgie and finch mix, adding a small quantity of tiny pellets, finch treats, and dried egg/insect mix.

Additionally, they have a clean amount of grit, grated cuttle bone, charcoal, and oyster shell.

How long does it take to do this in general? Thanks

My birds better not see that menu, or they will be jealous.

My egg is plain w corn meal to absorb some of the extra moisture

Veggies is whatever we get from the veggie guys at the store or we buy (lettuce, chard, kale, carrots, yams).

ps if you go to the grocery store EARLY and get the veggie guys as they are taking the veggies out, you can many time get the cuttings that they take off the veggies for FREE. They are just going to throw it away anyway. This will help cut the the cost of feeding the birds. If you want to give them specific veggies, you have to watch what you pick up, as you have to recognize what veggies you grab.

What a wonderful recipe idea....thank you for sharing that with us Rour.

ac12 wrote: ps if you go to the grocery store EARLY and get the veggie guys as they are taking the veggies out, you can many time get the cuttings that they take off the veggies for FREE.

AC12.....this part of your post should go in the "You Might Be A Finch Addict If:"

purplejasminevn wrote:

Rour wrote:I would like to share my finch food recipe with you. Im a big believer in giving the birds everything natural, and really dont like adding supplements and additives to their food.

1- Egg mix:

i boil an omega 3 egg for ten minutes (boiling for ten, not total cooking time) and blend it all in the food processor. I add some wheatabix cereal or oatmeal to the mix, and some whole grain cooked couscous.

2- In a plastic bag, i grind sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, almonds, twelve grains, flax seeds. i sprinkle a nit of that over the egg mix.

3- i top all of that with a sprinkle of sprouted millet (two kinds).

For my greens i offer different mixes of:

1- finely chopped parsely
2- kale
3- dandelion
4- carrots
5- broccoli
6- celery leaves.
7- raddish leaves

I alternate these mixes.

Sometimes i will mash a tiny quantity of seedless fruit in with the greens, such as apple, kiwi, or blueberry.

Do they like it? The gouldians love it. The GBW are more picky but they eat it occasionally. The zebras, societies, and canaries wipe their boxes clean, leaving only the husks of the sprouted millet.

I also feed them a blend of budgie and finch mix, adding a small quantity of tiny pellets, finch treats, and dried egg/insect mix.

Additionally, they have a clean amount of grit, grated cuttle bone, charcoal, and oyster shell.

How long does it take to do this in general? Thanks

well, i make enough for about five days or so. The seeds and egg take very little time to prepare. The veggies take a bit longer, as do the nuts and grains. I make enough veggies for about 5 days, and the nuts and grains last so i make enough for 2-3 weeks.

FeatherHarp wrote:What a wonderful recipe idea....thank you for sharing that with us Rour.

ac12 wrote: ps if you go to the grocery store EARLY and get the veggie guys as they are taking the veggies out, you can many time get the cuttings that they take off the veggies for FREE.

AC12.....this part of your post should go in the "You Might Be A Finch Addict If:"

My pleasure

ac12 wrote:My birds better not see that menu, or they will be jealous.

My egg is plain w corn meal to absorb some of the extra moisture

Veggies is whatever we get from the veggie guys at the store or we buy (lettuce, chard, kale, carrots, yams).

ps if you go to the grocery store EARLY and get the veggie guys as they are taking the veggies out, you can many time get the cuttings that they take off the veggies for FREE. They are just going to throw it away anyway. This will help cut the the cost of feeding the birds. If you want to give them specific veggies, you have to watch what you pick up, as you have to recognize what veggies you grab.

lol well i do suppose we have us a five star restaurant over here.

Hii everyone,

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Hi Rour!

Thanks for sharing!!