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Is this ok to feed finches? I checked it on the internet & found the American Indians used to eat it; plus my granddaughter hulled quite a bit & cooked it (it's like cuoscuous); she ate it too. She's always experimenting with how things were done a hundred years or so ago. The seeds are very tiny & black.
I checked all my "don't feed the birds" notes, and did see on one of them that Pigweed should not be fed.
Anyone familiar with Amaranthus??????????????

Doing a general google search I am finding nothing but good things about feeding the birds Pigweed and/or Amaranthus. Very nutritional and high in protein, birds love it.

Thanks Debbie, I'll give it a try.

Never heard of pigweed. Very interesting.

I buy amaranth at the health food stores and feed it to my birds. It is a golden colored grain that is high in protien. I cook it in water at a 2:1 ratio for 15 minutes then I remove it from the heat and add grated carrot and kale. My birds like it!

On the farm we kill it in the fields because nothing will eat it - not even the goats.

Best you start harvesting it for your birds, Manya.

The older folks used to boil the leaves like dandelion or spinach and eat it.

It is mixed in with my horses alfalfa, he doesn't touch the stuff
lou