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Ok, well I found out what my finches were eating in the Bird Store where I bought them ::

- Abba 1900 Finch Food
- Crushed cuttlebone
- Kale, chicory, broccoli, corn, peas
- mealworms as a treat
- Recommended chopped hard-boiled egg

I already have enough Bird seed to last quite awhile, so I won't invest in the Abba 1900 Finch Food.
I will have to figure out how to 'Crush' a cuttlebone.
Will have to buy Kale, chicory, broccoli, corn and peas
Mealworms? I guess they come freeze-dried in a jar.
Hard-boiled eggs - I'm still going to have to keep experimenting with this to get the finches to eat this.

JerseyGuy To crush a cuttlebone, you can just break it into smaller bits and crush them in a mini food processor or similar appliance. Some people just scrape the soft part off.

Whenever I want to crush anything I put it in a storage bag, leave the bag open, and use a hammer .

Meal worms come dried out or live. My parrot finch loves live meal worms. Get the mini size if you want to try them live. Also, meal worms can cause weight gain so just a treat on occasion. My gouldian loves oranges too.

Ok, well I found out what my finches were eating in the Bird Store where I bought them ::

- Abba 1900 Finch Food
- Crushed cuttlebone
- Kale, chicory, broccoli, corn, peas
- mealworms as a treat
- Recommended chopped hard-boiled egg

Very nice diet for a bird store

debbie276 wrote: Very nice diet for a bird store

That's what I was thinking too, LOL! Bird stores around here feed pellets, which the finches nearly always reject, so the employees drop a layer of seed on top. Which makes a ginormous mess, but apparently its the only way to cleave unto "store policy" without starving the poor things to death.

Be sure if you crush the cuttlebone to use only the soft part, not also the hard shell. The pieces would be sharp and could injure the birds.