Egg Food?

Pierce130 · Post by **Pierce130** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 7:59 am

Hopefully, my finches are soon to be parents...now my question is...What would you recommend for a proper diet for the parents. Right now I am feeding just regular finch food from the pet store.
Nancy

rottielover · Post by **rottielover** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 9:36 pm

Well, you can purchase commercial egg food's, they are usually dry.

You can hard boil eggs and chop it up finely for the birds as well.

You can combine commercial preparations with hard boiled egg (usually baby bird hand feeding formula powder).

Hope that helps!

Pierce130 · Post by **Pierce130** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 12:35 am

Thank you...I will check into the commerical food and also do some "home cooking" too!
Nancy

atarasi · Post by **atarasi** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 1:11 am

Haven't thought about mixing the chopped egg with hand feeding formula. I just use a small grater and they eat the albumin like worms!

poohbear · Post by **poohbear** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 4:10 am

I mix fresh egg with a dried formula 50/50 to get the right consistency.Plus the dried eggfood has extra vitamins added.

mickp · Post by **mickp** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 5:24 am

dont forget to make some fresh greens available as well, some examples being cucumber, broccoli, corn, herbs, milk thistle.
also livefood is especially important during breeding season, such as mealworms or termites.

fairestfinches · Post by **fairestfinches** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 9:10 pm

Here is our eggfood recipe.

http://www.fairestfinches.com/articles/ ... /90955.htm

Sean

Pierce130 · Post by **Pierce130** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:20 pm

Wow, thank you for the recipe! I printed it to save for future use.
Nancy