So your birds won't eat their Pellets, try this.....

Post Reply
User avatar
cindy
Bird Brain
Bird Brain
Posts: 18754
Joined: Wed Jul 22, 2009 8:33 pm
Location: west central Florida

So your birds won't eat their Pellets, try this.....

Post by cindy » Thu Sep 06, 2012 5:30 pm

I started fooling around this week with diferent ways to serve up eggs in a dry form....I did theis and my birds went right to it...big hit with the zebras.


1/2 cup pellets
1/4 cup wheat germ
1/4 cup cornmeal

4 eggs and shells

Mix well and crush shells as you mix. Once mixed pour into a greased baking dish and bake at 350*. Bake until done and when a toothpick is inserted it comes out clean. Turn the oven off, leave the baked mix in the oven to dry it out more. Once cooled run it through a food processor to finely grind. Serve.... :>
pellet crumble 1.jpg
the mix
pellet crumble 2.jpg
after baking and cooling
pellet crumble 3.jpg
after ground

Zebra, Gouldians, Java, CBM Shaft tail & Grasskeets


~ My Facebook groups ~

*Finchaholics ~ finches, hookbills, softbills & canaries are welcome here!
discussions regarding species, housing, breeding, preventatives, treatments

*Birdaholics ~ Avian Classified Ads Only

User avatar
cindy
Bird Brain
Bird Brain
Posts: 18754
Joined: Wed Jul 22, 2009 8:33 pm
Location: west central Florida

Re: So your birds won't eat their Pellets, try this.....

Post by cindy » Thu Sep 06, 2012 5:47 pm

I also tried to make a new Dried Eggfood...

8.5 oz of enriched cornmeal
6 eggs and the shells
about 1/8 cup of steel cut oatmeal
1/8 cup Lafeber's Finch pellets


Mix well crushing the eggshells. Slow bake at 350* in a lightly buttered (no salt) pan until a toothpick insterted through the center comes out clean. Turn off the oven and leave the pan in the oven to help remove additional mositure....when it cools an I will grind it and serve it up to the birds.

This amount lasted enough to serve daily for two days...the dishes where empty in most of the cages, in others the bigger pieces were left.

it looked like this before grinding
cornmeal pellet mix.jpg

Zebra, Gouldians, Java, CBM Shaft tail & Grasskeets


~ My Facebook groups ~

*Finchaholics ~ finches, hookbills, softbills & canaries are welcome here!
discussions regarding species, housing, breeding, preventatives, treatments

*Birdaholics ~ Avian Classified Ads Only

finchandlovebird
Proven
Proven
Posts: 2052
Joined: Fri Sep 02, 2011 7:35 pm
Location: Wisconsin

Re: So your birds won't eat their Pellets, try this.....

Post by finchandlovebird » Fri Sep 07, 2012 9:20 am

Your recipe above (pellets/wheat germ/cornmeal/eggs) sounds incredibly easy. Am going to try it. My birds aren't crazy about the "egg bread" I make for them; am going to try to dry it out some & crumble it really fine.
Dolly J

1 Canary
, 1 Parakeet
Raised Gouldians & Scarlet Chested Parakeets in past years

User avatar
cindy
Bird Brain
Bird Brain
Posts: 18754
Joined: Wed Jul 22, 2009 8:33 pm
Location: west central Florida

Re: So your birds won't eat their Pellets, try this.....

Post by cindy » Fri Sep 07, 2012 9:45 am

I found with mine they will not eat a cake type food...dry, crumbled as fine as you can get it works. My parrotlet on the other hand eats everything!!

Zebra, Gouldians, Java, CBM Shaft tail & Grasskeets


~ My Facebook groups ~

*Finchaholics ~ finches, hookbills, softbills & canaries are welcome here!
discussions regarding species, housing, breeding, preventatives, treatments

*Birdaholics ~ Avian Classified Ads Only

User avatar
finchmix22
Mod Extraordinaire
Mod Extraordinaire
Posts: 6258
Joined: Fri Dec 10, 2010 3:25 pm
Location: DFW TX

Re: So your birds won't eat their Pellets, try this.....

Post by finchmix22 » Fri Sep 07, 2012 10:29 am

Cindy
Where can one buy wheat germ? Store? Section of a Store? What about getting the stone ground oats? Is that different than Oatmeal we can buy for breakfast ourselves?
DEBORAH

Image

User avatar
cindy
Bird Brain
Bird Brain
Posts: 18754
Joined: Wed Jul 22, 2009 8:33 pm
Location: west central Florida

Re: So your birds won't eat their Pellets, try this.....

Post by cindy » Fri Sep 07, 2012 11:08 am

Grogery store, cereal section...the wheat germ comes in a jar, red cap. The Steel Cut Oats are in the oatmeal section. Steel cut are the whole oats cut...the rolled are the ones that are more in instant. The steel are suppose to be healthier for you. The birds like to eat the steel cut alone also.

Zebra, Gouldians, Java, CBM Shaft tail & Grasskeets


~ My Facebook groups ~

*Finchaholics ~ finches, hookbills, softbills & canaries are welcome here!
discussions regarding species, housing, breeding, preventatives, treatments

*Birdaholics ~ Avian Classified Ads Only

User avatar
Ginene
Molting
Molting
Posts: 4333
Joined: Fri Feb 08, 2013 9:52 pm
Location: Staten Island, New York

Re: So your birds won't eat their Pellets, try this.....

Post by Ginene » Tue Apr 16, 2013 9:00 pm

Going to try both of these recipes :D

User avatar
nelloyello11
Weaning
Weaning
Posts: 1901
Joined: Sun Feb 13, 2011 11:50 pm
Location: Buffalo, NY

Re: So your birds won't eat their Pellets, try this.....

Post by nelloyello11 » Tue Apr 16, 2013 9:27 pm

I think I'm going to try that first one on my next day off!! Thanks Cindy!
Nelissa
Image
1 NG (Peter), 2 SF/FF (Astrid & Nina) and 2 BC (Desmond & Penelope) Zebra finches
2 Owl Finches (Hedwig & Fawkes)
Painted turtle (Keeker)

Post Reply