lem2bert wrote:
Hi Elana, Wow, that is a lot of birds. They all look so healthy and they are very beautiful.
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As I mentioned in a previous post I put 1 unsalted cracker crushed with one boiled egg. Is that a good or bad idea ? They like it but I am sure that they would like a lot of food that may not be that good for them. I give them a plate of fresh fruit and vegetables every day and the egg food twice a week. (not trying to breed). My two canaries also like crushed raw cashews which I alternate with wet seed and egg food each day. I am wondering if they are getting too much protein. Any suggestions from you or any other breeder as to how I am doing for the health of my birds would be greatly appreciated , Thank-you again.
Hi mate ,
I think that the unsalted crushed cracker is no doubt probably OK,
It's not really something that we do here in the uk, well to my knowledge
However some of us back in the early days Used to use crushed digestive biscuits and the hard boiled egg
Being perfectly onest with you if you're giving normal proprietary egg food then this on its own should be enough and not really need to mess about with the crackers, biscuits and hard boiled egg,
Always remember that hard boiled egg goes off very very quickly and is why many of us don't use it as much now and just stick with the propriety egg food, mainly because it last longer during hot weather
The cashew nuts ive not ever known anyone to feed these to canaries, I personally wouldn't bother and just stick with a normal seed diet but if you think it's ok and the birds seem happy in eating them then I can't see a problem,
Don't feed to many though as I should think these maybe quite high in protein
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