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light seeds for breeding birds

Post by ac12 » Tue Jun 08, 2010 3:06 pm

My finches do NOT like the dark/black seeds. 99% of the time they eat the light colored seeds; I think mostly white millet. The dark seeds are left behind, and go to my wife's canary, who is going thru his molt and is eating all the dark seeds I put in his seed dish. So here is the question.

What light colored seeds are high in protein and fat for breeding finches especially when they are feeding chicks?

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Re: light seeds for breeding birds

Post by nixity » Tue Jun 08, 2010 3:36 pm

Do you birds eat Canary seed?
It's relatively high in protein compared to plain ol white Millet.
You could also try adding in varieties of millet:
Japanese, Red, German, Siberian, etc..

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Re: light seeds for breeding birds

Post by ac12 » Tue Jun 08, 2010 6:22 pm

Thanks Tiffany
Don't know if they eat canary seed, but I have some for my wifes canary, so it will be easy to try.
I will stop by the local seed shop soon as I can.
Gary

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