Society Finch/Parakeet Diet Mix

[raymeedc]

Just adopted a pair of Society Finches from my son-in law. I've had previous experience with Javas & Gouldians, but haven't had any birds for about a couple of years now.
Anyways, I am intending to put a seed order in at the much recommended Herman Brothers. I see that some Society Finch owners on this site have noted many of their birds' preference for the larger Parakeet seed. Consequently, I intend to serve my birds a 50/50 Parakeet/Finch mix. Is this a good idea, & if so, which of the many varieties offered up by Hermans would be best for Societies?

[raymeedc]

Put another way, which of these Herman's Finch mixes would be best for Societies?.....

E.M.FINCH-----
JAPANESE MILLET
CANARY
SIBERIAN MILLET
FINCH MILLET
WHITE MILLET
STEEL CUT OATS
RED MILLET
THISTLE
FLAX
RAPE
ANISE
SESAME

FORTIFIED FINCH #1-----
GERMAN FINCH MILLET
RAPE
SESAME
FLAX
CANARY
THISTLE
POPPY
WHITE LETTUCE
ANISE
STEEL CUT OATS
STEEL CUT OATS--RED, BLUE, GREEN
BREEDER PELLETS

FORTIFIED FINCH #2-----
GERMAN FINCH MILLET
JAPANESE MILLET
SIBERIAN MILLET
RED MILLET
CANARY
STEEL CUT OATS
STEEL CUT OATS--RED, BLUE, GREEN
BREEDER PELLETS

T.H. SPEC. FINCH-----
WHITE MILLET
CANARY
STEEL CUT OATS
RED MILLET
THISTLE
FLAX
RAPE
SESAME
ANISE

FINCH MIX-----
GERMAN FINCH MILLET
RAPE
SESAME
FLAX
CANARY
THISTLE
POPPY
WHITE LETTUCE
ANISE

K.G. FINCH-----
GERMAN MILLET
JAPANESE MILLET
SIBERIAN MILLET
RED MILLET
CANARY

SOAK SEED-----
RAPE
THISTLE
WHITE MILLET
SOFT WHEAT
CANARY
BUCKWHEAT
HEMP
SAFFLOWER
RED MILLET
FINCH MILLET

I'll probably be mixing one of the above mixes with Herman's Parakeet mix.

[Sally]

I used to order from Herman Bros. and loved their mixes, but the shipping costs were killing me. I used the E.M. Finch mix, and at the time I had a combination of Australian grass finches and African waxbills. I don't think I had Societies at the time.

The Soak Seed is just that, for soaking or chitting seed, so you would not feed that as a general diet. I would ask them about the fortified diets, as I see that they contain pellets. I don't like to use colored pellets, as they change the color of the poop and can be misleading as to whether the poop is normal or not.

I don't know anything about the other mixes. Others can answer as to what mixes they have used.

[delray]

For my societies I use higgens seed mix. They really like it.