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Post by skysmum on Feb 5, 2013 15:15:38 GMT
My lot have never been keen on boiled egg but this morning i had a Nigella moment, now these are very rare to say the least  . I thought i would add a bit of this and a bit of that and even put a tiny bit of honey in, mmmmmm.   They repelled back in horror when i put it in their bowls and needless to say four hours later it all went in the bin  . Seed junkies is what they are and they like their fruit and veg in big slices so that they can bite and chuck it everywhere . Tykes. |
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Post by Moogie on Feb 5, 2013 15:48:48 GMT
Ha ha naughty buds  Elf likes chunks too so he can pretend to eat it! ha ha i gave him sprouts yest and couldnt believe my eyes when he ripped a bit off, dropped it then picked it up again and swallowed it.... |
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Post by Learner on Feb 5, 2013 16:06:50 GMT
Chunks rather than minced might be worth a try?
You could serve it in a bigger dish or bowl with some seed sprinkled in / on / around for encouragement.
I guess I'm lucky as my 6 will stick their beaks into anything. This morning they demolished a clump of rosemary even chewing the twig itself. This afternoon they nibbled at apple slices.
About the only thing I've chopped up for them so far is hard boiled egg - once in the cage it's advisable to stand back. They love it.
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Post by skysmum on Feb 5, 2013 16:16:11 GMT
Chunks rather than minced might be worth a try? You could serve it in a bigger dish or bowl with some seed sprinkled in / on / around for encouragement. I guess I'm lucky as my 6 will stick their beaks into anything. This morning they demolished a clump of rosemary even chewing the twig itself. This afternoon they nibbled at apple slices. About the only thing I've chopped up for them so far is hard boiled egg - once in the cage it's advisable to stand back. They love it. Chunks with my lot im afraid, and not in a bowl, it has to be stuck in the bars for them  . Boiled egg NO WAY shape or form. I even sprinkled millet on the top of today's culinary masterpiece, now they never refuse millet but they did today. What they get used to i suppose. |
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Post by Rachael Kellett on Feb 5, 2013 16:34:50 GMT
haahaha! Mine are just the same. Spend ages making them food and they avoic it like the plague. Chop up some chunks of veg, pop them on skewers and they dive on them x
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Post by Hezz on Feb 6, 2013 0:14:01 GMT
Definitely chunks, and skewered around the cage - that's my lot too! They will eat from a dish if it is really worth it, but generally it's a bamboo skewer, chunks of veggies and a clothes peg! They are right into the stylish things in life!!!! NOT!! But really, the more natural the better, don't you think? |
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Post by samwiseg on Feb 6, 2013 8:00:08 GMT
LOL! Nevermind Nigella/Skysmum, we love your culinary skills  Fussy beggers aren't they these birds? |
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on Feb 6, 2013 15:13:22 GMT
It's the same story here sometimes, but I love the look of it |
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Post by skysmum on Feb 6, 2013 17:17:26 GMT
Definitely chunks, and skewered around the cage - that's my lot too! They will eat from a dish if it is really worth it, but generally it's a bamboo skewer, chunks of veggies and a clothes peg! They are right into the stylish things in life!!!! NOT!! But really, the more natural the better, don't you think? Your right about the more natural, they wouldn't find Nigella in the bush that's for sure . I love to make them forage around anyway . |
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Post by Hezz on Feb 7, 2013 1:55:37 GMT
Nigella is too busy licking her ......um, spoon ........ They eat less if they have to work for it ...... the budgies, I mean! |
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Jan 12, 2012 22:54:32 GMT
Nicola
Senior Spangle
Poppi, Digger, Daisy, Mawson, Cleo, Casper, Romeo, Georgia, Melmen, Rosalie, Willow, Alice and Finn
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Post by Nicola on Feb 9, 2013 6:44:17 GMT
Mmmmmmm!!! Looks like a budgie feast! My budgies would probably love that! Always trying new things! Sadly, I can't make anything with egg in it as they are in an aviary and the egg can't be left in there long and they would drop it on the ground, I wouldn't see it and they would get down there and eat it 2 days later! Better to be safe than sorry!!!
Nicola
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Post by Learner on Feb 13, 2013 16:43:22 GMT
I love the portrait gallery Nicola.
I started something similar for mine but we are still "discussing" names here.
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Jan 12, 2012 22:54:32 GMT
Nicola
Senior Spangle
Poppi, Digger, Daisy, Mawson, Cleo, Casper, Romeo, Georgia, Melmen, Rosalie, Willow, Alice and Finn
Posts: 1,148
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Post by Nicola on Feb 13, 2013 21:11:33 GMT
Thankyou Learner :)As I don't have photoshop and it is really expensive, I thought I could do it. But after a lot of fidling around on Microsoft Office Word Document, I finally got something good Nicola |
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Post by nat on Feb 13, 2013 22:06:46 GMT
Mine only like chunks of veg stuck through the aviary wire! Same stuff made into an apetising looking dish.....no chance lol. They also seem not to like sweet stuff like fruit  I think your portrait gallery is great too Nicola. In about a hundred years I might work out how to do one lol |
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. I thought i would add a bit of this and a bit of that and even put a tiny bit of honey in, mmmmmm.
. Seed junkies is what they are and they like their fruit and veg in big slices so that they can bite and chuck it everywhere 
. Boiled egg NO WAY shape or form. I even sprinkled millet on the top of today's culinary masterpiece, now they never refuse millet but they did today. What they get used to i suppose.
