4 parts special budgie 2 parts budgie tonic

[budgiedan]

does this ratio sound ok?

[barrieshutt]

what i special budgie Dan? you need a mix with 50% plain canary , 50% OF MIXED RED, WHITE AND YELLOW MILLETS AND A SMALL SEPERATE FEEDER WITH TONIC SEED IN

[budgiedan]

special budgie is a mix i buy from my local bird store its a mix of mainly mixed millet and a small amount of canary seed hence why i was going to add tonic but i have mixed the 2 mixtures together and not fed the tonic seperately

[albino]

In my flight cages I have separate dishes for plain canary, white millet, tonic mixture and sometimes one for whole oats.
Sometimes I place in a dish with a small quantity of the small sunflower seed used by my Turquoisene Parrakeets.
They always have carrot each day and dandelion when available, they are not keen on celery.
Most days the Budgies get a chunk of Hovis `seeded sensation `bread also.
When they are rearing chicks they love small amounts of it too.
I have bred Budgies for pleasure since 1956 when I started with a pair of Light Greens, now at 78 I get pleasure combining various mutations mainly of the Blue series.

albino.

[budgiedan]

hi albino thats very interesting i definitely think that what i am feeding my budgies at the moment is inadequate so i need to change something, sounds like i just need more canary seed

[albino]

My opinion is that they get different nutrients from various items.
It would be boring if you had fish and chips every day, however if someone produce a pork pie you would think it was your birthday.
I have produced 92 chicks this current year so something must be correct.

albino.

[budgiedan]

very impressive! i cannot wait until my first egg is laid as im new to all this and have never done anything like it before but i have grown up watching my dad keep birds for as long as i can remember so have a good range of general knowledge but struggle on the finer points

[brian1]

Dec 29, 2011 22:34:50 GMT budgiedan said:

very impressive! i cannot wait until my first egg is laid as im new to all this and have never done anything like it before but i have grown up watching my dad keep birds for as long as i can remember so have a good range of general knowledge but struggle on the finer points

As well as all the normal stuff, I make my own egg food, roll it thin and put it in the freezer in a freezer bag, then you can break pieces off as needed, 4 slices of whole meal bread and a hard boiled egg, whisk it together in to a crumble and roll it........serve when chicks have hatched in a jam jar lid,they love it