Friday, June 10, 2011

Learning To Eat Seed


Not camera shy, this German Roller is first to eat sprouted seed! Sprouted seed is an excellent way to introduce seeds.





This shot shows a deep chest and gives me great hope that he will be an excellent singer!


In just a few bites, other rollers join in the feast.





During the weaning phase, my sprouting mix has a high percentage of millet. Millet being a high carbohydrate seed helps to balance the protein in the diet.
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 12, 2011 at 6:36 PM

    Black Oil Sunflower Seeds
    Canary Seed
    Rape Seed
    White Millet
    Yellow Millet
    Safflower Seeds
    Hulled Oats
    Am I right Linda?

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  2. Linda HoganJune 13, 2011 at 7:34 PM

    The mix has wheat but no hulled oats. The rest is correct.

    When it is time for the baby molt, I will increase rape on yellow colored birds as it is a very good coloring agent.

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  3. AnonymousJune 16, 2011 at 2:06 PM

    I was quite surprised today to find one of my 27-day-old chicks feeding happily away on a millet spray (unsprouted). I'm a novice breeder so am still feeling out what's normal and what's not. Is millet a relatively soft-shelled seed or do I have an extremely precocious chick?

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  4. AnonymousJune 19, 2011 at 1:33 PM

    Linda, how do you treat "slip claw" on a weaning youngster?

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