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Like birdie bread, bean mashes.......and the like.

They will leave it in the bowls to rot if I let them. And it's not just because it's new.....as they will try new veggies after a while and find out they like them.

So....is it okay to just feed veggies and maybe what we are eating (as long as it's healthy) and not get into all the cooked 'bird' food? I just haven't had luck with that and you know how long it takes to make mashes (and the quanity). So basically I'm just throwing it all away after I make it since no one likes it......

My birds are kinda silly like that.....

And our M2 won't eat any raw food.
Dang persnickety critters, if'n you ask me.

Sprouts and a mixed variety are sometimes the best to give to birds since birds like variety.

One mix is 15 bean soup (no spice packet or 5-6 different types of safe beans) cooked, brown rice or wild rice cooked (better than white rice, but that's all I have), and 5+ types of veggies (fresh, frozne, or cooked), and maybe some fruit (like berries) added in right before feeding.


Using that recipe (and making it however you want) was one way many people were able to get their birds to eat more fresh foods... because it's variety. It's not boring. Most birds were eating it within a matter of two days. Some had reports of "I put the food in, and all I've seen for the past half hour is bottoms up!" where-in the birds never quite cared for fresh foods before, they were now digging into this stuff.

However, not all birds will take to cooked mixes. If you find that your bird prefers individual veggies, go for that instead. See if they prefer their foods fresh (except for foods that require cooking or light steaming), see if they prefer it with rice, pastas, beans or in breads, see if they prefer it steamed or cooked. Leave it in chunks, slice it, dice it, mash it... just try to find the best way that each bird prefers their food.

Raw veggies are fine...mine won't eat them if they are over cooked...so some I just steam for a minute...Mine won't eat microwaved yams...but will scarf down one that has been cooked in the over...try some good whole grain pasta...either raw or just al dente.....I've made mash several times...and out of my flock....maybe one or two will eat some...but my geese look so good..LOL...
As for birdie bread...I add a teeny bit of salsa to it...I make my own...so there's no salt added...mostly just chopped tomatoes...and peppers...

One warm dish mine do like is some brown rice cooked..I mix in a little bit of 100% pumpkin and some slivered almonds and some cranberries, or whatever is in season...

After eating home-made salsa, it's hard to eat the store bought kind!!! I have a friend who uses fresh tomatoes, green onions, cilantro, jalapeno peppers, just a squeeze of half a lime, and some salt, for salsa... and mmmhmmm is it good! Especially with home-made nachos! If I could make the ingredients, I'd make it myself! And eat it with the birds!

Sometimes I will put a little on a soft corn tortilla...kind of like a salsa sandwich..just put it in the skilet for a minute to get it a bit crunchy...and quarter them and give each bird a little bit...

MFids wrote:After eating home-made salsa, it's hard to eat the store bought kind!!! I have a friend who uses fresh tomatoes, green onions, cilantro, jalapeno peppers, just a squeeze of half a lime, and some salt, for salsa... and mmmhmmm is it good! Especially with home-made nachos! If I could make the ingredients, I'd make it myself! And eat it with the birds!

The mother of Lupe of Lupe's Ark, who posts here sometimes, makes this really great salsa. Lupe brought (well actually sent because of the flight security regulations these days) some to some of us who went to the Parrot Festival in Houston in January. It was soooo good. I used part of it in cooking and I put a little bit in my birds' mash a few times and it disappeared in a flash!