Errol Crosbie.
Copyright © 2002.
All rights reserved.
Revised: Feb 10, 2008

0

Feeding Pin-tailed Parrot Finch Chicks
Soaked seed - Graham Lee's/ Dutch seed mix is soaked in Aviclens™for 12 hours, drained & left for 12 hours, disinfected, drained and fed.

Reminder of composition of mix -
- 8Kg - White Millet
- 7Kg - Plain Canary
- 3Kg - Plate Millet
- 3Kg - Japanese Millet
- 1Kg - Crushed Oats (Pinhead)
- 1Kg - Grass Seed or Bushwacker
Eggfood -
- another Graham Lee/ Dutch mix (24% protein)


Reminder of composition of mix -
- 500 gms - Cede Tropical™
- 500 gms - Cede Normal™
- 150 gms - Proboost™
- 100 gms - Wheatgerm
- 60 gms - Vitamins (Daily Essentials 3™)
- 10 gms - Pro-bird Herbmix™
-5 gms - Spirulina
Depending on chick numbers and age, 2 or 3 dishes each containing 2 heaped tablespoons of soaked seed are available daily per cage, i.e. a daily total of 5 or 6 heaped tablespoons.
At day 14 I add Paddy Rice in equal measure to Graham's mix. This is very controversial. Others don't do this. I find the chicks wean much easier when large soaked/ soft seeds (Paddy Rice & Groats) are present.

Bengalese aren't likely to eat paddy rice initially, but it is there for the fledglings to get used to. 
  
Just moistened with orange juice - to bind;
1 teaspoon of juice to 3 tablespoons of eggfood.


This mix is put into 2 or 3 small dishes.  

One or two dishes are given in the morning and 1 is kept  in the fridge for use later in the day.
All Times - Grit and crushed cuttlefish/ vitamin mix are available at all times.  
Water - add vitamins (Daily Essentials 1™), probiotics  (BioPlus™),  calcium (Calcivet™) and whatever else you desire. 
After the first week  probiotics might only be given every alternate day

A description of Weaning the Pin-tailed Parrot Finch is on the
Link - Next Page