Fresh Greens

[BillsBirds]

People are always looking for fresh foods to feed our birds. Something that I do to provide fresh greens is to put some seeds from a birdfood mix into a small container, add water, and keep moist. In a few days, they sprout and grow into grasslike greens that my birds love. Also, cut carrot tops about 1" long, put in container with top up, add water half way up pieces. Keep wet, and tops will sprout. This also works with beets, and parsnips. My fids also like wheatgrass from health food store. And, "cat grass" from pet store. And, of course, any other sprouts meant for human consumption.

 

[BillsBirds]

BTW, if you use a container that is sturdy enough for the birds to perch on, you could just put whole thing in cage. Birds will eat sprouted greens down. You can remove container, and continue growing again a few times. This won't work with seeds, but will with carrots, beets, etc.

 

[Spiritbird]

I could never get my birds to eat sprouts of any kind. I even demonstrated for them and added them to their bird salads and no go. You can also grow a sweet potato plant for them to eat. I saw the people at the group phoenix landing growing a mixture of kale and other plants in a pot and let the birds eat right from the potted plant. It had herbs and edible flowers also. Very nice.

 

[BillsBirds]

Great idea! You could grow all kinds of veggies in a large pot, and let the birds eat them like that. How natural! I love it.

 

[Lesa1211]

Do you use the seeds from your birds food? I really like this idea. Also, about how much water are you adding?

 

[Doris48]

When I mentioned this on another thread everyone was saying no to the soil or they could get parasites or such..IDK, still sounds like a good idea though.