All of our birds are fed Hagen Tropican pellets. The Africans get the High Performance Formula. We make sure they have plenty of food to last 24 hours. They are all on water bottles so they don't make "soup". Here are some recipes that we use for for our birds

In the evenings they come out to eat dinner and watch TV with us. We will share almost anything that we have on our plates. We do not ever let them have - Chocolate, alcohol, caffeine, avocados, salt, or sugar. Yes we do also share our junk food but in very small quantities (like about one beak worth). No its not good for them but it's not good for us either. They particularly like corn, chicken, beef, venison, and sweet potatoes.

Every day we give them our vegetable and pasta mix. I make up a big batch about every two weeks and freeze it in zip-lock containers for easy preparation each morning. I make something different every time. Some items I use are:

• beans - fifteen bean soup bag - just boil for 1.5 hrs. do not use the seasoning
• Frozen veggies - corn, green beans, peas, carrots, broccoli
• Fresh veggies - carrots, cucumber, bell peppers (all colors), banana peppers, chili peppers, broccoli, cauliflower
• sweet potatoes
• pasta
• rice
• oats (uncooked oatmeal)
• bran
• Raisens, Craisens (dried Cranberries)
• frozen fruit - raspberries, strawberries, mixed melon
• fresh squash - shredded
• fresh greens - collard, mustard, kale
• meat - boiled chicken

Favorite fruits are:

• Apple, Pear, Peach, Nectarine, Grapes, Cherries(NO SEEDS)
• Orange, Tangerine (once in a while - not too much)
• Pineapple, Mango, Kiwi, Bannanna
• Strawberry, Raspberry, Blueberry, Blackberry (only at dinner with us so no stains in bird room)

Spices also can be a great way to make the mix different, interesting, and great smelling . Just don’t mix a sweet spice such as cinnamon, with a bitter spice like oregano.

On top of the veggie/pasta mix, we add one or two other fresh itmes and a small treat.

• Nuts: Pecans, walnuts, almonds, pine nuts, brazil nuts. Most of these I feed already shelled because their little beaks have a hard time breaking the shells.
• Seeds: I germinate the seed because it is much healthier.
• Fresh Squash when in season
• Fresh Nectarines, Peaches, Grapes, Apple, Pear, Lemons, Oranges (though not too often since the acid could bother their stomachs,I give these about once a month)
• Fresh Veggies: Broccoli, Cauliflower, Snap Peas, baby Carrots, Bell Peppers, Hot Peppers
• Birdie bread
• Packaged Treat Items
  • Golden Feast products: our favorite is the Fruit N Nutmeats Blend
  • Yogurt Dips
  • Itty Bitty Bird Bites
  • Just Raspberries, Just Mangos, Just Strawberries, Just Blueberries, Just hot veggies, etc.

    I don't like many of the treat products on the market because they have too many chemical preservatives. Fresh is always better for your parrot.

Other occasional offerings are Raspberries, Blue berries, and Black berries. I use frozen and only when they are able to go outside since they stain so bad.

--The list goes on

Sprinkled on their soft foods three days a week I give them Prime Vitamin. No matter what variety of foods we try to give them it is not possible to give them every nutrient they need so my vet recommended Prime. We do not put it in the water because as soon as you add something to water bacteria starts growing and it doubles every hour. Prime is safe for a time on soft foods. It has a bit of a fruit smell so it does not scare off the birds.

Once a week we also sprinkle some Bene-Bac on their food to provide some of the natural bacteria that is necessary for good health.

Anything you feed you want to be sure it is fresh meaning not processed and no added chemical preservatives. As an example no canned veggies; read the label you will see there is ton of sodium. Canned items also are high in preservatives.

Every Saturday we take the birds in the shower with us so they keep clean and healthy. This is especially important for the Africans since they are powder based birds. It helps keep the dust level down in the house. Of course while they are breeding, no showers, I just give them a dish in their cage. Cubbie loves the shower, all of the smaller ones just tolerate it, many of them will do fine in the bottom of the tub with only an inch of water. I do not use any thing on them except plain old water. Anything else could be very harmful to them.

We weigh our birds regularly with a gram scale. This way we always are assured of catching an illness before it manifests. Birds are very adept at hiding their illnesses since they are prey animals. By the time you can visually see something is wrong it is probably too late so it is always a good idea to weigh a bird regularly and keep track of his/her eating habits. Those are the first two indications of something amiss.

The most important ingredient is Love. We give all of our birds lots of love and attention. They all know how to ask (Cubbie actually says "Step Up?" and even has the right inflection in his voice so it sounds like a question not a command) or come to us from their playgyms when they want petting. Even our breeders get a head or beak scratch when ever we go check on them and we talk to them for several minutes. In between breeding they come out with the rest of the flock for normal interaction, play, and petting.

In the bird room we have Natural Lights and a radio on timers. The natural light really has helped their health and well being, and we believe they enjoy the music while we are not there to entertain them.

Our goal is to ensure that our babies are adopted into a safe and healthy environment; therefore, we reserve the right to refuse sale for any reason.