Bird Bread Mix - Millet & Flax

A Premium Certified Organic 'Bake at Home' Bird Bread Mix, With added millet and flax flavour

This product is no longer available in the UK

Uses

A healthy alternative for bird owners who choose to prepare their own bird food or those who give regular treats to their birds.

This bread mix, has added millet and flax flavours.

  • Can be offered instead of table food to birds that like to eat at family mealtimes
  • Can be used to assist in converting birds to a formulated diet
  • Can be hidden as a foraging reward
  • Can be used as a vehicle for administering liquid medications
  • Provides an easy-to-use transition for hospitalized or boarding birds until acceptance of the appropriate formulated diet
  • Can be moistened and offered to birds that are feeding chicks as a soft food
  • Can be used as a weaning food to transition to a formulated diet

Feeding directions

  • May make up to 30% of the daily diet.
  • To bake:
    • Preheat oven to 350°F (177°C) .
    • Combine entire bag of mix with 2 whole organic eggs - no shell (remove yolk for less fat), 15 ml of a high quality organic vegetable oil and 1 cup (235 ml) water.
    • Fill greased bread pan or muffin tins and bake for 25-35 minutes.
  • Do not bake in nonstick (PTFE-coated) cookware, as the fumes are toxic to birds.
  • If prepared with the addition of fruits, vegetables or nuts, Bird Bread should be considered a "treat" and fed only in limited quantities (no more than 10% of the daily food allotment when combined with all other treats).
  • Can be served warm.
  • Some flavourings (vanilla, maple) or herbs can be added as long as they do not change the nutritional content.
  • Bird Bread can be stored for 1 week in the refrigerator and up to 6 weeks in the freezer after baking.
  • Baked Bird Bread can be divided into portions, wrapped in plastic wrap and placed back in the original Harrison's Bird Foods bag for storage in the freezer.
  • Bird Bread should not be reheated in a plastic container.

Composition

*Hulled Grey Millet, *Flax, *Corn, *Hull-less Barley, *Toasted Soybeans, *Lentils, *Peas, *Peanut Kernels, *Sunflower Kernels, *Toasted Oat Groats, Calcium Carbonate, *Brown Rice, Baking Powder, *Alfalfa, *Psyllium, Bentonite, *Sea Kelp, Salt, *Algae Meal, *Sunflower Oil.

* = CERTIFIED ORGANIC INGREDIENT

Nutritional additives per kg: Vitamins: Vit A 1323 IU, Vit B1 803 IU, Vit B2 716 IU, Vit D3 83 IU, Vit E 30 IU, Vit B12 12mcg. Trace elements: Zinc Sulphate 6.6mg, Manganese Sulphate 2.2mg, Copper Sulphate 0.8mg.

Analytical constituents: Crude protein (min.) 17%, crude fat (min.) 14%, crude fibre (max.) 5%, moisture (max.) 10%.

Other Bird Breads

Bird Bread Mix - Original

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Bird Bread Mix - Omega

With chia, quinoa and flax, for birds requiring additional essential fatty acids