Newf Goodies'

Bird Treats

Links with a "W" after them are good for wild birds too.

Ambrosia Carrot Apple Bake Chick Weaning Bread
Apple Cheese Muffins Macaw Bake Hi-Pro Cornbread
Apple Delights Bobbie's Basic Birdie Bread Rice Pellet Mix
Banana Nut Muffins Birdie's Pizza Quaker Delight
Popcorn Tweets Oatmeal Mix 8 Grain Cornbread
Rice-fruit BallsW Canary Seed Mix 8 Grain Cereal
Birdie Cereal Cockatiel Seed Mix Dried Apples for Pets or Wild BirdsW
BranApple Muffins Parakeet Seed Mix Pancake Seed SticksW
Carrot Salad Finch Seed Mix Treat SticksW
Macaw Muffins Large Hookbill Seed Mix Tweety Honey SticksW
Blueberry Millet Muffins Lory Food Bird Cake 1W
Fruity Cookies Goldie's Nuggets Bird Cake 2W
Germinated SeedW For Parents Only Bird Cake 3W
Baby's Birdie Pie No Pluck! Mix The Great Veggie Mix
Walnut Raisin BallsW Formula Mix Buttercup's Bird Bars
Bird Mineral Blocks Birdie Beans and Rice Cornbread from Scratch
Birdie Cookies Veggie and Egg Mix Early Bird Bread
Handfeeding Formula Juicy Fruit Zoo Bread
Kathy's Birdie Bread Cockatiel Bread Sweet Potato Balls
Cornbread for Finches/Canaries Cockie's Cornbread Polly's Parrot Bread

Ambrosia

  • 2 medium oranges peeled 
  • 20-30 seedless grapes 
  • 1 c. strawberries cut in half 
  • 1 small apple cut into handleable pieces 
  • 1 small banana cut into slices
Combine all ingredients and toss well. Can be frozen until further use.

Apple Cheese Muffins

  • 2 cups whole wheat flour 
  • 1-1/2 tsp baking powder 
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda 
  • 1 tsp salt 
  • 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese 
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened 
  • 1/3 cup sugar 
  • 2 eggs with shells 
  • 1/2 cup chopped apple 
  • 1/2 cup shredded carrot
Mix the first five ingredients together. Wash the eggs, then blenderize the eggs with the shell included. Add butter, sugar, apple, and carrot to the eggs and blenderize briefly to mix. Stir together with the dry ingredients until just combined. Spoon into greased muffin tins and bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes, or until springy to the touch. 

Apple Delight

  • 4 small apples 
  • 2 tbls. wheat germ 
  • 2 tbls. raisins 
  • 1/4 tsp cinnamon 
  • 1/4 c. chopped pine nuts 
  • 1 c. thawed frozen apple juice concentrate 
  • Avian vitamins
Core apples. Put apples in baking dish after spraying with non-stick coating. Do not use teflon. It gives off harmful fumes that could kill your birds. Combine wheat germ, raisins, cinnamon, pine nuts, and vitamins. Fill center of apples with this mixture. Drizzle juice over apples. Bake about 45 minutes. 

Banana Nut Muffins

  • 2 cups whole wheat flour 
  • 2/3 cup sugar 
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder 
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda 
  • 1/4 cup cheddar cheese 
  • 3/4 cup chopped bananas 
  • 1/2 cup nuts, finely chopped 
  • 2 eggs with shell 
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl. Wash the eggs thoroughly, blenderize including the shell Add the oil, and mix well. Add the eggs and oil to the dry ingredients. Spoon into greased muffin cups. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in a 375 degree oven, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. 

Birdie's Pizza

  • 1 ready made pizza crust 
  • 1 jar baby food mixed garden vegetables 
  • 1/4 cup chopped green bell pepper 
  • 1/4 cup shredded carrot 
  • 1/4 cup chopped broccoli 
  • 2 Tbl. wheat germ 
  • 2 Tbl. wheatgrass powder 
  • 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella
Spread baby food on the crust. Sprinkle on carrot, broccoli and bell peppers. Sprinkle cheese, wheat germ and wheatgrass powder over all Bake according to directions for your crust

Popcorn Tweets

  • 1 Tbl. melted margarine 
  • 1 tsp. wheatgrass powder 
  • 6 cups popped popcorn 
  • 1 cup assorted dried fruit
Combine margarine and wheatgrass powder. Drizzle over popcorn, tossing to coat. Add dried fruit and continue tossing. Store leftovers (if any) in airtight container. 

Rice-Fruit Balls

  • 3 cups cooked rice 
  • 1 lb. raisins 
  • 3 lb. dried fruits 
  • 2 cups chopped mixed nuts (no salt)
Course chop ingredients in blender or food processor. Roll into 1 inch balls. Cover and refrigerate. 

Birdie Cereal

  • 1/2 c. cooked white or brown rice 
  • 1/4 c. dry monkey chow, ground in a blender 
  • 1/4 c. Sun Maid Fruit Bits, soaked overnight 
  • 2 tbl.s Bag O' Bugs
Mix ingredients together and serve immediately. Change at least twice a day to make sure your birds doesn't digest any soured foods. You can replace the Bag O' Bugs with live insects. 

Bran Apple Muffins

  • 1/2 c. bran 
  • 1/2 c. untoasted wheat germ 
  • 1-1/2 c. whole wheat flour 
  • 1/2 c. dry milk 
  • 3 tsp baking powder 
  • 1/2 c. Sun Maid Fruit Bits 
  • 1/2 c. chopped pine nuts or hulled millet
  • 2 large egg whites
  • 1-1/2 c. thawed apple juice concentrate 
  • 1 tbl. cold-pressed oil 
  • 3 tbl. Petamine
Combine dry ingredients in a large bowl. Add egg whites, apple juice, and oil. Spoon batter into muffin cups. Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes. 

Carrot Salad

  • 1/2 pound carrots cut into chunks 
  • 1/2 c. pine nuts, chopped 
  • 1/2 c. raisins 
  • Avian vitamins 
1.Mix all ingredients together. 2.Sprinkle with vitamins. 3.This can be stored in the refrigerator for further use. 

Macaw Muffins

  • 1 package Jiffy corn muffin mix 
  • 1 egg (washed, shell crushed fine if desired) 
  • 1/3 cup apple juice 
  • 1 apple, seeded and diced 
  • 1/3 cup frozen peas 
  • 1/3 cup frozen corn 
  • 1 Tablespoon pine nuts 
  • 1 Tablespoon candied orange peel, diced 
  • 1 Tablespoon crystallized ginger, diced
Mix all ingredients and bake according to package directions. Makes 12 muffins, not 6 as package states, because of all the goodies in there. Leftover muffins freeze nicely. 

Blueberry Millet Muffins

  • 1/4 c. hulled millet 
  • 1 c. milk 
  • 2 c. whole wheat flour 
  • 1/2 c. sugar 
  • 3 tsp baking powder 
  • 1/2 tsp nutmeg 
  • Grated rind of 1 lemon 
  • 1 egg, lightly beaten 
  • 3 tbl. butter, melted and cooled 
  • 1 c. fresh or frozen blueberries 
  • 3 tbl. Petamine
Grease muffin tins lightly . Soak the millet in the milk for 10 minutes. Combine dry ingredients and lemon rind. Add the millet mixture egg and melted butter. Stir in blueberries carefully. Bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes. Cool. 

Fruity Cookies

  • 3 tbl. oil 
  • 3 large egg white 
  • 2 c. whole wheat flour 
  • 1-1/2 c. instant oats 
  • 1 tsp cinnamon 
  • 1 tsp baking soda 
  • 3/4 c. thawed frozen apple juice concentrate 
  • 1/4 c. thawed frozen pineapple-orange concentrate 
  • 1/2 c. chopped walnuts or pine nuts 
  • 1 pkg. Sun Maid Fruit Bits 
  • 1/4 c. Petamine
Beat egg white and oil until frothy. Add juice and blend. Add flour, oats, baking soda, Petamine, and cinnamon and blend well. Stir in walnuts or pine nuts and fruit bits. Place teasponfuls on cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. 

germinated Seeds

  • 2 parts oats 
  • 1 part whole wheat
1.Fill a large jar about half full with seed and fill with warm water. 
2.Let the jar sit about 12-24 hours then drain seeds and rinse with cold water.
3.Rinse seeds about two times a day. Make sure the seeds do not get sour so mix them around in the jar. 
4.Serve seeds moist not wet. 

Baby's Birdie Pie

  • 2 - 6 oz jars baby food sweet potatoes 
  • 2 jars baby food tropical fruit 
  • 1 to 1 1/2 cups pellets or 4 tablespoons hand feeding formula 
  • 3 eggs and eggshells (crushed)
Mix eggs and baby food. Use a little in a small blender/processor to crush the egg shells (calcium source). Mix in remaining ingredients. Put in paper cupcakes or muffin tins- 4 teaspoons each. Microwave 1-2 mins until firm. Or bake in toaster oven at 400 degrees for 15 minutes till firm. Makes 12 servings. Serve warm, but not too hot. (Cockatoos - 1 each, conures - 1/4 each.) Save remainder in fridge and heat before serving. 

No Pluck! Mixture

  • 1 8 1/2 oz. package Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix 
  • 1 C mashed palm nut fruit* (can substitute 1 C acorn squash, cooked and mashed)
  • 3 large eggs and shells broken into small pieces 
  • 3 carrots, cooked and mashed 
  • 1 large stalk broccoli florettes, cooked and mashed
  • 3 handfuls pellets, any kind of bird pellets 
  • 1/4 C ground walnuts or other nuts or seeds, if desired
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda 
  • 1/4 C psyllium seeds (helps liver function) 
  • 1/4 C sesame seeds (helps with plucking) 
  • 1/4 C flax seed (helps with plucking) 
  • 1/2 tsp alfalfa leaf powder (helps with plucking) 
  • 1/4 C kelp (helps with plucking) 
  • 1/4 C wheat germ (source of vitamin E)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line small-size muffin tin with cupcake papers. Mix everything together well. Spoon into cupcake papers. Fill to top. Bake for 25 minutes.Let cool, then freeze. Serve 1/4 muffin per Quaker, or 1/2 muffin per African Grey, Daily. Makes 18 mini-muffins.

Walnut Raisin balls

  • 1 1/3 Cup Wheat Germ /FONT> 
  • 2 Cups raisins 
  • 3/4 Cup chopped walnuts 
  • 8 graham crackers crushed fine 
  • 1 1/2 Cup peanut butter 
  • 4 Tbs. honey 
  • extra chopped nuts<
Put all ingredients into a mixing bowl. Mix until everything is blended and holds together. Roll into small balls with your hands and roll in the extra chopped nuts. Refrigerate leftovers. Good for outdoor birds too.

Buttercup's Bird Bars

  • 2 cups cornmeal 
  • 2cups flour 
  • 8tsp baking powder 
  • 4 eggs w/shells 
  • 1 1/2C applesauce 
  • 2C apple juice 
  • 4Tbs peanut butter 
  • 2C seed 
  • 2C mixed veggies 
  • 1 can fruit cocktail
Mix and pour in greased 9x12 pan and bake at 350 for 40-45 min. Cut in bars, cool and serve.

Bird Mineral Blocks

  • 1 pound plaster of Paris 
  • 1/2 cup oyster shell 
  • 1/2 tsp Kelp (find at a health food store) 
  • 1 Tbsp salt 
  • 1 Cup water
Mix this fast and have containers ready, small plastic bowls or ice cube trays work well. If you want to bolt them or twist tie them to the cage make sure you push the bolt or tie in while mix is wet. After they are set, smack the containers to release them. NOTE: Plaster of Paris is Calcium Sulfate (Gypsum), the same stuff that dry wall is made of and can be dangerous. Today it is also made with additives. Use only FOOD GRADE Calcium Carbonate. Set up time is longer and the block is softer after it dries.

Birdie Cookies

  • 1-1/4 cup whole wheat flour 
  • 1/2 cup cornmeal 
  • 1/2 cup uncooked oatmeal 
  • 1/4 cup rye kernels 
  • 1/2 tsp. garlic powder 
  • 1/4 cup butter 
  • 1/4 cup apple sauce 
  • 1 egg, plus its shell 
  • 1/2 cup beef or chicken or veggie stock
  • dried hot pepper bits, dehydrated veggie flakes, chopped nuts or seed mix (optional) 
Preheat oven to 350F Combine dry ingredients, add butter and apple sauce until well blended Add the egg, and stock. Knead the dough for a few minutes. If you are adding any "goodies" (hot peppers, veggie flakes, etc...), add those now. Roll out the dough to about 1/2" thickness (sprinkle flour on table top first!) and use cookie cutters to create whatever shapes you like. Or, roll dough into a thin rope, cut bits off it into treat sizes. Place cookies on oiled cookie sheet. Re-roll scraps and make more cookies. Bake biscuits for 25-30 minutes. Remove from oven, cool, store. 

Handfeeding Formula

  • 4 C. Kaytee Handfeeding formula 
  • 3 TBSP Jif Low sodium peanut butter 
  • 1 C. All natural Apple sauce 
  • 1 quart All natural Apple juice 
  • 4 C. Water 
  • 1/2 tube Nutrical (high calorie supplement for cats and dogs) 
  • 2 jars each of Gerber baby food - spinach, garden vegetable, carrots, sweet potatoes, squash, green beans
Mix kaytee formula, water, juice, applesauce, gerberfood all together. Stir until powder is completely mixed in. Add peanut butter, and Nutrical. Microwave on high for 8 minutes, stir, microwave 8 minutes, stir, Microwave 8 minutes. Divide in to 1 cup servings and freeze in containers. To thaw, microwave 4 minutes, stir, heat 25 seconds or until warm. Food will last in the refrigerator 2 days. 

Carrot and Apple Bake

  • 2 c. chopped carrots 
  • 5 apples, cut into slices 
  • 2 tbl. whole wheat flour 
  • 4 tbl. honey 
  • 4 tbl. butter 
  • 3/4 c. orange juice 
  • Avian vitamins
Put the apples in a 1-quart baking dish and cover them with carrots. Sprinkle the flour and vitamins over the apples and carrots. Drizzle with honey. Pour orange juice over entire dish and bake at 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes. 

Macaw Bake

  • 3 eggs with shell 
  • 3 eggs with shell
  • 1/4 lb. fried hamburger 
  • 2 cups cooked beans (see bean mix below) 
  • 1 - 6oz jar baby food 
  • 3/4 cup honey or coarse brown sugar 
  • 3/4 cup peanut butter 
  • 1/4 cup powdered soy milk 
  • 1 cup corn meal 
  • 3/4 cup shredded carrots 
  • 2 cups oatmeal or wheat flakes 
  • 1/2 cup oat or wheat bran 
  • 2 tbls. wheat germ oil 
  • some Spiralinea if available
Preheat oven to 375 degrees Mix everything together and divide into 2 greased loaf pans Bake for 30 to 45 minutes, or until top of bread is light brown. Bean Mix - Red Beans, Black-eyed Peas, Great Northerns, Lima Beans, Kidney Beans, Pinto Beans, Soybeans equal to the total amount of mixed beans. Soak for 24 hrs, bring to a boil with a little salt and let sit for a couple of hours. Drain and rinse. 

Kathy's Birdie Bread

  • 1 cup cornmeal 
  • 1/2 cup each whole wheat flour and rye flour 
  • 1/4 cup each Cream of Rice cereal, Malt-O-Meal, grits, and rolled oats 
  • 4 tsp. baking powder 
  • 1/2 cup peanut butter 
  • 1/4 cup raisins 
  • 3 jars baby food - squash, sweet potatoes & applesauce 
  • 1/4 cup grated cheddar cheese 
  • 1 large carrot chopped 
  • 1 cup chopped broccoli stems & crowns 
  • 2 eggs with shells 
  • 1 cup puffed brown rice cereal 
  • water as necessary
Put carrot & broccoli in food processor for 30 seconds. Eggs & shells should also be processed in the food processor until shells are ground. Mix all ingredients and add water to make mixture spreading consistency. Spread in greased 10x13 pan, and bake at 400 for 30 minutes. 

Kathy's Early Bird Bread

  • 2 packages of corn bread mix (not sweetened corn muffin mix!) 
  • frozen vegetable of choice (chopped fresh, or rinsed canned are both OK 
  • frozen fruit of choice (chopped fresh, or unsweetened canned are both OK) 
  • hulled raw unsalted sunflower seeds (available at bulk food stores near snacks) 
  • raisins 
  • hulled raw millet seed (available at bulk food stores near cereal section)
  • fruit juice (orange, apple, etc.) (using more than one kind is OK) 
  • eggs (1 more than packages call for)
Preheat oven following bread mix instructions. Grease 9" x 13" cake pan. Follow instructions on package for number of eggs used, then add one more egg. Substitute fruit juices for milk required by mix. Add approximately 1/2 cup of hulled sunflower seeds, and approximately 1/2 to 3/4 cup each of frozen veggie and frozen fruit. Add handful of raisins. Mix all ingredients together well. Pour into heavily greased 9"x 13" cake pan. Sprinkle small handful of hulled millet seeds over top. Bake until cake pulls away from sides of pan and is golden brown on top (it should be hard on top, but not burned.) Let cool completely, then cut into small (1") cubes. Place cubes and any crumbled pieces in a plastic bag or container, and freeze. 
To use, just remove one or two cubes and thaw, then crumble up into bird's dish. Vitamins or wheatgrass powder can be sprinkled over the cooled, baked cake. For one bird, this should last several weeks. Use as a treat to supplement the regular diet. 

Oatmeal Mix

  • 1 part instant oatmeal 
  • 1 hardboiled egg (no shell)
  • 1 part monkey chow 
  • 1/2 banana 
  • 1 jar Gerber mixed vegetables 
  • Avian vitamins
Put ingredients in blender. Add enough water for desired consistency. Store in refrigerator. 

Canary Seed Mix

  • 7 parts canary seed 
  • 2 parts rape seed 
  • 1/2 parts oat groats 
  • 1/2 part flax
Mix and store in air-tight containers. 

Cockatiel Seed Mix

  • 1 part canary seed 
  • 1 part white millet 
  • 1 part hemp 
  • 1 part safflower 
  • 1 part sunflower
1.Mix and store in air-tight containers. 

Parakeet Seed Mix

  • 3 parts canary seed 
  • 1 part hemp 
  • 2 parts white millet 
  • 1/2 part oat groats
Mix and store in air-tight containers. 

Finch Seed Mix

  • 1 part canary seed 
  • 1 part hemp 
  • 1/2 part white millet 
  • 1/2 part Siberian millet
Mix and store in air-tight containers. 

Large Hookbill Seed Mix

  • 1 part canary seed 
  • 1 part safflower 
  • 1 part white millet 
  • 2 parts sunflower 
  • 2 parts sunflower 
  • 1 part hemp 
  • 1 part oats (whole) 
  • 1 part peanuts 
  • 1 pkg. Sun Maid Fruit Bits 
Mix and store in air-tight container. 

Lory Food

  • 2 c. cooked rice 
  • 4 c. cooked mixed veggies 
  • 1 c. high protein baby cereal 
  • 1 T. Vitapreen or other good bird vitamin 
  • 1 c. raisins 
  • 1-16 oz. can fruit cocktail (with juice) 
  • 1-16 oz. can applesauce
Mix well. Freeze in small freezer bags. Break off pieces as needed, heat, and serve. 

Goldie's Nuggets

  • 6 Honey Grahams crushed 
  • 1 cup (plus) wheat germ 
  • 3/4 cup peanut butter 
  • 3 Tbl. honey 
  • 3/4 cup chopped nuts 
  • 2-1/2 cups golden raisins soaked overnight in apple juice 
Put all ingredients into a large mixing bowl and fold together. Roll into 3/4 inch balls and coat with wheat germ. Refrigerate for several hours until firm. 

For Parents Only

  • 1 part peanut hearts 
  • 1 part hulled pumpkin seed 
  • 1 part hulled sunflower seeds 
  • 1 part hulled millet 
Mix together and store in airtight container. This mixture is great to feed parents who are feeding young. It is a fast source of food and they eat it very well.

Formula Mix

  • 2 parts Roudybush hand feeding formula 
  • 3 parts Exact hand feeding formula 
  • 1 part Gerber baby food
Mix with enough water for desired consistency. Make fresh for every feeding. Baby food can be stored in refrigerator after being opened. 

The Great Veggie Mix

  • 3 eggs hard-boiled, then mashed into little pieces 
  • 1 or 2 bags frozen corn 
  • 1 bag frozen peas 
  • 1 bag mix frozen veggies 
  • 1/2 Cup each of White and Brown rice, and cook per instructions 
  • several shredded carrots 
  • 1 medium or good size yam or sweet potato 
  • 1 C baby cereal (like Gerber's) 
  • 2 jars (the real small ones) first foods (Gerber's) baby food, some meat flavor like chicken, turkey etc.... 
  • 8 oz baby juice (I like to use this with water to cook the rice) 
  • 1/2 C wheat germ, toasted 
  • 3/4 C raisins, blanched 
Hard-boil the eggs (20 minutes or so should be safe for them) Use the egg water to blanch the raisins for a minute or two Start the rice at the same time. use the baby fruit juice and water to cook the rice. In a food processor, shred the carrots and the sweet potato or yam. Toast the wheat germ in the over - shouldn't take very long maybe 8 minutes. Once the eggs are done, use a fork to mash it up into small bits. At this point put in about half the baby cereal and start getting this mixed in. When the rice is done mix the 2 jars of baby food into it. Then start mixing this up with the egg and baby cereal.adding the rest of the baby cereal, and the toasted wheat germ, and start putting in the frozen veggies. At the end, stir in the blanched raisins. Freeze, using ice cube trays, or spread out on a baking sheet To Use: Microwave a block and add any fresh fruit that's available and sprinkle on the vitamins. 

Birdie Beans and Rice

  • 1/4 cup pinto beans 
  • 1/4 cup kidney beans 
  • 1/4 cup split peas 
  • 1/4 cup lentils 
  • 1/4 cup navy beans 
  • 1/4 cup garbanzo beans 
  • 1 cup cooked brown rice 
  • 1 cup cooked white rice 
  • 1 carrot (chopped) 
  • 1 cup frozen corn (thawed)
Soak beans overnight. Drain, rinse, refill pan with water. Add carrots and cook with beans for 1 hour. Add corn and rice and cook till warm. Cool and serve. Store excess in leak proof containers. May be frozen in 3 day serving sized containers, and thawed before use. 

John Sielke's Veggie and Egg Mix

  • 1 Large Egg 
  • 2 tablespoons Low Fat Ricotta Cheese 
  • 1/2 to 1 Cup bean mix (cooked up previously, mix of beans, rice, pasta, etc)
  • 1/2 Cup of some or all of the following: Diced Fresh Zucchini, Diced Yellow Squash, Diced Turnip, Diced Parsnip, Cooked Sweet Potato, Chopped Spinach, Fresh Corn, chopped Green Pepper. Also, in season, a whole jalapeno pepper, chopped. If lacking fresh veggies, use frozen corn, lima beans, peas, etc. If we have leftover pasta, that goes in too one LARGE clove garlic, chopped.
Mix in a bowl Spread on a large plate Cover and microwave for 7-8 minutes (8 if using frozen veggies) The egg holds it together. Grate a LITTLE Monterey Jack Cheese on it, and serve. Above makes 9 servings, Macaws get 2 tbl each, smaller guys get 1 to 1 1/2 tbl. 

Jazzy's Juicy Fruit

  • 1/2 cantaloupe 
  • 1 bunch seedless grapes
Cut cantaloupe into pieces your birds can handle. Peel orange and cut into pieces. Mix all together with grapes. This mixture can be frozen in bags and served daily. 

David Okura's Cockatiel Bread

  • 2 C cockatiel crumbles 
  • 1 banana 
  • 1/3 C wheat germ oil* 
  • 6 eggs--with shell 
  • 3T pumpkin, yams or squash 
  • 1/3 C vegetable oil 
  • 1 1/2 T applesauce or 1/2 apple 
  • 1 C thawed frozen mixed vegetables 
  • 1 C cooked dry beans 
  • 1 C cooked brown rice 
  • 2 C corn meal 
  • 4 T baking powder
Food process first 8 ingredients. Add beans & rice and blend til pulverized. Add to cornmeal and baking powder. Mix well. Add water if too thick. Bake at 325 degrees for 40 minutes til done. I freeze the stuff crumbled, zap about 1T per bird per day. When they are feeding chicks, I double that. *You can find wheat germ oil (for horses) at most feed stores. 

Cornbread from Scratch

  • 2 c. yellow cornmeal 
  • 2 c. whole wheat flour 
  • 1 c. dried milk 
  • 4 tsp. baking powder 
  • 4 eggs including shells 
  • 1 c. cooked white rice 
  • 1 c. monkey chow (soaked)
  • 1 c. hulled millet
  • 4 c. warm water 
  • 1 pkg. frozen vegetables
Mix all dry ingredients together Add wet ingredients. Grease two 9x12" pans and bake at 425 degrees for 25 minutes. Let cool and cut into one inch cubes and store in plastic bags. 

Cockie's Cornbread

  • 2 box Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix 
  • 4 eggs 
  • 1/4 cup milk 
  • 3 tbs. oil 
  • 1 cup raisins 
  • 1 cup diced apple 
  • 1 cup grated carrots 
  • 1 cup grated zucchini
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Mix first 4 ingredients together in large bowl. Add next 4 ingredients and mix well. Grease and flour 2 bread pans. Bake at 400 for 35 mins. Variations: You can substitute any fruit or veggie such as: blueberries, cranberries, bananas, broccoli, squash, caulflower, green beans, raspberries, spinach, nuts, pineapple, etc. You can also use other muffin mixes such as the oatmeal, bran, etc. Be creative and use your imagination. You can freeze any leftover bread or prepare it in advance and freeze for future use. 

Chick Weaning Bread

  • 1/3 cup wheatgrass powder 
  • 2/3 cup biscuit baking mix 
  • 1-1/3 cup ground pellets 
  • 1/3 cup handfeeding formula 
  • 2/3 cup oatmeal (any style) 
  • 1-8½ oz. box Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix 
  • 2-1/3 cup fruit juice 
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 5 eggs with shells (may be beaten in blender)
  • Fresh chopped or frozen fruits & vegetables
  • Chopped nuts 
Mix all ingredients together in a large mixing bowl. Batter should be thin; add more juice if necessary. Bake in a 9 x 13 inch greased pan, at 350° for 25-30 minutes. Cut into cubes and freeze. Serve thawed cubes daily while babies are weaning. Do not eliminate the rest of the weaning diet. Also if the baby is still on a commercial handfeeding formula be sure not to add any calcium to the bread. 

Hi-Pro Cornbread

  • 1 c. cornmeal 
  • 1 c. whole wheat flour 
  • 3/4 tsp salt 
  • 4 tsp baking powder 
  • 1 c. milk 
  • 1/4 c. vegetable oil 
  • 2 eggs with shells 
  • 1 can high protein dog food 
  • 1/2 c. Gerber baby cereal 
  • 1 jar Gerber mixed vegetables 
Mix all dry ingredients in large bowl. Add milk, oil, eggs, dog food, and vegetables. Grease baking dish. Bake at 425 degrees for 20-25 minutes. 

Bobbie's Basic Birdie Bread

  • 2 boxes Jiffy corn muffin mix 
  • 3 T. baking powder 
  • 1 tsp. Spirulina 
  • 2 eggs and shells (puree in blender) 
  • 4 jars baby food (carrots, sweet potatoes, a fruit, chicken/turkey with rice, noodles, or vegetables) 
  • 3/4 c. peanut butter 
  • 2 c. baby cereal (buy lowest percent of iron) 
  • 1-1/2 c. shredded/chopped veggies (usually carrots or broccoli) 
Warning - the batter will be hard to mix!! Mix wet and dry ingredients separately. Combine wet and dry ingredients along with shredded/chopped veggies. Spray 9x13 pan with cooking spray and bake about 30 min. in a 400 degree preheated oven. Cool on rack, cut into squares and freeze in 3 day batches. Optional additions: chopped nuts, toasted soybean bits, shredded low fat cheese, dried fruit (small pieces), shaved cuttlebone, toasted sunflower kernels, pureed bananas peeled, pureed fresh mango, papaya or kiwi(reduce number of jars of baby food) 

Cornbread for Finches and Canaries

  • 1 cup whole wheat flour 
  • 1 cup cornmeal 
  • 2 eggs beaten 
  • 1/2 tspn.(iodized) salt 
  • 1/4 cup canola oil 
  • 1 cup milk 
  • 1 tbsn. soybean isolate 
  • 1 tspn. brewers yeast 
  • 1/4 cup raw wheat germ 
  • 2 tbpn. sucanat (evaporated sugar cane) 
  • 1 tbpn. baking powder (non-aluminum) 
  • 1 tspn. powdered vitamin
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Butter an 8"x8"x2" Pyrex baking pan. Mix all ingredients in a medium bowl Bake for 25 minutes. It may be cut into squares and frozen, to be thawed for later use. 

Polly's Parrot Bread

  • 1 Bran muffin mix 
  • ground parrot pellets 
  • 1 small can of mixed vegetables 
  • leftover baked beans (great way to use up leftovers) 
  • parrot vitamins (powdered)
Grind up the pellets in a blender to a powder Mix all ingredients Bake as directed Cool 

Sweet Potato Balls

  • 1 large sweet potato, microwaved till soft 
  • 1/2 cup raisins 
  • 1 mashed banana 
  • 1 cup mixed fresh or frozen mixed vegetables 
  • 1 cup diced apples 
  • 1-1/2 cup uncooked oatmeal 
  • corn flakes or granola cereal 
Mix all together and add enough fruit or vegetable juice to make it form small balls. Freeze balls individually. Defrost and serve. 

Zoo Bread

  • 3 eggs with shell 
  • 1/4 lb. fried hamburger 
  • 2 cups cooked beans (red,black-eyed peas,great northern,limas,soybeans,pinks,black) 
  • 1-6oz jar baby food 
  • 3/4 cup honey or course brown sugar 
  • 3/4 cup peanut butter 
  • 1/4 cup powdered soy milk 
  • 1 cup corn meal 
  • 3/4 cup shredded carrots 
  • 2 cups oatmeal or wheat flakes 
  • 1/2 cup oat or wheat bran 
  • 2 tbls. wheat germ oil
Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees. Mix everything together and divide into 2 greased loaf pans. Bake for 30 to 45 minutes, or until top of bread is light brown. 

Rice and Pellet Mix

  • 2 cups cooked brown rice 
  • 1-1/2 cups mixed veggies 
  • handful of walnuts 
  • 1 apple, cored 
Put the apple, veggies and walnuts through the food processor until finely chopped. Mix with the rest of the ingredients Put the mix into ice cube trays and freeze, then put the cubes into zip-lock bags. To use a cube, microwave it for 30 seconds. 

Quaker Delight

  • 1/4 c. pinto beans
  • 1/4 c. split peas 
  • 1/4 c. lentils 
  • 1/4 c. kidney beans 
  • 1/4 c. navy beans 
  • 1 c. cooked brown rice 
  • 1 c. cooked white rice 
  • 1 carrot (chopped) 
  • 1 c. frozen corn (thawed) 
  • 1 carrot (chopped)
Soak beans overnight. Add carrots and cook with beans for one hour. Add corn and rice and cook till warm. Cool and serve. Store excess in leak proof containers. 

Eight Grain Cornbread

  • 2-8 1/2 oz. boxes Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix 
  • 2 c. Eight Grain Cereal, not cooked (see next recipe) 
  • 1 c. peanut butter 
  • 4 eggs with shells
Mix ingredients in a large bowl, adding enough water to make a cake-like batter. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes. 

Eight grain Cereal

  • 1 part oats 
  • 1 part brown rice 
  • 1 part corn 
  • 1 part soybeans 
  • 1 part hulled millet 
  • 1 part barley 
  • 1 part sunflower 
  • 1 part flaxseed 
  • Avian vitamins
Mix all grains together. Heat three cups boiling water and add one cup mixture. Cook until the consistency of oatmeal. This can be added to some of your corn bread recipes! Sprinkle avian vitamins over cereal. 

Dried Apples for Pets or Wild birds

  • 3 - 5 small Delicious apples, cored but unpeeled 
  • 3 T. lemon juice 
  • 2 c. water 
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
Cut apples into 1/8" thick pieces (keep the thickness at 1/8" but you can vary the size of the piece depending on the size of the bird). Combine lemon juice and water. Pour mixture over the apples. Stir so all sides of the slices are well coated. Drain the slices. Lightly sprinkle salt on both sides of apple slices. Place apple slices on wire racks that sit on cookie sheets or baking pans (to catch drips.) Bake at 200 degrees F. for 3 1/2 - 4 hrs. Start watching them after about 3 hrs. You want them leathery, not crispy. Leaving the apples in the oven, turn off oven and leave overnight or about 8 hrs. Store in ziplock bags until needed. 


Pancake Seedsticks

  • Leftover pancake batter *(or make some just for these!) 
  • Additives:seeds, ground up shells, nuts, pellets
Dilute the leftover batter a little and mix in pulverized sterilized eggshells, pellets, and mixed seed. Cook it in a lightly oiled skillet until it is set enough to handle and then slice into sticks. Bake the sticks in a warm oven until they are solid. You also could pour the batter into any kind of mold and baked, skipping the skillet step.

Brenda's Treat Sticks

  • Untreated fruit tree twigs (or lollipop sticks) 
  • 2 cups of seeds, nuts, dried fruit and egg biscuit in variable quantities (to suit your bird's tastes and size) 
  • egg 
  • honey
Preheat the twigs/sticks in a warm oven (150 degrees C) Mix dry ingredients together and bind with the egg. Press the mixture onto the twigs/sticks (this bit is very messy, but fun!) Bake in the oven at 200 degrees C for 20-30 minutes until toasted. Brush the honey over the treat sticks and return to the oven for a further 5 minutes. Allow to cool.Serve and watch your birds demolish all your hard work with relish!!! This can be adapted for anything from finches to large macaws (adjust the size and type of the dry ingredients accordingly). They love them and they last much longer then the ones in the shop. If you want to give your birds a real challenge, slow bake the sticks (at 100 degrees C) for 2 hours.If anything is left after four hours, please remember to remove (together with any debris) when the weather is very warm

Tweety's Honey Sticks

  • 1/2 cup bird seed [use the kind you feed your bird] 
  • 1 Tbsp honey [liquid works best] 
  • yarn 
  • 1 popsicle stick
Tie 20cm of yarn around popsicle stick, make sure it will not come off. Spread on a bit of honey and sprinkle bird seed over it and hang it in the cage.

Bird Cake #1

  • 1 pound Suet in small pieces 
  • 1 Cup Yellow Cornmeal 
  • 1 Cup Rolled Oats 
  • 1 Cup Chunk-style Peanut Butter 
  • 1 Cup mixed Wild Bird Seed 
  • 1 Cup Sunflower Seed 
Melt suet over low flame. Stir in rest of ingredients to blend. Pour into paper-lined muffin tins. Chill until hardened. These may be frozen also.

Bird Cake #2

  • 1 part Melted Beef Suet 
  • 6 parts Cornmeal 
  • 1 part Peanut Butter
Melt Suet then mix in Peanut Butter and Cornmeal. Spoon into paper-lined muffin tins and cool. Store in freezer till needed. 

Bird Cake #3

  • 2 Cups Bread Crumbs 
  • 1 Handful Nuts (unsalted) 
  • 3 Chopped Apples (seeds too!) 
  • 2 Handfuls raisins 
  • 1 Cup sugar 
  • 1/4 Cup Cornmeal 
  • 1/2 Pound Ground Suet 
  • 1/2 Cup Flour 
  • 1 8 0z. Jar Peanut Butter
  • 1 Cup Wild Bird Seed 
Mix ingredients and add enough bacon drippings to hold it all together. Shape into balls or press into pine cones. Freeze leftovers

Healthy Seed Bells

  • small terracotta pots 
  • microwave-safe plastic wrap or plastic oven bag 
  • length of firm wire (coat-hanger type is fine) 
  • birdseed of your choice (measure it dry in your chosen pots to gauge amount needed) 
  • two egg whites per cup of birdseed (or thereabouts)
Beat egg whites until white and fluffy but still liquid - you're not making a meringue. Prepare pots by lining them with microwave-safe wrap or oven bag. Bend the end of the wire that goesinto the seed bell into a closed loop (so that birds and/or leg rings can't get caught on it when most of thebell has been eaten). Mix beaten egg whites and bird seed in a bowl until all seed is coated, then spoon the mix into the prepared pots, patting it down firmly. Push the uncoiled end of the wire through centre of mix in pot then out of the drainage hole until looped end rests flat on top of mixture, then push loop slightly into mixture. Place on an oven shelf set high enough to allow wire to hang free. Cook for approximately 60 - 90 minutesin a very cool oven or longer if pots are larger size. The important thing is not to burn the mixture and slow cooking is needed to set it firmly. Cooked bells will slip easily from pots, peel away the plastic wrap while they're still warm but don't handle the wire until it has cooled. Using a pair of pliers, twist exposed wire end to form a hook for hanging in the aviary.

Handy tip - Sometimes if you use large seeds in your mixture, the widest part of the bell which is exposed during cooking will become slightly crumbly. This only happens for a half inch or so, but if they are to be given away, and you want a less 'rustic' appearance, just spoon the mixture into the pot as usual, but mix another beaten egg white with seeds of last inch and cook as instructed above. This extra 'adhesive' keeps the top layer very firm.

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