Making a corn bread mix for skylar

[Mrs. PBJ]

What do you put in your corn bread mix for your birds

 

[BraveheartDogs]

I usually add some frozen veggies, and some seed, I add the egg and the shell and sometimes I will sprinkle it with some chili powder or cinnamon.

 

[Mrs. PBJ]

ok so do you put it before you make it. And do you feed it everyday. or just as a treat I am trying to get his vegys together in one thing is the corn bread mix ideal

 

[BraveheartDogs]

ok so do you put it before you make it. And do you feed it everyday. or just as a treat I am trying to get his vegys together in one thing is the corn bread mix ideal

No, I probably give them muffins a couple of times a week. I use the teeny tiny muffin tins and after I make them I put 4 or 5 into a zip lock baggie and I freeze them and just pull them out as I need them. I use cornbread muffin mix by jiffy and so I don't want to give it every single day. I just mix in the mix, the water, the egg with the shell and then whatever veggies I am going to add and some scoops of seed then I put it in the pans. Usually I sprinkle a little more seeds on top and then put some chili powder or cinnamon then bake them.

 

[dolldid]

why do you add seed i add pellets but id not add seed thought seed wasnt a good diet i also add flex
seed vegies hot spice and use diffrent flours

 

[Hankmacaw]

I put about everything I have in the house that is good/not harmful to the birds. I cook it in a 9"x13" pan and cut into 4" squares to freeze. It isn't a science project - just don't put stuff not good for them in it. And I hope you aren't using the cornbread mixes - way too much sugar and salt in them.
ML

 

[dolldid]

I put about everything I have in the house that is good/not harmful to the birds. I cook it in a 9"x13" pan and cut into 4" squares to freeze. It isn't a science project - just don't put stuff not good for them in it. And I hope you aren't using the cornbread mixes - way too much sugar and salt in them.
ML

i use corn meal brown rye and 2 other flours 6 eggs with shells veg frozen fresh add apple chopped fine any leaftovers i have,,lol flex seed and chi something pellets as he dosent eat them so this way he gets some

 

[Quiverful]

Mine is different every time I make it I throw applesauce in there, veggies, pellets, a little bit of seed, dried fruits..whatever I have at the moment that's bird friendly. I also bake it in muffin tins and freeze.

 

[Jadesmom]

My last batch I added a can of pumpkin, no sugar or salt added. They loved it. I usually throw in 1/2 bag of pellets. And any and every veggie i have. 3 eggs with shells. Unsweetened applesauce. Be creative. Mine is slightly different every time.

 

[Mrs. PBJ]

Could anyone give me a recipe for home made corn bread. This will be a part of his everyday diet. Tell he learn to eat vegys

 

[Thugluvgrl187]

Jiffy is safe to use for birds?

 

[Hankmacaw]

I don't like to use the Jiffy and similar mixes, but many, many people do use it and I don't see birds dying in the streets. The reason I don't use it is there is too much sugar and salt.

Making cornbread is super easy. When you buy corn meal there will be a recipe on the package. Just "sort of " follow it and eliminate the oil (I use RPO instead) and get creative with what you put in it. For moisture I use orange juice or cranberry juice.

Bird bread is a staple for H&J because I can sneak in things that they should eat, but won't eat, into it.
ML

 

[Thugluvgrl187]

I have never made birdie bread for Squeeky but he does he fruits, veggies, eggs, grains etc. I am going to look into corn meal.

 

[Mrs. PBJ]

thanks for all the great ideas. I will be making him a another one tomorrow.

Hopefully he will take to it

 

[BraveheartDogs]

why do you add seed i add pellets but id not add seed thought seed wasnt a good diet i also add flex
seed vegies hot spice and use diffrent flours

I give my birds seed. It's a very small amount of their diet but they are offered it everyday in addition to pellets and fresh food. Seed is ok it's just not good as a whole diet. I don't give seed other than sunflower seeds for training to my foster amazon.

 

[BraveheartDogs]

Jiffy is safe to use for birds?

I do use the Jiffy cornbread mix. There is some sugar and salt in it but it is not their main diet, they get it a couple of times a week broken up with their veggies, so personally, i am fine with it. My birds diet is pellets, seed, and fresh food daily. That little amount of jiffy muffin mix isn't going to hurt them.

 

[Quiverful]

I use the Jiffy mix, too. The bread I bake is not their main diet and they do not get it every day..it's more like a treat. If I were going to incorporate bird bread as a main part of the diet, I would make something completely from scratch.

But, using the Jiffy and adding healthy stuff can be a great way to get some veggies into a bird that won't eat it otherwise.

 

[Thugluvgrl187]

Thanks Dawn and Vicki

 

[BraveheartDogs]

If I were going to incorporate bird bread as a main part of the diet, I would make something completely from scratch.

.

Absolutely, me too

 

[Mrs. PBJ]

I am going to try to make it from sctatch we will see how it turns out. Hopefully he will eat it.

I am going to stuff it full of vegys fruits and seeds and pellet to try to get him on something besides seed thats all he will touch right now