Sweet Potato Mash

Today's bird treat is baked sweet potato mash.

I take 1 large sweet potato, (baked and cooled) then mixed with 2 hard boiled eggs that have been crushed and crumbled, (with the shell on).

Then I lightly sprinkled some hand feeding formula on top of that.

I serve with a chopped mixed salad with roman & iceberg lettuce, red cabbage and shredded carrots.

I normally don't feed iceberg lettuce but it came in the bagged salad. (left over from dinner last night)

You can see one of the trays ready to go to the bird room. Again, I use left over plastic tops to hand out daily treats, then remove them after a couple of hours. I use paper plates for the large outdoor aviary's.

I repeat treats in the evening when I have babies in the nest.

This is a great pair.

Dad is a heavy pied, Mom is a Lutino. This is a great pair.

White Face Pearl & Lutino Hen

This is a White Face Pearl Hen and a Lutino Hen in the early morning sunlight

Here are a few of my Lutino's and Albino's in our outside aviary.

Chicks from Lutino & Albino Pair

2 chicks so far from a Lutino & Albino White face pair. First egg hatched Sept 3rd. See the white fluffy downy feathers? That is a white face chick, The other chick has yellow down feathers and it has red eyes, that shows the chick will be Lutino. There should be a 3rd chick hatching today. There was 7 eggs in this box.

Lovely Ms Betty Update

Posting new pictures of Ms Betty. Formerly known as "Ugly" Betty. She now has turned into a beautiful swan.

Recap.......I bought Ugly Betty as a 4 week old chick. Ugly Betty was the 4
week old baby cockatiel who was severely plucked by her mother. I felt sorry for her so I bought her for $20 and hand fed her till she was weaned. She has turned into a beautiful young lady! All her feathers have grown back and she's a very pretty cinnamon pearl.

Morning Treats 2

In this 2nd picture you can see I chop the lettuce and pasta a little finer for the smaller birds.

I divide it up and place it in treat cups or the homemade treat cups made of plastic container lids.

I remove all uneaten soft foods and treat cups after a couple of hours.