![]() ![]() Grit is important in all species including Aberdeen’s. If you have lots of chicks you can place a hard boiled egg or maybe some sprouted seed. The good thing with soft food mixes is that you can add extras when you need to. This mix is fed in bowls and is fed four times a week. I crumble the cake and add a dessert spoon of Polenta (processed corn) and a dessert spoon of the “Paswells”. I use plain sponge cake, Polenta and “Paswell Soft food Mix”. My recipe is only one of hundreds and works for me it is simple and easily done, just like me. I also supply a soft food mix, and if you don’t want to cause a real argument with Finch breeders, never say this is the best soft food recipe, everyone has their own ideal recipe so stick with it. Vegetables, such as corn on the cob, Lebanese cucumber, silverbeet and endives are also great sources of green food. When seeding grass is hard to get you can grow your own from waste seed, sprouted Finch mix is always popular and eagerly taken. I don’t think you can overdo the greenfood. Green’s in the shape of Chickweed, milk thistles, winter and summer grass, Johnson’s grass, Panic and African veldt grass are all extremely popular. ![]() More than one feeding station will help cut down dominating bird advantage at the food dishes.Īberdeen’s will do well on your standard good quality Finch mix, my birds receive black and white lettuce seed and a very small amount of hulled oats during the colder months. Cut-Throats in the same aviary are a real no-no as they will readily cross breed. Normally the larger the aviary the less problem you have with mixing them. As a rule they are not overly aggressive. Aviaries that take advantage of the sun and keep dry are a must.Īberdeen’s are a large Finch and therefore can be intimidating to smaller species. As with all species, areas of the aviary should be well sheltered. They are tough, hardy birds who will quite happily live in large planted flight aviaries in almost all types of weather conditions. About ten years ago I had four pairs in a colony in an aviary measuring 2 metres high x 3.5 metres wide x 4 metres deep, the only other birds in this aviary was a pair of Scarlet Chested Parrots and a pair of button quails. Some years ago I knew a canary breeder who kept and bred Aberdeen’s in canary breeding cabinets. Aberdeen’s can, and have been bred and kept in a variety of situations. ![]()
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