a birdie kinda day!
today, i am waiting for the electrician to arrive so that the overhead light fixture in the bird room can be replaced. so i am at home and able to spend time with my flock during the day and do things for them i love to do.
i started by making them a warm breakfast- okra, pumpkin seeds, egg, and broccoli, warmed up with a squirt of PaHeCo (palm, hemp, and coconut) oil.
then while julia took a shower with the flock, i rearranged Deacon's cage a bit, giving him more of the soft shreddables he loves and refilling his brainiac block. i also put his pellets on his playtop, rather than inside his cage- because he spends far too much time (by choice) in his cage.
he is much better than when he first arrived. he was used to spending 10+ hours in there and getting maybe an hour of interaction. now he eats flock meals at the table, takes showers with the rest of the flock, and does spend time in the living room on the manzanita tree. but he still prefers the cage. to be fair, he has only been here for 2.5 months. he has a ways to go to overcome 10+ years of cage-bound behavior.
then i made some Glop. i use the rice cooker to cook grains. this time it was heirloom organic brown rice, coriander & pumpkin seeds, flax seed, and quinoa. then i steam veggies from my CSA box (this time it was green beans, broccoli, and beets), chop them, and add to the grains. i also added a bit pureed prunes and a jar of apricot baby food for moisture.
and i also made a double batch of my pumpkin quinoa balls. this time it was quinoa, flax, and amaranth. youy mix those with a couple cans of organic pumpkin puree (thanks, trader joes!) and some dried fruit. roll into balls and bake til brown and sealed on the outside (they can still be chewy on the inside if your birds like them that way, or you can lower the heat for a longer period of time to make them crunchy throughout, like nutri-berries, but MUCH healthier).
i started by making them a warm breakfast- okra, pumpkin seeds, egg, and broccoli, warmed up with a squirt of PaHeCo (palm, hemp, and coconut) oil.
then while julia took a shower with the flock, i rearranged Deacon's cage a bit, giving him more of the soft shreddables he loves and refilling his brainiac block. i also put his pellets on his playtop, rather than inside his cage- because he spends far too much time (by choice) in his cage.
he is much better than when he first arrived. he was used to spending 10+ hours in there and getting maybe an hour of interaction. now he eats flock meals at the table, takes showers with the rest of the flock, and does spend time in the living room on the manzanita tree. but he still prefers the cage. to be fair, he has only been here for 2.5 months. he has a ways to go to overcome 10+ years of cage-bound behavior.
then i made some Glop. i use the rice cooker to cook grains. this time it was heirloom organic brown rice, coriander & pumpkin seeds, flax seed, and quinoa. then i steam veggies from my CSA box (this time it was green beans, broccoli, and beets), chop them, and add to the grains. i also added a bit pureed prunes and a jar of apricot baby food for moisture.
and i also made a double batch of my pumpkin quinoa balls. this time it was quinoa, flax, and amaranth. youy mix those with a couple cans of organic pumpkin puree (thanks, trader joes!) and some dried fruit. roll into balls and bake til brown and sealed on the outside (they can still be chewy on the inside if your birds like them that way, or you can lower the heat for a longer period of time to make them crunchy throughout, like nutri-berries, but MUCH healthier).