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At
FFlocks we believe a healthy diet for your bird is essential!
With this in mind, we only carry Feathered Friends Bird Products
seeds and seed mixes, the healthiest available for birds.
Feathered Friends seeds are fresh
and cleaned prior to mixing and packaging. To find out more about
Feathered Friends seed cleaning click here. All of the seeds used in the
mixes are chosen for their nutritional value. There are no
fillers added to the mixes. By fillers we are referring to the
common practice of adding low cost seeds (that are nutritionally
deficient) to a mix to make the mix look better and improve the
profit margin. Feathered Friends seeds and mixes are all natural.
Feathered Friends does not use any chemicals during processing,
no preservatives (shelf life on fresh seed is 2-3 years) and they
do not use any food colorants on the seeds. The brightly coloured
seeds that you find in most commercial mixes are there for you,
the consumer, not the bird. Birds have fantastic colour vision (better
than ours) and most birds recognize these coloured seeds as not
natural. Most birds won't eat the coloured seeds.
Feathered Friends seed mixes are
designed to provide a good basic diet, with a minimum of waste.
Seed is a part of a healthy diet.
The rest of the diet should consist of a mixture of fruits,
vegetables, pellets and vitamin and mineral
supplementation.
Some human food is also acceptable, in small quantities, such as:
pastas, breads and meat (cooked). Human foods to stay away from
are: milk and milk products, birds are lactose intolerant and the
lactates in milk can give a bird the runs and possibly make him
quite ill. Caffeine based products (ie coffee, tea, chocolate,
etc) are another no-no. Oil based foods are not a good idea for
most birds as they cannot process large amounts of oil without
doing damage to their liver. This means that while salad is ok
the dressing isn't - pasta is great, the oils that it was cooked
in/oils in the sauce are not good, etc. Avocado has been known to
be toxic to birds, so we don't recommend it. Head and butter
lettuce are mostly water and they just go straight through a
bird, romaine and kale are better choices.
Feathered Friends Bird Seed Mixes
To see a
larger image of the mix and to see the list of ingredients, click
on the image.
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To
find out more about Feathered Friends Seed cleaning,
click on the image of the Seed Cleaner. |
BUDGIE/COCKATIEL
MIX
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This
mix is primarily for budgies. It is also suitable for cockatiels, grass parrakeets,
parrotlets, lineolated parrakeets, etc, especially if these birds will
not eat the larger seeds (such as buckwheat and oats) that are in the
Cockatiel Mix and Small Parrot Mix. We know this mix
is excellent, we had a pair of cockatiels live to the
ripe old ages of 33 years for the male (Cocky) and 35
years for the female (Corky) on Budgie/Cockatiel mix, Aqua-ViteTM and
Complete Mineral
SupplementTM. |
COCKATIEL MIX
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This
mix is for cockatiels, parrotlets, lineolate parrakeets, lovebirds small
parrakeets, other very small parrot
type, etc. This mix has some of the "big bird"
seeds that these little guys will eat that are healthy for them. There
are no sunflower or safflower seeds
added to the mix, as these are treats! |
SMALL
PARROT MIX
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This
mix is for lovebirds, poicephalus (Senegal's, meyers, etc),
conures, larger parrakeets, rosellas, other small parrot
type, etc. This mix has a lot of the "big bird"
seeds but it is a lot healthier for the small parrot than
just parrot mix. There are no sunflower or safflower seeds
added to the mix, as these are treats! |
PARROT
MIX
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This
mix is for most parrots including, African greys,
Amazons, cockatoos, macaws, etc. The most common
misconception with parrots is, if they like sunflower
seed, why not give them a mix that has lots of sunflower
in it. Unfortunately since sunflower seed is a fatty seed
and all animals like "rich" foods (us too!),
sunflower seed is a favourite, but like us fatty food
isn't good for us in large quantities. Parrots require a
variety of seeds, fruits, vegetables and nuts to stay
healthy. Feathered Friends Parrot mix has been formulated
with less than 7% sunflower by weight with the health of
your parrot in mind. |
PARROT
MIX (NO SUNFLOWER)
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This
mix is for most parrots including, African greys,
Amazons, cockatoos, macaws, etc. Parrot Mix (No Sunflower)
is for those parrots whose sunflower intake is nil to
limited. Some parrots actually don't like sunflower, this
is the mix for them. If you use sunflower as a reward or
your parrot is not allowed any sunflower seed, this mix
is great. Unlike a lot of commercial "no sunflower"
parrot mixes Feathered Friends has not replaced the
sunflower with safflower seed. The problem with replacing
the sunflower with safflower seed is that safflower seed
is just as oily and fatty as sunflower, so all they have
done is take out a fatty seed and put in another, makes
sense huh? Feathered Friends has simply not added any
sunflower seed to make this mix. |
CANARY
MIX
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This
mix is for canaries and some of the larger finches, such
as Java's, societies, weavers, etc. |
SMALL FINCH
MIX
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This
mix is for smaller finches, such as zebra finches,
waxbills, etc. It is also suitable for diamond doves. |
LARGE FINCH
MIX
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This
mix is for most of the other finches, such as societies (bengalese),
Gouldian finches, Australian finches, large waxbills, etc.
It is also suitable for mixed collections that include a mix of
finches and canaries. |
DOVE MIX
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This
mix is for ringneck doves and all medium size doves. |
Treat Seed Mixes
To see a
larger image of the mix and to see the list of ingredients, click
on the image.
Feathered
Friends Treat Seed Mixes
BUDGIE/COCKATIEL
TREAT
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A
great, all natural, treat for all small parrot type,
including budgies, cockatiels, etc. |
CANARY/FINCH
TREAT
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A
great, all natural, treat for all canaries and finches. |
WILD SEED TREAT
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Wild
Seed Treat is a mix of wild and common seed. The Canadian
grower has let quite a few acres grow wild, then they
harvest all of the seeds at once to create this fantastic
mix. Most small birds, especially finches, love this mix
of grass seeds. |
Other
Treat Mixes
LIVING WORLD
We have a variety of Living World
treat mixes for canaries, budgies and cockatiels. We also carry Living
World Tropimix for Small Parrots to Large Parrots plus the popular Bean Mix.
HAGEN
We carry a Hagen's Gourmet line of
fruit and nut treat mixes for cockatiels and parrots.
Seeds
To see a
larger image of the seed, click on the image.
Seeds
from Feathered Friends
NIGER SEED
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Niger
has long been a favourite of canaries and finches. Niger
should be considered a treat as it can be very fattening
if overfed. |
OAT GROATS
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Oat
groats are a favourite of budgies as well as most small
birds. Oat groats should be considered a treat as it can
be fattening if overfed. |
SUNFLOWER SEED
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Sunflower
seed is an excellent treat, but it should be limited to
no more than 6-8 seed per day for small birds such as
cockatiels and lovebirds. The larger parrots can have
proportionally more seeds as a treat, even better use
them as a reward or for training. Sunflower seed can also
be used with breeding birds and for weaning birds. |
SAFFLOWER SEED
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Safflower
seed is another good treat seed. As safflower has almost
the same oil content as sunflower, you should follow the
same feeding guidelines as sunflower seed. |
PEANUTS
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Raw
and unsalted, naturally the best for your bird. |
PLAIN CANARY SEED
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Plain
canary seed as a diet sounds well...plain, but for some
birds that have a weight problem, this is what they just
may need. We have found that overweight canaries and
budgies and small parrot type that have a liver problem
do a lot better on this seed, without the extras. These
birds can still have the fruits and veggies, plus they
still require supplementation in their diet. We have seen
overweight canaries and budgies loose weight on this diet
and live quite a healthy life afterwards. |
Spray
Millet
SPRAY MILLET
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Spray
millet is probably one of the best natural treats that
you can give a bird. It is perfect for the weaning bird
as well as the adult, but it is not a complete diet on
its own. We recommend that you give your small bird no
more than 2-3 inches of spray millet 2-3 times a week.
This ensures that the bird will eat a variety and not
just the spray millet, which some birds would, if they
could. Even large parrots like to play with and shred
spray millet once in a while. |
Wild Bird Mixes & Seeds
From Feathered Friends
To see a
larger image of the seed/mix and the list of ingredients, click
on the image.
WILD
BIRD MIX
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A
simple wild bird mix that the wild birds love. Made with
the same quality seeds as Feathered Friends uses for the
caged birds. With the better quality seeds and not adding
a bunch of junk seeds, this mix produces a lot less waste
around the feeder. Suitable for all small wild birds.
Wild bird mix will also work in most Distlefink feeders. |
WILD
BIRD MIX WITH SUNFLOWER
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Wild
bird mix with sunflower is the same as Wild bird mix
except that Oil sunflower and Hulled Sunflower have been
added to the mix. Better suited for feeding in the winter
than Wild bird mix. |
OIL SUNFLOWER SEED
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Oil
Sunflower seed is a favourite of all wild birds,
especially in the winter. Due to the very high level of
oil in Oil sunflower, it is not recommended that this
seed be fed to cage birds. |
HULLED SUNFLOWER SEED
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Hulled
Sunflower seed is another wintertime favourite of the wild
birds. |
NIGER SEED
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Niger
seed is not only a favourite seed of canaries but also a favourite of a lot of wild birds. American Goldfinches, in
particular, crave this seed. Works best in a Distlefink
feeder. |
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