Help with Chop for tiel & keet

mekat

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OK I'm a newb at this so I just wanted to run this by someone before I made the mix and feed it to my birds.

I bought
- a salad mix that contains - red&green swiss chard, tat soi, arugula & spinach
- pre-chopped red, yellow and green peppers
-frozen veggie mix - containing brocolli, cauliflower and carrots
Fresh Dill
-pre-chopped pineapple


I went with mixes because I just have the 2 small birds and didn't want to buy a ton of food that would take them a year to eat. Does that sound like a good chop mix? I plan to make it tomorrow so there is time to fix something if I bought the wrong stuff. For tiny beaks how big should the chunks be? About the size of their pellets? A mix of different sizes?
 

RavensGryf

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My keets especially seem to like carrots, broccoli, and zucchini. I've also seen bites taken out of yams and occasionally peppers and butternut squash. Lots of birds love fresh leafy greens. To get you started, there's a few off the top of my head that I know my birds especially love, but if you look in the diet section you can get a ton of ideas too. The frozen isn't bad, but I use fresh everytime.

I cut them in maybe 1/8" squares? Or sometimes I'll leave it the same size as vegetables for the parrots and they'll take little bites out of the chunks until the chucks are gone. Actually it's Mink. Hopefully she'll influence Twigs one of these days.

As far as the waste, do you like produce at all yourself? Fruit and veggies are good for us, so I always incorporate it in meals or salads daily. Good in the blender too. We happen to eat a ton of produce around here!
 
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mekat

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Thanks for the ideas. Yes and no, we do eat lots of veggies and will occasionally have salad but we rarely do fresh mainly frozen or canned. I have 3 disabled people in my family under one roof. I'm the only able body caregiver which makes it difficult to go shopping often enough to make fresh foods in our kitchen practical.

My inability to leave the house much was the main reason I want to make the chop so I have something in the freezer that can be defrosted as needed. I tried to do fresh daily but that didn't work well then I went to veggie mixes and just defrosted a tiny bit at a time and that worked okay but I think I can get more nutrition in if I just make a chop.
 

RavensGryf

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English Budgie
That's okay, many people chop and freeze portions. We have to do whatever we feel is easiest :). I hope your flock loves what you prepare.
 

Aquila

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I use frozen vegetables all the time, they're easy and precut, so I'll take out some portions, buzz them through my food processer, and buzz up anything else I want to add, like the salad mix you mentioned. I'll make them a nice diced size, since I'm feeding a range of birds. Portion out, and freeze.

Same thing with my grains, cook up, portion and freeze. I'll usually make enough to fill about 20 sandwich sized ziplock bags, which is about 10-15 days worth since I add other stuff I have on hand.

Cooking veggies for dinner? Double the portion and set the rest aside. Cooking oatmeal in the morning? Double, split the rest before you add anything. You can always mix when you're serving, so just freeze as you go! It's much easier than you think, don't worry.
 

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