How much meat do you serve?

[GreyNickels]

I found out that Pippi, the Grey, apparently loves chicken LOL

It is the ONLY food that she has readily snatched from my hand the first try other than a peanut LOL

So since we are trying to get more protein in her anyway, for feather regrowth... how much would you serve? would a one inch cube per day be too much? since obviously 2/3 of it ends up on the floor anyway

 

[Mimsy01]

I don't give a ton of meats. But I do give the bones to our conure which she loves, that probably happens once or less a week. I also give egg to her sometimes, especially when she is molting heavily. During molt I give her about 1/4 of a small boiled egg with a little shell, 2 to 3 times a week. The rest of the time I give it less than once a week.

As far as actual hunk of chicken/turkey or fish maybe she gets a small chunk once a month-it's a lot smaller than an inch cube though.

A gcc is obviously much smaller than a grey so sizes do reflect that. Foo Loves meats and eggs however.

 

[Birdman666]

When ever we have chicken or fish, I give a little to the birds. I just peel off a small pice and hand it to each of them, maybe an inch long strip.

That's all.

If it's fish, I'll give them a tad more. Maybe two or three pieces that sized.

And yes, mine devour it! ALL of them...

Same with scrambled egg. One day a week, I'll scramble one egg, with the shell crushed into it, and then divide that by six birds... (there are no leftovers.)

 

[Puck]

Haha, the first time my Quaker ever ate chicken, I was horrified (he dive bombed me and he stole it off my plate). Birds eating birds? What is this world coming to?! But after I discovered how much he loved it, I did the same as Mark. Just peeled off a little piece for him whenever we were having it ourselves. Not too much, just a sliver for birdie.

 

[Birdman666]

"NO CHICKEN! NO PEACE! NO CHICKEN! NO PEACE! NO CHICKEN..." Yeah, they see you eating that stuff in my household, and they don't get any?! You'll have a "protest movement" on your hands.

FYI - I don't feed any red meats. Only chicken and fish... though some of mine would certainly eat it, it's much higher in fat content.

 

[ToMang07]

I haven't fed Willow meat yet.... I'm really hesitant to. I have no real reason not to than the "cannibal" thought process.... and I do eat a lot of chicken. I suppose I need to get over it. She probably won't eat it anyway, the picky brat.

 

[JerseyWendy]

6oz sirloin - medium rare (weekly)
8oz chicken breast - BBQed with hot sauce (every other day)

....OOOOH, we were talking for the fids?

Mine 'would' eat meat every day if I offered it, but I don't. One thing every single one of them goes GA-GA over is hot wings. They devour the entire bone, meat included.

 

[Aquila]

When I get some bone in chicken thighs my big ones will get a bone after I've stripped most of the meat off. They crack the bone and eat the marrow, which is good for them. I usually leave a little bit of meat, the little bit of dark meat close to the bone.

If I'm making chicken soup, I'll set aside some before I add salt and serve that to the fids. Broth, a lot of veggies and a lot of noodles, they eat it up! I make it a lot during the winter so they definitely enjoy a warm meal. Just have to be careful that it's only lukewarm and not hot so you don't burn their crops.

Steak? I have to hide if I want to keep it to myself. Gonzo will try to take the whole thing away from me, so I usually just give them a tiny piece each. Fish, same thing.

Eggs with shell here and there, usually get most of their egg intake in the birdie bread or other stuff.