Time to make another batch of birdie bread. Can I add Harrison's high potency pellets to it? I also bought an oatmeal muffin mix by Buffy that I am going to try. I'll add veggies to both.

Yes, it's fine to put pellets in it. My flock won't touch birdie bread lol.

I crush up the pellets or use the mash and use it as flour for birdie bread. Depending on the consistency I want, I might mix it 50-50 with flour. Works well, actually.

Do you have a receipt? I just realized that the pellets have a short SHELF life and this would help me use them.

You can extend the life of pellets by putting them in the freezer. They'll last much longer that way.

I don't really use recipes, but this should be close.

1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup crushed pellets or mash
2-3 eggs
Enough water to make the mix doughy
Assorted veggies, seeds, nuts for fun

Mix flour and pellets. Add in eggs. Add water slowly until you get a dough. Mix in whatever else you want. Bake at 350F until a knife inserted in the center comes back clean.

Thanks I'll give that a try.

Mine wont touch birdie bread,
but this is a different recipe, so I'll give it a try.

My guys won't touch birdie bread either. But if it's human bread, that's a different story. Organic multi-grain bread is their favorite baby food.

I saw an amazing recipe the other day. It's for breeding birds and growing babies, not for regular birds in regular times. I want to try it on them during next year's breeding season. Here it is:

Providing a complete and highly nutritious egg food diet while being parent-fed and at weaning produces maximal growth and weight gain. This is not a bread that should be a majority part of a daily diet due to its high protein and fat content. However, breeding birds do very well on it and rarely lose weight even when feeding a large clutch. Typically they will also lay a second clutch without problems and feed them out successfully.

3 cups self-rising corn meal. (get non-degerminated plain cornmeal like Bob’s Red Mill from Sprouts and add a bit of baking powder)
6 eggs
2 cups Coconut milk or whole milk (maybe use yogurt instead)
1/2 cup Zupreem Embrace hand feeding formula (optional)
1 cup ground flax seed (20% Protein, Omega-3 fats and fiber)
1/3 cup finely grated unsweetened coconut. May be omitted if using coconut milk
1 cup small Zupreem Fruit Blend pellets
1 can drained crisp corn
2 tablespoons shaved cuttle fish bone dust as desired to add balanced minerals (scrape the cuttle bone lightly with the edge of a spoon over the dry ingredients and mix thoroughly) (or calcium carbonate powder)

Add water if needed to make a moister batter. The formula and pellets will absorb water and the corn will release it while cooking. Bake 45 minutes 400 degrees, but check at 30 minutes as some ovens are hotter and some batches are drier and require less time. Since there is so much egg and milk, be sure to bake thoroughly. It should sound hollow when done. I cube the bread and freeze in a plastic baggie. After microwaving to thaw, split the bread like an English muffin.
This is dense, high in protein from several different sources, contains a balance of saturated fats and beneficial easily digested unsaturated fats. It contains Calcium and other minerals in proper proportions and contains plenty of Vitamin D to aid in Calcium transport in the bloodstream. It introduces the babies to pellets at an early age, and it's fun to play with as they dig out the different colored ingredients and corn kernels. I believe also that babies raised on this bread will associate this type feed with time to raise a family.

Mine won't eat birdie bread either. That's a good recipe. I may have to use it if I try breeding budgies in a few years.