The following is a list of what is good for, and what is not so good
for, your Bengalese finches
| Meats, fish and fowl
(need to be cooked first) |
Grains and Cereals |
Hamburger
Steak
Chicken
Turkey
Hard Cheeses
Eggs and egg yolk
Peanuts
Peanut butter *
Yogurt |
Brown Rice
Cereals (dry or cooked)
Crackers
Dried beans/peas (cooked)
English Muffins
Graham Crackers
Lentils (cooked)
Monkey biscuits
Noodles
Pasta enriched (cooked)
Raw wheat germ
Whole grain breads (try it toasted) |
| * Peanut butter should
not be given to smaller birds such as finches, canaries or parakeets
as the oils in the peanuts are difficult to digest |
| Foods
supplementary to a normal seed/millet bird food diet. Use in
moderation and remove the seeds of those fruits in redould harm birds if eaten: |
Acacia blossom
Alfalfa
Apple
Applesauce
Apricot
Banana
Bean
Beet
Berries
Blackberries
Bok Choy
Broccoli
Brussels Sprouts
Cantelope
Carrot
Carrot Top
Celery
Celery Leaves
Cherries
Chickweed
Chicory
Collard greens
Corn
Corn on the cob
Cucumbers
Curly Kales
Dandelion leaves (washed)
Egg Plant (fruit only)
Endive
Grapes
Grapefruit
Green Peas
Groundsel
Hydroponic Spouted oats and barley |
Kale
Kiwi fruit
Lemon
Lettuce (small amounts)
Mango
Mixed Vegetables
Mustard greens
Nectarine
Orange or tangerine (no seeds)
Papaya
Parsley
Peach
Peas
Pear
Peppers
Pineapple
Plums
Pumpkin
Radish
Raisins (soaked 24 hours)
Rhubarb (Stalk only)
Shepherds Purse
Sow Thistle
Spinach
Squash
Strawberries
Sweet potatoes
Swiss Chard
Tomato
Turnip Greens
Watercress
Winter Squash
Yams
Zucchini
|
Note that this list is not definitive; however, it gives you a pretty good
idea of what you can and cannot feed to your birds. Remember that if we
can eat it ourselves, our birds should be able to eat it too!
