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			| Chipper |  Post subject: Food for weaning babies  Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 9:33 pm  |  
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					| Not weaning yet, but will be soon. Their parents love seeds. Babies love them too. I was wondering if I should feed the babies pellets because pellets are better. What pellets would you recommend?
 What else should be fed? I offer seeds, millets, pellets (I mix them with seeds so I really don't know what they end up eating), green veggies, bread. DO I need to give them eggs? What fruit would they likely eat? nuts? any advice welcome.
 
 
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			| Chipper |  Post subject: Re: Food for weaning babies  Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2014 3:14 pm  |  
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					| Thank you. What pellets are good for them? 
 I have ZuPreem natural (not colored) pellets for smaller birds (parakeets). I also have fruit pellets for medium birds (that mom eats) - the chicks like them when I crush them
 
 
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			| Chipper |  Post subject: Re: Food for weaning babies  Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 11:23 pm  |  
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					| I just discovered that ZuPreem pellets have sugar!!!!! 
 What pellet brand would you recommend as safe, nutritional, and delicious?
 
 I have Roudybush high energy breeder pellets that I add to the seed bowl. babies eat from that bowl too, even though the bowl is for the parents. Maybe they just pick out seeds, I don't know. Is it OK if the eat some of that High energy breeder food?
 
 
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