Several times per year, I make bird bread. I’m lazy, so I don’t do it as often as I should. Even though, its really easy to do.

You don’t follow any specific recipe. You take cornbread mix, and a nice base – either pumpkin, or sweet potato. Then you toss in whatever you have handy, bake it, and serve. This last batch that I made was very sparse, ingredient wise, compared to what I normally do.

Organic corn bread mix.
Organic sweet potato puree
Cooked Brown rice
Asparagus
Turnip greens
Bright red hot peppers
Carrot/Orange juice mix

And that, was it. Normally I include a goodly bit more ingredients, but I was economizing. You toss all that into a blender, turn it into gunk, toss it into bake pans, and bake. Freeze most of it, and then break it out to feed on whatever time basis you want. Hermit crabs also love it – dogs, not so much.

Notice the amount of brightly colored foods I have in there. Sweet potato, red peppers, and carrot/orange juice. I know that Hermit Crabs really benefit from a lot of beta carotene, and I believe parrot feathers also benefit. I know that all of my birds have unusually bright, iridescent feathers for their breeds. Even Kermit the Blue Crowned Conure, and Kiwi the Red Lored Amazon, who are mostly green birds.

Speaking of which, Kermit was my self appointed helper for mixing the ingredients. She isn’t comfortable flying, so she didn’t fly down to the counter to get closer to the food. Instead she hung down the front of my shirt, claws gripping my collar. That way I could lift food up to her, for her to sample.