Some of the most famous vocalists who can quietly and long live in house conditions is goldfinches. They easily adapt to bondage, are friendly and if the goldfinch male is healthy, full also in good mood, he will please you with the serenades. The beginning poultry breeder can have a question how to feed goldfinches?
It is required to you
- - canary seed;
- - zernosmes for forest birds;
- - millet, seeds of a dandelion, colza, salad, wormwood, plantain and other herbs;
- - fresh greens;
- - grated carrots;
- - egg and a shell from eggs;
- - dried dogrose;
- - dried nettle;
- - seeds of a burdock, flax, sunflower and hemp;
- - flour hearts and larvae of ants;
- - water.
Instruction
1. As the main forage buy an ordinary canary seed in pet-shop or zernosmes for forest birds, at the same time it is possible to take both domestic, and import. The millet, seeds of a dandelion, colza, salad, a wormwood, a plantain and other herbs can enter mix.
2. Within a year feed up a goldfinch fresh greens, for example, leaves of a dandelion, a mokrichnik, a teasel, cornflower and also the grated carrot mixed with white crackers, bran and grated eggs. Besides, add the egg shell processed in the coffee grinder, a dry nettle, shredded corn, a dry ground dogrose, etc. Not to deprive a bird of this pleasure and in the winter, freeze small crushed greens in the freezer. Give such bourgeois to a goldfinch 2-3 times a week.
3. Consider that goldfinches very much love burdock seeds, they can independently get all stuffing from a prickly case. Nevertheless, before giving seeds to a goldfinch, clean them from small baskets better to avoid unforeseen accidents. Besides, he can receive fats, necessary for good health of a goldfinch, from seeds of a flax, sunflower and hemp. Give sunflower seeds not fried and not salty, gradually, as delicacy.
4. Try to diversify food of a goldfinch, add to a forage seeds of salad and wild-growing herbs, for example, of a herd grass, a dandelion. Besides, goldfinches love seeds of trees, pines, birches, an alder. Sometimes treat a goldfinch with fresh apples or pears – just fix a piece between cage twigs.
5. It is possible to diversify food of a goldfinch with animal food. Give him 3-5 flour hearts a day in the winter, and bring from the wood ant dolls in the summer.
6. You feed goldfinches of times a day, for example, since morning. Just fill up day norm of food in a feeding trough, these are about 2 teaspoons of grain mix.
7. Do not forget about water, the goldfinch always has to have an access to fresh clean drink. For this purpose settle tap water that chlorine disappeared and rust accumulated, and fill in in a drinking bowl twice a day. From time to time wash a drinking bowl with soap to avoid cultivation of microorganisms and slime.