Aussie Finch Forum

As was mentioned I do feed rice to my birds but it's green paddy. Java's Star and gouldians love it. I can't see that boiled white rice provides anything more than soaked seed but without the nutrients associated with the bran and embryo. As part of a softfood mix for those birds that will take it I'm sure it's a good and economic source of readily assimilated carbohydrate.

rice is basically a carbohydrate (wheat, rye, barley etc) as is bird seed, so I would think that its a little pointless trying to change there diet from what they know.

When I first purchased, gouldians, owl, capped cordon blues, strawberries, the breeder feed them boiled rice and peas. I continued and introduced to my canaries and other birds, they all seem to go for it, as do the gouldians I have gotten here.

The wild Satin Bowerbirds here love boiled rice.

Could it be classed as an easily digested soft food for parents feeding young ?

jusdeb wrote:Could it be classed as an easily digested soft food for parents feeding young ?

Seems to me "rice ceral," is usually the cereal most babies get, first! My birds, loved it, as well as, the peas and corn. I only offered couple times a week.