Seed mix variations

[Tiaris]

Spanna just my thought. Finch mix seems to contain equal parts Canary red panicum yellow panicum and French millet with a sprinkle of Niger. Budgie mix conatains higher amount of Canary and French millet lots of jap and some yellow panicum. Judging by what's in them budgie mix would be cheaper per kg. Budgie mix would be good for your finches with the adding of red panicum as this is basically what i give. The only disadvantage is the lack of oil seeds which my birds like when rearing young. As for sprouting both mixes should sprout good except for the Niger. Both would also be good for trying to grow Green seed with the exception of Niger again. Give your birds both mixes separately and see which bowl gets attacked first and then work off that mix and add what ever else is needed. Hope this helped abit

If Aussie-grown, niger is one of the quickest to sprout and easiest to grow for its green seed pods. Any Siskins, Singers, Canaries etc love sprouted niger & its green seed pods (best picked as soon as the petals have dropped).

[djb78]

Thanks tiaris would love to get auusie Niger but everywhere I've gone have only sterile Niger but have found a new supplier just got to get over there and see what they have. All poppy I've got has also been sterile and its Australian grown, are there any places that sell fertile poppy for growing or are all made sterile.

[Tiaris]

The law requires all poppy seed to be sterilised (opium).

[djb78]

Thought that may have been the case .