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From: greg@uc780.umd.edu
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: RE: question on bulk seed
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Date: 14 Apr 91 22:26:01 GMT
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>In article <9APR91.21192001@uc780.umd.edu>, greg@uc780.umd.edu writes:
>> Ok, so you are saying that Kellog seed mixtures are ok?  But you are saying
>> that freezing does degrade the seed nutrition?  How do you handle feeding
>> moderate size bird collections less expensively then?
> 
>Freezing is only necessary when the seed is old in the first place.  Bugs, 
>larvae, etc., are a result of seed that is not put through a cleaning process, 
>and/or is too old.  Freezing also serves to reduce the few nutrients in the 
>seed that may still exist.
>
>I have 65 birds.  I buy 50 lb. bags of dated Kelloggs seed, mix it with Zeigler 
>pellets, sprinkle some Vionate and Nekton S on the top, and add E for the 
>breeders.  A 50 lb. bag of seed, retail, is about $35.00.  Zeigler pellets run 
>about $1.25 per pound in bulk.

Strange.  You are the only person I have talked to who has taken this stance
on freezing seed.  I guess I will do what I should have done in the first
place (no offense to the list), which is talk to my vet.  It is just that
I have 6 permanent birds, 4 babies and am looking to add 4 more permanent
birds in the next few months, and buying seed for $1.25 a pound does not
make much sense with 10 birds.

>Mikki Barry


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