Eurital French Foxtail Millet Yellow – 5kg Pack

French yellow millet for exotic and ornamental birds

Single feed for birds

For many birds, there seems to be hardly anything more palatable than millet sprays, and they accept them with great enthusiasm.

Yellow millet consists of unthreshed seed heads. The seeds, or grains, are therefore still in their natural "packaging." This means the birds have to work a little for their food, picking the grains individually from the seed head. This is, in a sense, a natural way for them to feed.

The tiny seeds of millet are particularly attractive to small birds such as sparrows, finches, goldfinches, and dunnocks. They are also a treat for all pet birds, including budgies, cockatiels, exotic birds, and parrots.

Feeding recommendation: Offer the millet sprays to the birds in small quantities as a treat.

Millet is relatively low in fat. On average, 100g of millet contains a maximum of 4g of fat – sunflower seeds, on the other hand, contain about 50g of fat per 100g. Although millet is comparatively low in fat, it can lead to obesity in birds. This is because many birds consume it frequently in very large quantities when given the opportunity. Therefore, millet sprays should only be offered in small amounts as an occasional treat.

If birds were allowed to eat large quantities of millet sprays or panicles daily, many would reject other foods and consume only the popular millet. Relatively quickly, this would lead to a significant nutrient deficiency because their diet would be too monotonous.

Manufacturer: Versele Laga Kapellestraat 70 – 9800 Deinze – Belgium