ORNAMENTAL BIRDS

Our long experience of birdfood manufacturing, coupled with our close alliance with many top breeders, has enabled us to fine-tune 18 specific mixtures for ornamental birds.
We also offer a range of straights, including exotics seeds such as Blue Maw, Perilla, Gold of Pleasure and Teazle.

General Guide & Care Notes for Breeders and Owners of Pet Birds

Ornamental birds need a variety of different foods for a healthy and balanced diet.
We make 11 different rations, as well as offering 21 straight seeds which you can add to your mixtures if your collection needs them. Listed below are the main rules for keeping healthy birds. If you wish to breed from your birds, we suggest that you speak to members of your local bird club, or buy one of the many excellent books available on the subject.

* You will need adequate supplies of clean water, changed daily, in a container suitable for your birds. Quails and similar ground dwelling birds will obviously need a different container to finches.
* You will need to supply a suitable source of calcium such as Cuttlefish Bones.
* A well formulated and cleaned seed mix will never be a complete diet for any ornamental bird.
We have created a range of products which act as a sound nutritional basis for you. The seeds themselves contain adequate amounts of Vitamins A, D & E, but other major vitamins particularly Vitamin C, should be added as either fresh fruit or by using a reputable liquid dietary supplement.
* In a mixed collection, make certain that all the birds have suitable perches near to the food, and that there are enough seed hoppers to prevent bullying of the more timid species by the bolder ones.
* Draughts and damp are hazardous to your birds , so it is important to take care when siting a cage or aviary.
* It's possible to keep many different species of birds together in mixed collections, & often better to mix birds together than have large numbers of a single species. However, before buying a new species, do your homework & check that they will happily live with your existing birds.

Listed below are the specialist mixtures we supply.
For further information, please contact us

BUDGERIGAR MIXTURES

Mixed Millet : A blend of USA White, Australian Panicum, Hungarian Red and Australian Jap type.

Champions Choice Budgerigar Mix : Originally formulated for members of the Leeds BS who required a high proportion of Canaryseed. The mixture contains 60% Canaryseed with 40% Mixed Millets.

Expert Budgerigarseed : Unique to Johnston & Jeff, 50% Plain Canaryseed and 50% Mixed Millets. We firmly believe this is the optimum mixture for feeding to exhibition budgerigars.

Super Budgerigarseed : A 50/50 mix with Canadian Canaryseed and USA White Millet. Utility Budgerigarseed: Low in Canaryseed (10%) suitable for the moulting period or stock birds. Contains 10% Canaryseed, 80% USA White Millet and 10% Red Millet.

Continental Budgerigarseed : Recently reformulated with a blend of 7 different grains to give added variety in one mix. The mixture contains Canaryseed, Red Milletseed, Linseed, Jap Millet, Panicum, Naked Oats and White Millet.

CANARY MIXTURES

Our formulations rely on the traditional mix of two parts Canaryseed to one part Rapeseed. Our three mixtures change according to the useage of Black Rapeseed or Red Rapeseed. Red Rapeseed is Black Rapeseed which has been treated with sulphur to make it more digestible & acceptable to canaries. The seed is gentler and less likely to make the birds go light.

Popular Mixed Canaryseed : 60% Plain Canary, 35% Red Rapeseed with Linseed, Hempseed, Niger and Yellow Biscuit.

Favourite Mixed Canaryseed : 60% Plain Canary, 35% Black Rapeseed with Linseed, Hempseed, Niger and Yellow Biscuit.

Fancy Mixed Canaryseed : 55% Plain Canary, 20% Black Rapeseed, 20% Red Rapeseed with Hempseed, Niger and Linseed. (NB: This mixture does not contain the traditional yellow biscuit.)

FINCH SEEDS

Special Foreign Finchseed : Specifically formulated to give an added variety of seeds to cover most requirements of Foreign Finches. It contains Canaryseed, Nigerseed, Red Millet, Panicum Millet, White Millet, Black Rapeseed and Whole Linseed.

Foreign Finchseed : Our more traditional mix, which is lower in oils than Special Foreign Finchseed, so it can be fed easily in conjunction with our Cage Bird Condition Seed to give added variety and flavour.
Contains: 20% Canaryseed, 50% Australian Panicum and 30% White Millet

ABZ Mixture : Specifically formulated for Australian, Bengalese and Zebra Finches.
Contains: 40% Plain Canaryseed with White Millet, Australian Panicum, Nigerseed and Japanese Millet.

Small British Finchseed : A specific mixture for Small British Finches, & we recommend that this mixture be fed in conjunction with Versele Laga Wild Seeds which we also supply.
Contains: 40% Black Rapeseed, 47.5% Plain Canaryseed with Hempseed and Linseed.

PARROT-LIKE MIXTURES

Cockatiel Mixture : Specifically formulated for cockatiels as opposed to an alternative parakeet mixture, & containing high proportions of Plain Canaryseed for the added proteins required by this bird.
Contains: 40% Plain Canaryseed, 20% Small Dark Striped Sunflowerseed with White Millet, Naked Oats, Hempseed, Red Millet and Safflowerseed.

Parakeet Mixture : Suitable for all parrot-likes, this mixture is formulated with a higher proportion of White Millet than Canaryseed to increase carbohydrate loading.
Contains: 55% White Millet, 10% Small Dark Striped Sunflowerseed with Plain Canaryseed, Red Millet, Buckwheat, Safflowerseed and Clipped Oats.

Lovebird Mixture : A recent addition to our list, this mixture was specifically formulated due to the Managing Directors interest in breeding Fischer's Lovebirds. The mixture contains a large variety of seed and includes 7.5% Hempseed to give the energy required for outdoor birds during the colder periods. Your may like to supplement this mixture with Dehulled Sunflowerseed.
Contains: 30% Plain Canaryseed, 10% Jap Millet, 10% Australian Panicum, 12.5% White Millet together with Buckwheat, Linseed, Nigerseed, Hempseed and Wheat.

Aviary Mixture : Formulated to cover mixed aviaries, where the basic seed mix will cover most requirements.
Contains: White Millet, Plain Canaryseed, Black Rapeseed, Linseed and Hempseed.

CONDITIONING & TONIC SEEDS:

Budgie Tonic Mix Type 22 : Contains 55% Japanese Millet which is very high in fat and it also contains the essential proteins needed for growth. An extremely good mixture to feed to breeding birds who will then feed this to the chicks. The mixture is flavoured with Aniseed as an attractant, & is also an excellent choice for British and Foreign Finches.
Contains: 55% Jap Millet with Red Millet, Hempseed, Nigerseed, Panicum, Naked Oats and flavoured with Aniseed Oil.

Scottish Tonic : Specifically formulated for Budgerigars and smaller Parrot Likes, this mixture does not contain Jap Millet. There is a high proportion of Naked Oats which are extremely high in fats and proteins as an alternative source of required energy.
Contains: Naked Oats, Panicum Millet, White Millet, Plain Canaryseed, Red Milletseed, Pinhead Oatmeal, Nigerseed, Black Rapeseed, Linseed, Mawseed, Hempseed and flavoured with Aniseed Oil.

Cage Bird Condition Seed : Specifically formulated for Canaries, but we have also found this mixture to be highly compatible with Finches and British birds. Very high in oils and fats, this is an excellent conditioning mixture.
Contains: Japanese Millet, Hempseed, Mawseed, Nigerseed, Linseed, Red Rapeseed, Perilla Seed and Gold of Pleasure.

Seed For Soaking : This mixture is specificly for Canaries and Finches. The freshly germinated seeds provide required vitamins through the germinating seed & are extremely digestible. To get the seeds to germinate, soak the seeds for at least 6 to 12 hours at room temperature whilst constantly changing the water and then allow to germinate for 24 to 48 hours in germinating trays. Use of an airing cupboard for a high humidity can be utilised either that or put the seeds on top of a radiator and cover the germination tray with a wet cloth.
Contains: Canaryseed, Jap Millet, Black Rapeseed, Hempseed, Naked Oats and White Millet.