

Reference: SARRASIN-KG
Buckwheat is a nutritious seed often included in the diet of cage and aviary birds.
- Appearance: Buckwheat is a triangular seed, light brown to greyish in colour, with a slightly rough shell.
Benefits for Birds:
- Balanced Nutrition: Buckwheat offers a combination of proteins, carbohydrates, and fibres, contributing to a balanced diet.
- Energy: The complex carbohydrates provide a sustainable source of energy for the birds' daily activities.
- Digestive System: The fibres promote good digestion and a healthy intestinal regulation.
- Proteins: The proteins in buckwheat support growth, reproduction, and the maintenance of muscle mass in birds.
Buckwheat is a nutritious seed often included in the diet of cage and aviary birds.
- Appearance: Buckwheat is a triangular seed, light brown to greyish in colour, with a slightly rough shell.
Benefits for Birds:
- Balanced Nutrition: Buckwheat offers a combination of proteins, carbohydrates, and fibres, contributing to a balanced diet.
- Energy: The complex carbohydrates provide a sustainable source of energy for the daily activities of birds.
- Digestive System: The fibres promote good digestion and healthy bowel regulation.
- Proteins: The proteins in buckwheat support growth, reproduction, and the maintenance of muscle mass in birds.
Instructions:
- Quantity: Use buckwheat as a supplement to a varied diet.
- Preparation: Buckwheat can be given as is or mixed with other seeds to provide a complete diet.
- Storage: Keep buckwheat seeds in a dry and cool place to prevent moisture and mould.
Precautions:
- Complementarity: Buckwheat should not be the sole source of food. Ensure to provide a varied diet to cover all the nutritional needs of birds.
Buckwheat is a nutritious and beneficial addition to the diet of birds, contributing to their overall well-being and balanced nutrition.
Analytical Composition:
Crude Protein: Approximately 12-14%
- Provides essential plant proteins for growth, reproduction, and maintenance of bird health.
Crude Fats: Approximately 2-4%
- Contains essential fats that provide energy and support proper cell function.
Carbohydrates: Approximately 65-70%
- Mainly in the form of starch, providing a sustainable source of energy for birds.
Crude Fibre: Approximately 6-8%
- Aids in digestion and maintaining good intestinal health.
Ash (Minerals): Approximately 1-2%
- Includes various important minerals:
- Calcium: Approximately 0.2-0.3%
- Phosphorus: Approximately 0.3-0.4%
- Magnesium: Approximately 0.2-0.3%
- Iron: Approximately 2-3 mg/100 g
Vitamins:
- Vitamin B1 (Thiamine): Approximately 0.3 mg/100 g
- Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin): Approximately 0.2 mg/100 g
- Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine): Approximately 0.3 mg/100 g
- Vitamin E: Moderate amounts
Additional Features:
- Antioxidants: Contains flavonoids such as rutin and quercetin, which may offer antioxidant benefits.
- Phytates: Presence of phytates, which can interfere with the absorption of certain minerals but also provide antioxidant properties.
Buckwheat for birds is a good source of proteins, complex carbohydrates, and fibres, contributing to a balanced diet. The levels of fats are moderate, and it contains essential minerals and vitamins for bird health. As with any food, it should be used as a supplement to a varied diet to ensure a complete nutrient intake.
Thanks to its small black or pretty electric blue seeds, the poppy is recognizable among thousands. A cousin of the poppy, the poppy is known for its content of good fats and micronutrients essential for the proper functioning of the body.
The shuttle is almost similar to rapeseed, the difference lies in the bitter flavor of the latter. The shuttle seed is rich in protein and favorable to the improvement of song, so it is interesting during the breeding season in canaries. However, as this seed is quite fatty, we advise you not to exceed 10% of your shuttle mixture for colored canaries or posture canaries. For singing canaries, the shuttle softens the song and can therefore be used at 30% of the mixture: in the latter case, we advise you to accompany your bird's diet with liver support.
High-quality seeds with high fat content
- With a high content of vitamin E, B9, B5, B6, B1, B2, B3, and vitamin K.
- It has antioxidant properties.
- Excellent energy contribution.
- Rich in calcium, potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, proteins, zinc, thiamine, pectin (cleanses the body).
Clover stimulates the immune system and slows down cellular ageing through its excellent antioxidant properties. Rich in vitamins B, C, E and provitamin A.
Dari, also known as sorghum, millet, is a variety of seeds that is attached to millet varieties. The dari has the size of the hemp seed. The seed is native to the warm regions of Australia, Asia, Africa and South America. There are three varieties: white, yellow and red-brown dari. It should be noted that light dari is given more value than red-brown dari. As far as the food value in particular is concerned, there is not the slightest difference. In addition, the red-brown dari is well appreciated by agapornis. Dari can be compared to wheat in terms of starch content. The seed has a favorable composition of amino acids. The protein present in the dari has a particularly high leucine content.
Oatmeal or peeled oats are used in the composition of the basic mixtures of canaries and hooked beaks especially during the breeding and feeding period.
Its protein level is quite low, but it is a seed rich in energy.
Crude protein: 13%
Fat: 8%
Carbohydrates: 68%
Phosphorus: 0.4%
Calcium: 0.09%
Cedar nuts contain approximately 55% of valuable unsaturated fatty acids, particularly linoleic and alpha-linolenic acid, as well as the rare pinoleic/pinolenic acid. They are rich in tocopherols (vitamin E) as antioxidants and high-quality proteins (approx. 17%). They also contain numerous minerals (including magnesium, potassium, phosphorus), trace elements (copper, manganese, zinc), vitamins (K and B), and flavonoids.
Cardi seed is rich in protein and linoleic acid, which helps lower cholesterol levels and therefore reduce heart disease. It is found in budgie and parrot mixes but also for native birds such as bullfinches.
Cardi seeds are high in fat. The amino acid proportions of the seed are very favourable, the arginine content is very high. The seed is low in lysine and methionine + cystine, while tryptophan is completely lacking.
Birds like to remove the shells from peanuts and then eat the peanuts. Peanuts are a source of energy, which is very important for the long winter months.
Unpeeled peanuts can be given to parrots as a treat.
Carrot seeds are very rich in vitamins with a high proportion of vitamin A and carotene, as well as vitamin B, calcium and valuable carbohydrates.
High-quality seeds with a high fat content.
- With a high content of vitamin E, B9, B5, B6, B1, B2, B3, and vitamin K.
- It has antioxidant properties.
- Excellent energy contribution.
- Rich in calcium, potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, proteins, zinc, thiamine, pectin (cleanses the body).
Millet is used in the diet of all birds: straight beaks and hooked beaks. In clusters, it's a delicacy they love.
Millet in clusters has a good protein and carbohydrate content and it also contains a large number of amino acids. Ideal to distract your birds and thus avoid pecking (pulling feathers).
We advised to give red millet for exotic birds. It is richer in protein than yellow millet.
Clover stimulates the immune system and slows down cellular ageing through its excellent antioxidant properties. Rich in vitamins B, C, E and provitamin A.
Buckwheat is a nutritious seed often included in the diet of cage and aviary birds.
- Appearance: Buckwheat is a triangular seed, light brown to greyish in colour, with a slightly rough shell.
Benefits for Birds:
- Balanced Nutrition: Buckwheat offers a combination of proteins, carbohydrates, and fibres, contributing to a balanced diet.
- Energy: The complex carbohydrates provide a sustainable source of energy for the birds' daily activities.
- Digestive System: The fibres promote good digestion and a healthy intestinal regulation.
- Proteins: The proteins in buckwheat support growth, reproduction, and the maintenance of muscle mass in birds.