Pomegranates?

[anengineerswife]

I don't know if I spelled it right, but I am on vacation and don't have my handy bird recipe book that I usually go by but I need to know if macaws and greys can have it. I purchased some at the store and if not we can eat it but figured I would check.

[birdlady49]

Yes they can have pomegranates. And yes you spelled it correctly!!!!! I've given it to my Greys, both as a chunk where they pull out the seeds, and just the seeds mixed in with their other soft food. It's very healthy for them too!

[big blues]

Absolutely, birds love them and they are healthy. I add the juice to my birdie bread instead of water for antioxidents.

[gbird]

Yup...what they said. One thing though.....the juice stains walls....LOL

[anengineerswife]

Thank you very much.

[PowerBBS]

I've discovered that giving it to a U2 means your beautiful all white bird may have red spots around it's neck until they shed them as it appears to stain feathers too.... :( Doesn't seem that a bath helped do much other than spread it futher down the neck feathers.

[catschair]

Yep--makes a lutino ringie or tiel look like they were doing a walk on in a slasher movie too. Fortunately, I had already panicked at someone else's red feet, so did not have a melt down when I got to that part of the flock the first time they had them!

[rockybird]

My grandma had the trees in the yard. The wild birds loved them. Made really good jelly too!

[greencinacheeks]

my GCC loves them!!!