What are the best formulas for Chinese hwamei (Hwamei) bird feed?

The Chinese hwamei is a bird mainly distributed in Laos and northern Vietnam and surrounding areas. It has been named the city bird of Guangzhou. Because it has a white stripe extending backward from the eye area, and all other parts are brownish, it was named the hwamei (painted eyebrow) bird. Nowadays, keeping hwamei birds has gradually become popular and has slowly developed into a pet. So how should feed be prepared for keeping hwamei birds? Below, Shuai Shuai will explain it to everyone!

I. What do hwamei birds eat?

The hwamei bird has a relatively varied diet. It eats almost any insect, with insects as its main food. Especially during the breeding season, its nutritional needs are very high. Its food targets are mainly agricultural and forestry pests, including some locusts, pine caterpillars and other insects. In addition to insects, when insects are sometimes unavailable, it also eats plant-based food. Plant-based food mainly consists of plant seeds, fruits, grass seeds and some wild fruits and seeds of wild plants. During the breeding season, in order to feed the young birds, hwamei birds catch large numbers of insects for the young to eat, while at other times there are relatively fewer insects, and they mainly feed on some forest plant fruits and weed seeds.

II. The best formulas for hwamei birds

1. Spring formula

For spring keeping, cooked corn flour, soybean flour, mung bean flour and pea flour can be used. Spring is a season for improving the bird's spirit, but when feeding it, you must not give it foods that easily cause internal heat, so foods like mung beans that clear heat and relieve summer heat are relatively good. Just grind them into powder form and feed.

2. Summer formula

In summer, cooked corn flour, soybean flour, broad bean flour, mung bean flour and pea flour can be mixed together to make it. In summer, chicken can be added for feeding to ensure the hwamei bird's normal protein supply. Slowly, in the hot summer weather, internal heat will also be reduced, which is also very helpful for the molting in the coming autumn. However, while reducing internal heat, we must ensure the hwamei bird's bird nature.

3. Autumn formula

It is still cooked corn flour, soybean flour, broad bean flour and mung bean flour, almost the same as in summer, but we can add some black sesame and free-range eggs to increase the protein and energy content, making it more energetic and making its body grow stronger.

4. Winter formula

In winter, soybean flour is mainly used, followed by broad bean flour, mung bean flour and pea flour, etc.

III. Feeding methods for hwamei birds

Because the hwamei bird is not very close to people and may be afraid of people, it is not very easy to feed. For hwamei birds, we can crush the feed and stimulate its beak to make it open its mouth before feeding. After a long time, it will form habitual memory and eat by itself, until it can eat on its own.

The above is an introduction to the best formulas for hwamei bird feed. Here, the editor has collected feeding methods for hwamei birds throughout the four seasons. Everyone can see which one is more suitable and use that one. To learn more related information, please continue to follow Qinnong Network!