Are the parent birds fed a varied diet, which includes fresh foods daily?
Our day starts at five o’clock here. I put on a pot of brown rice and chopped vegetables and another pot of cracked corn with maybe pumpkin or apple grated into it and a sprinkling of raisins and cinnamon to flavor it up. While that is cooking I rinse and drain the sprouts, and cut up the fruit and additional fresh vegetables on the day’s menu. I add hard-boiled egg, tofu, well-cooked bits of chicken or turkey, (all these protein foods aren’t served daily of course— usually two protein items a day) very good quality whole wheat bread, some walnuts or almonds and sprinkle powdered calcium over the top, using a bit more calcium for the breeders. I shake the bowls a little to lightly coat the food with the calcium. Who knows how much calcium they actually get that way, but they will get some. In the afternoons they are served a large hook-bill type seed mixture and millet sprays.
