Scenic Hand Feeding

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Feeding Directions | Guaranteed Analysis | Ingredients
Dry Matter basis

A powder to use for raising your babies. This food is developed and manufactured to meet the stringent digestibility and sterility requirements of baby birds.

We have two formulas:

Scenic Handfeeding: (6% Fat level)

Packaging:
- 1 lb bags
- 2 lb bags
- 20 lb bulk
- 40 lb bulk

Scenic High Energy Handfeeding: (8% fat level)

Packaging:
- 2 lb bags
- 20 lb bulk


• Proprietary, state-of-the-art formulation.
• Unsurpassed nutrition.
• A highly advanced dry food that is easy to mix, easy to use, and flows smoothly through a syringe.
• The first and only baby bird food that allows the humans the privilege of teaching young birds eating skills.
• All natural ingredients that are pre-cooked and sterilized make for easy digestion and low incidence of stasis or infection.

Manufactured in a human food mill, and therefore sterile, we use only all natural ingredients suitable for human consumption. Our mill adheres to the highest inspection standards for human food consumption and practices the highest level of quality control to prevent any deviations from our published nutrient specifications. Other baby foods are made in feed mills, often by bird seed companies. Our highly specified ingredients ensure that your baby birds get the finest in avian nutrition.
Vitamins and other supplements are not necessary when feeding Scenic Handfeeding Food and should only be used under the supervision of a veterinarian.



1 part dry Scenic Hand Feeding Powder
3 parts of water
Add all ingredients together and stir well. Adjust amount of water to obtain a creamy texture. If storage is desired for later use, the fresh mixture can be poured into a sterile ice cube tray and frozen. After formula is thoroughly frozen, the cubes should be removed and placed into ZIP-Lock style bags. Observe all sanitary
precautions and do not thaw for use more than one time.
Please store in a cool dry location. Keep covered when not in use. Refrigeration is not required.

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Crude Protein
Crude Fat
Crude Fiber
Moisture
Ash

20.0 % minimum
5.0 % minimum
4.0 % maximum
10.0 % maximum
6.0 % maximum

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Yellow corn, soybean meal, corn gluten meal, corn hominy, sucrose, sugar beet pulp, dehydrated alfalfa, soybean oil (stabilized), dicalcium phosphate, apple fiber, calcium carbonate, sodium chloride, L-lysine, propionic acid, vitamin C, choline chloride, zinc oxide, ferrous sulfate, manganous oxide, nicotinic acid, d-calcium pantothenate, copper sulfate, menadione dimethylpyrimidinol bisulfite (vitamin K), riboflavin supplement, thiamin mononitrate, ethylenediamine dihydriodide, sodium selenite, biotin, folic acid, pyridoxine HCL (vitamin B-6), cyanocobalamin (vitamin B-12), stabilized retinyl palmitate (vitamin A), D-activated animal sterol (vitamin D-3), dl-alpha tocopheryl acetate (vitamin E).
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For professional caregivers, nutritionists and other scientists, we have converted our "formulation values" to a Dry Matter Basis (DMB) to assist in planning feeding protocols.


Nutrient

Protein
Lysine
Methionine
Methionine + Cystine
Threonine
Tryptophan
Crude Fiber
Crude Fat
Crude Fat
Linoleic Acid
Ash
Calcium
Calcium
Phosphorus, total
Sodium
Potassium
Magnesium
Zinc
Copper
Copper
Iron
Iron
Iodine
Iodine
Selenium
Manganese
Vitamin K
Thiamin
Riboflavin
Pantothenic Acid
Niacin
Choline
Vitamin B-6
Biotin
Folic Acid
Vitamin B-12
Vitamin C
Vitamin A
Vitamin D-3
Vitamin E

Level, DMB
24.0% min
1.20% min.
0.50% min.
0.90% min.
1.00% min.
0.20% min.
5.00% max.
5.00% min.
7.00% max.
2.00% min.
6.00% max.
1.00% min.
1.40% max.
0.70% min.
0.20% min.
0.70% min.
0.10% min.
110 ppm min.
15 ppm min.
30 ppm max.
100 ppm min.
150 ppm max.
1.0 ppm min.
5.0 ppm max.
0.3 ppm min.
60 ppm min.
4 ppm min.
5 ppm min.
6 ppm min.
20 ppm min.
50 ppm min.
1200 ppm min.
5 ppm min.
200 ppb min.
500 ppb min
20 ppb min
200 ppm min.
8000 IU/Kg min
1600 IU/Kg min.
200 IU/Kg min.

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