Harrison's Bird Bread Mix — Original & Omega

Bird Bread is the single most useful thing in the Harrison's range, and almost nobody buys it first. Add two eggs, a tablespoon of oil and a cup of water to the bag, bake it for half an hour, and you have a warm, soft, certified organic food that birds actually want.

What owners use it for, in roughly that order: converting a stubborn seed-eater onto pellets, weaning chicks, getting food into a bird that has stopped eating, and hiding medication without a fight.

Original or Omega?

How to bake it

1. Heat the oven to 350°F (177°C).
2. Combine the whole bag with 2 whole organic eggs (no shell — drop the yolks for a lower-fat loaf), 1 tablespoon of good organic vegetable or red palm fruit oil, and 1 cup (235 ml) of water.
3. Pour into a greased bread pan or muffin tin and bake 25–35 minutes.

Use glass or metal cookware only. Never non-stick or PTFE-coated — overheated non-stick coatings release fumes that kill birds quickly. This is not a small risk and it is not folklore.

Doughballs, for the freezer

No oven, no eggs: mix the whole bag with 1 tablespoon of melted organic red palm or coconut oil and ½ cup of drinking water, roll into ¾–1 inch balls and freeze them in the original bag. Take one out as needed.

How much to feed

Plain bird bread may be up to 30% of the daily diet. If you have baked fruit, vegetables or nuts into it, treat it as a treat and keep it to 10% of the daily food along with everything else.

Keeping it

One week refrigerated, six weeks frozen. Do not reheat it in plastic.

Questions we get asked

How does this help with converting to pellets?
Bake your bird's current seed straight into the loaf, then cut the seed down over a week or two while the Harrison's stays constant. It is the gentlest conversion method there is, and the one Harrison's recommend for small birds that cannot be pushed.

Can I use it to give medication?
Yes — it is one of the main reasons avian vets keep it on the shelf. Agree the dose and method with your vet first; some medications are destroyed by heat, so they usually go into the loaf after baking.

Will my bird eat it?
Far more often than it will eat a pellet. Warm, soft food is close to what a parent bird produces, which is why it works so well for weaning.

Can I add things to it?
Chopped vegetables, a little fruit, a few nuts — yes. Anything you add moves it from a food to a treat, so cut the portion accordingly.

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