I was wondering what everyone feeds there Macaws???

Our Daily routine is as follows:

Between 6:AM-7AM the boys awake and get fed fresh seed, fresh fruits and veggies, and a breakfast item (Scrambled Eggs, Blueberry Waffle, Birdie Bread, etc..

Some where between 1PM-3PM they get a second feeding of Fresh Fruits and Veggies. And fresh seeds/nuts. (We used to feed at noon but soon realized they weren't quite ready for there afternoon snack, so the food went to wast)

Dinner time is around 7PM.
Again another serving of fruits/veggies/seed and a dinner item. Dinner around here consists of a variety of things. Although any pasta dish seems to be well enjoyed!!!

Lance thanks so much for bringing this subject up!

I have been in the middle of a complete diet change and evaluation. What should be so simple has got me pulling my hair out.

What quantities are you feeding of each?

This is the diet my two have been getting for the past month or so. They're doing pretty good with it.

AM
Ultimate Blend Mix with Harrison's Pellets (they have this all day)
1/2 portion of their daily Nuts
Fresh Vegetables, Beans, Brown Rice & Fruit

Midday
Birdie Bread

Dinner
Cookable Bird Mix (varies) Asian Medley, Volkman etc.
Seed Mix
1/2 portion of their daily Nuts

First breakfast on their perches: Nuts (shelled and unshelled), dried organic, unsulfered fruits, fresh filtered water.

Second breakfast in their cages: Nuts (shelled and unshelled), fresh or frozen organic veggies, peppers and fruit, fresh filtered water.

Lunch on perches: Carbs of some sort (bread, pasta, rice, Mexican food, etc.), a handful of shelled nuts, fresh filtered water.

Dinner in cages: Whatever we're having for dinner, provided it's bird-safe. This meal includes protein, usually from chicken, eggs, cheese or seafood. Refill nut dishes. Fresh filtered water. Occasionally 1/2 c. of juice in a bowl.

Bedtime snackie in cages, just prior to being covered for the night: 2 or 3 yogurt-covered unsulphered (dang! How DO you spell that word? LOL!) raisins and a cracker per bird.

Am before I go to work they get their bean mix/sweet potatoe along with their fruit.

when I come home they get their seeds and nuts, and then when Alan and I eat they get some table food, which they love......their fav. is chicken bones lol.

In the morning I feed some fruit, usually apple and banana, and Harrisons high potentcy pellets (pellets are always available). I am gone most of the day. When I get home they get some nuts (walnuts, pecans, almonds, pinenuts, all in the shell) and maybe some seed while I prepare something for their dinner-usually some form of grain/pasta and beans (Kashi organic pilaf is great, especially cooked with some fruit) with a mix of whatever veggies I have on hand OR homemade birdiebread loaded with grains, flax seed, veggies, greens and fruit. I bake the bread in large batches and freeze, I usually do the same with the grains and beans.

They get RPO added to their pellets once a week...

Thats hard to estimate. I usually put 1 cup of seed and toss in some extra nuts, shelled or unshelled we have a variety here so we switch it up often.

With the fruits and veggies we just fill a 20 oz feeder crock half way or so. Some times its almost empty other times they don't touch it? Just depends on there mood I guess.

Dinner portions are a real rough estimate, it really depends on what we feed them. If we don't feed them enough they let us know quickly and we add more.

I do my fresh foods in the morning, as they have to be pulled before I leave for the day. My macaws always have pellets in their bowls along with nuts. I feed absolutely no seed.

All my birds get the same fresh "food of the day" which may be Asian Medley with peas, lima beans, or some other veggie mixed in, fresh fruits which I chop into very small pieces with my Wolfgang Puck Immersion Blender (they eat all of it and there is basically no waste on the floor) or a bean, lentils & hot pepper blend called Nachos Frijoles by Higgins. After that is pulled, they are left with their pellet mix and lots of nuts -both shelled and unshelled, for the rest of the day.

Unfortunately, I am not home to serve their meals in "courses"

Morning brings a handful of pistachios and pinenuts with some hard nuts included. If we are home during the day they get a fruit snack midday. Dinner time brings a variation that could be a bean mixture, pizza, pasta, veggies, etc.
A mixture of pellets, dried fruits/veggies and safflower seed is always available.

Mmmm....PIZZA!!!!! Our guys love pizza, we make them a special birdie pizza about once a week. Thats gotta be one of there favorites!!!!!