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Paddy Rice
Paddy rice is a kind of rice which gets its name from the paddy bird (Java sparrow) allot of imported birds are feed on this until they are weaned on to canary seed. My Java's love this seed.

Hemp Seed
Hemp seed most seed eating birds love it but it should be fed sparingly, because it is very fatting, also its a heat food for the winter months.

Groats
Groats are only de-husked oats. Once again oats are a good winter food. Soaked Groats are very good when Java's are feeding their young

Canary Seed
Canary seed forms the basic diet for most seed eating birds. I use allot of this in my seed mix, there are about four types of canary seed I know of.

Mazagan Canary
Moroccan Canary
Australian Canary
Canadian Canary

White Millet Seed
White millet is a another recommended size for your Java finch. There are many different sizes and colours of millet seeds on the market, because we are talking about Java's here we need the large millets. Panicum millet is very small ideal for the smaller finches.

Red Millet Seed
Red millet is a good size for Java's. With the seed being dark reddish brown in colour its appearance is exceptionally shiny

The seed mix I use for Java's

The Basic Diet To Help Keep Your Java Sparrows In Good Health.............

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Java Sparrows are quite easy to keep and feed; the requirements for a basic diet is a good quality budgies food mixture, consisting of large white millets (proso millet) and plain canary seed. But I like to make a mixture of my own. The bulk of this mix is the highest grade of budgie mix you can get from the pet shop or seed merchants. Now I add the following to 25kg of the budgie mix. Churn all the seed-up and keep in containers with tight fitting lids when finished mixing.

1. Groats 0.570Kg
2. Yellow Millet 1.620Kg
3. Plain Canary 1.775Kg
4. Paddy Rice 1.130Kg
5. Red Millet 1.930Kg
6. White Millet 3.460Kg
7. Hemp Seed 0.398Kg

The reason I add more seed to the budgie mix is to improve the number of millets and canary seeds also Java's do like bigger seeds which you don't get in the budgie mix e.g. Groats, paddy rice, hemp. In the past I have tried different types of larger seed just to experiment and see what Java's would take, safflower seeds and small sunflower seeds the Java's did not touch at all
There are many different types of seed on the market from all over the world you could try. My seed mix is what I stay with and use all the time now. Swapping and changing their seeds can upset the Java's especially when feeding young. I say when you have found a good mix stay with it.

Treats for your Java's:

How to go about making my seed mix

My tips for saving seed (don't put any out! Joke!) Blow the empty husks off daily so the Java's are not digging and scattering good seed all over the place.

Millet sprays always go down well with my Java's it makes a brake from their boring old seed mix, I hang four or five sprays up twice a week. You can use them dry or soaked, whatever way they soon go.