@Puffbrella the following is the technique I use to create sprouts, this is not mine but a copy and pasted transcript of the video that I sent before, his is from the link I sent you from Flock Talk on YouTube
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Hello, everybody, and welcome to Flock Talk.
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Today we're gonna go over how to make
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a very healthy sprout mix for your bird.
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So, in order to start sprouting our seeds,
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The first thing we're gonna need is some sort of jar.
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It doesn't really matter what it's made out of.
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I happen to be using a mason jar,
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but you can use whatever you have on hand.
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All this is gonna be used for is soaking the seeds
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and to catch any water that drips when we're draining.
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Next, what you're gonna need is some sort of strainer
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or sifter -- something that has small enough gaps
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that seeds aren't gonna fall right through.
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And this is just gonna be used for rinsing the seeds
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and for draining.
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So, the actual seeds i'm using
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are around two teaspoons of red millet,
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white millet, and canola seeds,
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which are standard seeds that you'll find
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in a finch mix that you can get at any common pet store.
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Next, what i'm using is around two teaspoons
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of pea seeds,
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which, again, you can find in bulk at your grocery store,
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or you can buy specific sprouting seeds.
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And then there's around two teaspoons of sesame
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and two teaspoons of quinoa.
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The next seed that's going in
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is going to be some lentils,
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and there's two teaspoons of that.
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And then there's one teaspoon of wheat berries.
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So, to start of this process,
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what we're gonna do is take our sifter
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and all of the seeds,
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and we're just gonna dump them in there.
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It doesn't matter what order.
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It doesn't really matter how many of which is in there.
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And you're just gonna dump all the seeds in the sifter,
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and you're going to turn on cold water -- not hot water.
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Cold water. and you're gonna thoroughly rinse them off.
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And what this is gonna do
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is gonna start the germination process,
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but it's also gonna rinse off any muck
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that might be on the seeds,
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either from storage
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or from when they were being picked up
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at, you know, the farm or whatever.
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So, just making sure they're super clean,
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and we're gonna drain them
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and transfer them into the jar
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that we mentioned previously.
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And there is no easy way to do this.
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You just kinda gotta scoop them in there
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and dump them in.
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Use your hand to scrape off any seeds.
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There is no easy way to get them off of the sifter.
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But this is the only time we're gonna have to do it.
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And you're gonna then fill that jar with the seeds
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with some cold water again,
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and you're gonna leave it overnight
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or during the day for around 8 -12 hours
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with a damp tea towel over top.
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So, here we are in the evening.
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We're gonna take the tea towel off,
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and we're just gonna drain the seeds of any water,
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and we're gonna give them another good rinse.
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And this part is actually basically the entire process
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for the next couple days.
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So, day one here. This is the evening.
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We're dumping out all our seeds into the sifter.
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We're gonna rinse out our jar
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to get any of the seeds off there.
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We're gonna dump them into the sifter
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and give everything a super thorough rinse.
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The most important thing we're gonna do is drain.
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And draining is making sure that
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we're not leaving any sort of mildew
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and there's not gonna be any mould developing,
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'cause we don't want these seeds to be sitting there
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soaking up and developing mould and going rotten.
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So, once your seeds are super thoroughly drained,
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what you're gonna do is just leave them inside the sifter
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on top of your jar,
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and this is just to catch any dripping water.
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And we're gonna take a tea towel,
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get it nice and damp, and put it over top.
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And that's just gonna trap moisture,
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but we're not keeping the seeds super duper coated
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in water, which would then start developing mould.
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So, this just helps prevent the seeds from drying out,
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which would then kill them,
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and they wouldn't be able to sprout.
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And basically, we're just gonna do this process
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every morning when we wake up
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and every evening right before we go to bed
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until we're getting the sprouts to be the right size.
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There's really no magic rule to this.
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There's nothing super, super difficult about it.
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It's just a matter of kind of finding
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the schedule that works best for you
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and that seems to be yielding the best results.
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Everyone is gonna have
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a little bit of a different time period between rinsing,
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and that just depends on your climate,
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the sort of humidity in your house,
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and how frequently your seeds are drying out.
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In my case, it's pretty cool around here;
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the seeds aren't drying out.
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So I only need to rinse them once in the morning
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and once in the evening.
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If you do find that your seeds are drying out,
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you may wanna keep them in the jar
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rather than in the sifter
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or you may need to rinse them three times a day
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instead of two.
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So basically, you're just gonna do this every single day,
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once in the morning and once in the evening.
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So, you're gonna wake up,
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you're gonna rinse out your seeds super thoroughly,
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you're gonna drain them, set them on top of your jar,
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put a damp towel over them,
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leave them till the evening,
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rinse them out in the evening,
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leave them to drain, put another towel on top of them,
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and you're just gonna leave them like that
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until you're starting to see something that looks
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a little bit like this, where you're starting to see
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some of those little tails popping out.
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And at that point, when you're seeing those tails,
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then they're a sprout.
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Then they're good for your bird to be eating.
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They're healthy. They've got a lot of nutrients.
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And you can start feeding them to your bird at any point
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as soon as you start to see those little tails
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starting to form.
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So, now that these seeds are all sprouted
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to a length that I would like for my birds,
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I'm just going to dump them all into that jar,
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and we're gonna take a piece of paper towel
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and use the lid of the mason jar to secure it on.
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And what this is gonna do is it's gonna help
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keep everything contained while still allowing air flow.
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If you don't allow air flow,
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then the seeds can start to get kinda mushy and gross,
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and they can start to go bad.
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And by putting it in the fridge,
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what you're gonna do is decrease the rate of growth
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so the seeds won't grow super, super quickly
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into an undesirable length.
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And in order to serve, really quick and easy,
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just pull some out of the jar, pop them on a paper towel,
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and your birds will go nuts for 'em.
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And there you have it -- a pretty easy way to grow
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some really delicious vegetables for your bird
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that's really concentrated in a lot of nutrients.
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And it's a really great way
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to get birds who aren't liking vegetables right now
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or have never been introduced to them
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to really get a lot of those really good nutrients,
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'cause a lot of birds really, really love sprouts.
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And healthy sprouts should make up around 20%
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of the average parrot's diet.
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So it's a really great way to grow some yourself
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to save some money and be able to give them
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the best nutrition you possibly can.
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And as you can see here,
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my guys absolutely love sprouts.
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And they love them way more
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than any of the store-bought containers
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you can actually buy for them.
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And it's pretty easy to do.
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It's just a matter of keeping on top
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of sprouting new stuff when you're starting to run low.
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So, I hope you enjoyed this video.
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And I will see you all next time.