Once they are used to eating sprouted soy beans, budgies like them as part of their seed mixture. Dry soy beans that are unsprouted are not touched by budgies, they can't eat the hard food with their small beak. If you sprout soy beans for a few days, you get tiny plants that are a delicious food for all sorts of pet birds. Tipp: Cockatiels are totally mad for sprouted soy beans, just try it, your birds will love them!

Please note: Soy beans contain so-called trypsin inhibitors. They are only desroyed by cooking. Since sprouted soy beans are not cooked, you should not serve too large amounts to your birds and not feed them on these sprouts daily. And please talk to your avian vet about soy beans in case your bird suffers from a pancreas problem.