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BENEFITS GALORE
Bird owners often use millet spray as a reward for good behavior
or when the bird masters a new trick. Low in fat, it supplements
the diet of birds that refuse other foods or who have reduced
food intake due to illness.
If soaked in warm water, millet spray is an excellent weaning
food for immature parrots and helps encourage young birds
to eat independently.
About one inch diameter, millet spray varies from six to 18
inches long and consists of a long, thin stalk from which small
tufts of seeds extend. Each tuft has 25-50 millet seeds.
A full millet spray, which may contain thousands of seeds, is
normally clipped to a bird's cage to eat at their own leisure.
TO MARKET, TO MARKET
Millet Supply LLC sells a whopping 1,000, 000 bags of millet
sprays every year, right out of Plainfield, WI, not direct to the
public but rather to bird feed manufacturers. Their biggest client
is Kaytee, located in Chilton, WI, followed by Hartz Mountain
and 10-12 other manufacturers.
Kaytee, manufacturer of pet and wild bird food products and
accessories describes Millet Supply LLC’s natural spray millet
as “a very popular, stimulating and entertaining food treat
for fledglings, juveniles and full grown birds alike.”
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Top: “Peanut” wagons used for millet seed harvesting. Middle: These combines are
specially modified to handle millet sprays. Bottom: Gary Woyak, a Millet Supply LLC’s
owner and WI potato farmer, points out millet sprays in a mound of unprocessed millet.
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