Purple coneflower for birds: parrots, budgies, cockatiels, and finches
Purple coneflower for birds: Yes, birds can eat Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea), including parrots, budgies, cockatiels, and finches. The leaves, seeds, and flowers of the plant are safe for most birds. Purple Coneflower is known for its immune-boosting properties, which can benefit birds as well.
This is a popular and powerful immune tonic. It should not be used on a daily basis unless there is a stubborn infection that needs to be cleared.
Purple coneflower for birds benefits:
- Immune Support: Echinacea is known for its immune-boosting properties and may help support your bird’s health.
- It improves the ability of the lymph system to remove toxins from the body.
- It is an antibiotic and can used to heal diseases.
- It is an ant-viral reducing viral infections and fevers.
- It is an anti-inflammatory.
- It provides good support for maintaining and healing connective tissue.
- Seeds: Birds like finches are particularly fond of the seeds from Purple Coneflower, and parrots may enjoy them as well.
- Edible Flowers: Parrots and other birds enjoy nibbling on the flowers, which provide natural enrichment.
Serving Tips:
- Offer small amounts of the flower petals, leaves, or seeds.
- Make sure the plant is free of pesticides and chemicals before offering it to your birds.
- Offer as part of a varied diet rather than a staple food.
In moderation, Purple Coneflower can be a healthy, natural addition to your bird’s diet!
Super 18 Herbs:
This unique herbal formula contains the following 18 medicinal herbs:
Alfalfa; Burdock root; Calendula petals; Comfrey leaf; Echinacea; Elder leaf; Lavender leaf; Oreganum; Rosemary; Thyme; Wormwood; African wormwood; Wild dagga; Yarrow; Garlic nibs; Kelp powder; Milk thistle seed; Siberian ginseng.
Available on Boegie Store in South Africa.
Purple coneflower for birds: Further research:
Birds, particularly finches, eat the seeds and disperse them through their droppings. The fruit is an achene, sought after by birds.
An herbal mixture (Echinacea purpurea, Glycyrrhiza glabra) has promising effects for controlling of coccidiosis in broiler chickens.
I would love to know what your experience is with Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea). Please be so kind to comment below.
Birds also enjoy coneflowers in the garden. Blue jays, cardinals and goldfinches enjoy eating the seeds from spent flowers.
Echinacea for chickens: the proven benefits. Echinacea root extract was found to “significantly decreased lesions in the intestines of poultry contaminated with the protozoan parasite coccidiosis. (Allen, P.C.: Dietary supplementation with Echinacea and development of immunity to challenge infection with coccidia. Pub. Journal of Poultry Science, 2003.)
Purple coneflower info-table:
| Name: |
| Purple coneflower |
| Scientific name: |
| Echinacea purpurea |
| Also known as: |
| Blacksamson echinacea |
| Indigenous Countries: |
| Widespread across much of the Great Plains of central Canada and the central USA. |
| Description: |
| A perennial herb up to 40 to 70 centimetres tall with spindle-shaped taproots. The stems and leaves are moderately to densely hairy. |
| Nutritional Value: |
| Used for healing. |
| Feeding: |
| Do not feed regularly unless you want to clear a stubborn infection. |
| Discussion: |
| Stimulate immune system to withstand infections and diseases. Reduces viral infections and fevers. Anti-inflammatory. Give support for maintaining and healing connective tissue. |
