FEEDING -
The feeding of Galahs is a simple matter. In addition to mixed grits and
cuttlefish-bone, a staple diet of canary seed with a mere sprinkling of millets,
hulled oats, and some sunflower seeds should be available at all times. One
desertspoon of sprouting seeds, which
should consist mainly of sunflower seeds, per bird should be
provided daily. Sprouting seeds should be just that; seeds which have just
sprouted when the nutritional value is optimal. Once the sprout is longer than
the seed most of the goodness is in the stalk which is discarded by the birds
when the seed
is eaten. A whole cuttlefish-bone is destroyed within minutes so this is best
fed
at a quarter shell twice per week. Other goodies eagerly accepted are the stalky
parts of fresh
vegetables. Additional foods taken varies very much from bird to bird. Some
will eat everything given, others are very finicky. Persistence with supplying
foods which are foreign to your birds usually results in them accepting some of
it, eventually. Some Galahs will even eat mealworms. 
When there are young to be fed the
parents should be provided with canary soft/egg food and the sprouting seeds
should be fed at least twice daily. Two week old youngsters will need some
additional sort of alkaline mineral to solidify their droppings and minimise
nest fouling. If part of your aviary is brick/concrete block you will notice
the parents scraping the mortar from between the bricks. If the aviary is
all-steel, get some mortar from a demolition site. You'll be surprised how much
is consumed. Some of the favourite foods my birds eagerly consume include;
thoroughly
thawed corncobs, pieces of bread pre-soaked in vitamin enriched milk,
seeding heads of grasses and weeds, and the most favoured is one of their
natural foods - seeding pods of the eucalypt tree.
I do go on a bit about eucalyptus trees, but it is one of the few trees which
will
grow easily and quickly in anyone's garden, and is natural to Galahs. If kept
trimmed to a managable height of 4 meters it will become shrublike in shape and
will provide your birds with small branches to nibble on all year through. If
the
strong growing branches are cut back annually, they can be used as perches,
leaves and all. The oil in the leaves is a natural insecticide which is very
affective in keeping any creepey crawlees at bay in the nest.