Boiled baits based upon bird foods are usually almost instantly successful with no need for extensive pre-baiting campaigns. Most of the bird foods feeds used in modern carp baits are in fact blends of various crushed or ground seeds such as High Protein Crumbs together with ground cereals, pulses, biscuit meal, bran and other goodies. As their name implies, bird foods were never intended to be used as fish feeds but were originally formulated as feeds that would maintain the condition of show birds such as parakeets, canaries and budgies. However, as luck would have it carp too find them highly palatable.