Homemade Fat/Seed Balls for your Garden Birds

Great thanks Sue :))))))))

thank you Crissue: Cold here and you passed that snow over and after I had told you to keep it there too. What are you like. xx B

Sounds great - thanks Sue. I've been feeling sorry for the poor little things while we're tucked up in the warm, so have given them loads of sunflower seeds for now. We have 5" of snow!

Great recipe Cris. thank you, I will add some mealy worms as well, think anything goes ! and the birds wont mind.

Great idea! :) I sometimes think the birds around here are better fed than me! lolol

Thank,s Chrissue, I make something similar adapted from,G.o.Y ers previous recipe's but I don't melt my lard, and use any stale biscuit's ,cereal,cake and then I crush the peanut's and roll the fat cake's in them :-))

Thanks Sue, think our feathered friends will appreciate a bit more in the conditions we have at the mo.

I put some dry porridge oats out yesterday and no bird is touching them. Pity, as my hubby and I both bought oats and I didn't like them (actually they didn't like me!) So I have 2 large bags of oats..........thought they would be great for the birds.....wonder if foxes like porridge?

I make a similar mix to this I carefully melt the lard in the microwave , I fill odd pots plus some of those half coconut shells they love it ........

What a fantastic response everyone, my friend will be pleased that you liked his recipe..He did say that it could be adapted, and the oats won't go amiss...Oh well good to know all our little feathered friends are well catered for...

Sorry B didn't mean for anyone to get the white stuff, we had two lots, and only just beginning very slowly to melt a little...The Weather forecasters here say we have one more week of this weather, then, Rain, that'll do for me...

Keep wrapped up and warm...xx

This is very similar to my recipe, the starlings love them, it worthwhile making these as they are much better than the ones you buy, I use lard, as it is easier to work with.

bin doing my ................. since the frost too ............... use up left over ceareals ................. patatoes , socked bread and rice as well . ;0))))) they love it lol .......... just watching them now !!

Put some spices in there and a dash of brandy and you nearly have a Christmas pud ! Lol )))

omg drunken birds lol .................

:))) Driad.. We could do with the brandy lol... It looks like most people have a little recipe or three to help our little Wild ones through these cold snaps...

a blackbird was sat in the tub this morn lol , think it was trying to defrost it lol , broght it in and stuck it in microwave then put it back out , herd them all chirp < thats better> heheh

Nice one Cris....:)))

Hi, thought you may also like my recipe....

Block of lard....cost about 35p
add anything you fancy....breadcrumbs, weetabix crushed, fruit, cheese and left over scraps.

Then just use your hands to squish the lot together. I then form into 3 decent sized fat balls, pop them on a tray and into the freezer to harden up, then pop into the fat ball feeder....they`re a winner and much cheaper than shop bought fat balls!!

Hi Andrea, another 'Winner' as you so rightly said, and I'm sure they appreciate your efforts, by leaving nothing. lol

They certainly do...as I`m sure you notice, the birds much prefer these home made offerings to the bought ones....even had a woodpecker having a feed yesterday.

thats soooooooooo true ................. yes i put weetabix in mine tooo lol x

They seem to like a varied mixture....:))))

thanks for this! i'd been getting confused by all the "dos" and "don'ts" in recipes i'd found online. will make this my default!