"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 2009-08-11 14:45:22 +0100, Martin said:

On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:32:38 +0100, Sacha wrote:

On 2009-08-11 14:15:52 +0100, Steve said:

I find mine seem to prefer the sunflower seed whole rather than
dehulled, they seem to enjoy removing the shell. That said it's pretty
quiet of late anyhow.

How do you find your seed mixes?

I'm also looking for decent bulk supplies say 20/25kg at a time. Any
recommendations? thnx

If you Google entering "wild bird seed bulk" you'll get a tremendous
range of choice.

and then you have to decide which type of bird you want to feed.

Feed the birds, 2p a bag"
Mary Poppins

Or there's the Bill Oddie range. ;-)) Most of the ones I glanced at had
a range that did for different birds with other 'bolt on goodies' you can
buy to add to the mix. I wouldn't bother with dried mealworms again,
though. The birds here wouldn't touch them - the live ones OTOH caused a
near-riot in the avian population!

I wouldn't knowingly buy anything advertised by the little rotund
up-his-own-backside grouch.

Mealworms.. dried or live... do NOT get between a hen and her mealworms. If
you do, you will swiftly find she reverts to her velociraptor ancestry and
she will HAVE YOU.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...05300508-1.jpg

Just be grateful she is not six-feet tall.. ;-)

In the grounds of Chez Wafflycat the robins particularly love dried
mealworms and when I chuck a few in the hen run for The Laydeez to scratch
about for (it keeps them occupied for ages) there's a robin that hops down
beside me and *demands* a share. It gets a share too