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Fat down the drains
All the juice from cooking joints etc gets drained off into a bowl and
left to cool then the fat is used as part of our bird food mix, Crumbed bread, crushed oats, mixed bird grain and seeds and melted fat, dripping and what ever we have. This is all mixed then packed into 2 liter pop bottles with the tops cut off, when cold the bottles are cut off and the food block is put into holders made of 1cm wire netting and hung inside 2 hanging baskets hung on end to keep the larger birds off and to give the smaller birds plenty of perching places to feed from. Any stock left from the meat if it isn't used in cooking then it has stale bread mixed into it and it is put out for the badgers and foxes. David Hill Abacus Nurseries |
Fat down the drains
On 9 Dec, 10:25, Dave Hill wrote:
All the juice from cooking joints etc gets drained off into a bowl and left to cool then the fat is used as part of our bird food mix, Crumbed bread, crushed oats, mixed bird grain and seeds and melted fat, dripping and what ever we have. This is all mixed then packed into 2 liter pop bottles with the tops cut off, when cold the bottles are cut off and the food block is put into holders made of 1cm wire netting and hung inside 2 hanging baskets hung on end to keep the larger birds off and to give the smaller birds plenty of perching places to feed from. Any stock left from the meat if it isn't used in cooking then it has stale bread mixed into it and it is put out for the badgers and foxes. I wish I was a bird in your neighbourhood ;o) Shame I can't feed the birds in my garden (too many cats). However, I leave nesting material for them. |
Fat down the drains
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, Dave Hill writes All the juice from cooking joints etc gets drained off into a bowl and left to cool then the fat is used as part of our bird food mix, Crumbed bread, crushed oats, mixed bird grain and seeds and melted fat, dripping and what ever we have. This is all mixed then packed into 2 liter pop bottles with the tops cut off, when cold the bottles are cut off and the food block is put into holders made of 1cm wire netting and hung inside 2 hanging baskets hung on end to keep the larger birds off and to give the smaller birds plenty of perching places to feed from. Any stock left from the meat if it isn't used in cooking then it has stale bread mixed into it and it is put out for the badgers and foxes. Hoe do you ensure that the stale bread etc. doesn't encourage rats David? I did used to do the same with fat and suet but then saw a rat eating the bits on the ground so stopped. I bought a hanging table, (just a wooden frame with the wire mesh trained across the top) and put stuff on there. Actually I got loads more blackbirds and thrushes than on a hanging pole type feeder. They obviously like a flat surface when feeding. -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
Fat down the drains
On 12 Dec, 10:43, Janet Tweedy wrote:
In article , Dave Hill writes All the juice from cooking joints etc gets drained off into a bowl and left to cool then the fat is used as part of our bird food mix, Crumbed bread, crushed oats, mixed bird grain and seeds and melted fat, dripping and what ever we have. This is all mixed then packed into 2 liter pop bottles with the tops cut off, when cold the bottles are cut off and the food block is put into holders made of 1cm wire netting and hung inside 2 hanging baskets hung on end to keep the larger birds off and to give the smaller birds plenty of perching places to feed from. Any stock left from the meat if it isn't used in cooking then it has stale bread mixed into it and it is put out for the badgers and foxes. Hoe do you ensure that the stale bread etc. doesn't encourage rats David? I did used to do the same with fat and suet but then saw a rat eating the bits on the ground so stopped. I bought a hanging table, (just a wooden frame with the wire mesh trained across the top) and put stuff on there. Actually I got loads more blackbirds and thrushes than on a hanging pole type feeder. They obviously like a flat surface when feeding. -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraphhttp://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk Can't be certain that no rats feed, but I put it out in the evening and our Badger tends to come along between 7 and 9pm. we also have a couple of ctas that visit looking for pickings so it has to be a case of first come first served, and I know that by 10 pm the food is always gone. Blackbirds and thrushes are ground feeding birds, and not happy on a bird table, especially if it swings. David Hill Abacus Nurseries |
Fat down the drains
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, Dave Hill writes Blackbirds and thrushes are ground feeding birds, and not happy on a bird table, especially if it swings. David Hill Abacus Nurseries Well in our garden they seem to be happy! Though the thrushes do tend to hop round the garden more. I was just wary of encouraging rats :) -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
Fat down the drains
On Dec 14 2007, 1:19�am, Janet Tweedy
wrote: In article , Dave Hill writes Blackbirds and thrushes are groundfeedingbirds, and not happy on a bird table, especially if it swings. David Hill Abacus Nurseries Well in our garden they seem to be happy! Though the thrushes do tend to hop round the garden more. I was just wary of encouraging rats :) -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraphhttp://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk Should we feed birds all year round? We always put food out no matter what the season, but are we doing more harm than good? |
Fat down the drains
On 19 Jan, 12:05, Sacha wrote:
On 19/1/08 11:24, in article , " wrote: On Dec 14 2007, 1:19?am, Janet Tweedy wrote: In article , Dave Hill writes Blackbirds and thrushes are groundfeedingbirds, and not happy on a bird table, especially if it swings. David Hill Abacus Nurseries Well in our garden they seem to be happy! Though the thrushes do tend to hop round the garden more. I was just wary of encouraging rats :) -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraphhttp://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk Should we feed birds all year round? �We always put food out no matter what the season, but are we doing more harm than good? I believe the RSPB recommend that you do. �It encourages them to return to your garden to look for food and it helps you because they also eat the pests and nasties you don't want. Apropos David's remark about blackbirds above, we have one blackbird here who seems not to have read the books. �I have a seed feeder and fat ball outside the window of my upstairs study. �There is no ledge for the birds to perch on. �At least 6 times I've had a blackbird perched very precariously on top of the domed lid of the seed feeder, pecking at the fat ball. �I don't know why he doesn't go for one of those hung in trees and bushes where he'd have a much better grip but I enjoy watching him, so I'm glad he visits. -- Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.'- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - We have a blackbird that hovers like a humming bird to peck at a fat ball. I think they just adapt over time inorder to survive. What marvellous entertaining creatures birds are, we never cease to be surprised by all their individual personalities |
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