It has cost us money to buy fatballs to get birds back into the garden. And
they love it. Nothing left within 24hrs. I can't identify the birds, but
that is not my wory.
Can we make our own fatballs? and if so how?
If we don't hang them under a "bell" the gulls have them away so they have
to be able to hang and not drop off.

Thanks
Baz

Baz wrote:
Can we make our own fatballs? and if so how?
If we don't hang them under a "bell" the gulls have them away so they have
to be able to hang and not drop off.

THe boys have made these at beavers/cubs using lard + bird seeds, which
they melt or squish into an old yoghurt/rice pot with string through the
bottom to loop and hang up. All very bluepeter.

However, the birds do /not/ appear to like them. (The milage of your
birds may vary)

wrote in
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Baz wrote:
Can we make our own fatballs? and if so how?
If we don't hang them under a "bell" the gulls have them away so they
have to be able to hang and not drop off.

THe boys have made these at beavers/cubs using lard + bird seeds,
which they melt or squish into an old yoghurt/rice pot with string
through the bottom to loop and hang up. All very bluepeter.

However, the birds do /not/ appear to like them. (The milage of your
birds may vary)


Are you on drugs?

Baz

Baz wrote:
Can we make our own fatballs? and if so how?
If we don't hang them under a "bell" the gulls have them away so they
have to be able to hang and not drop off.

THe boys have made these at beavers/cubs using lard + bird seeds,
which they melt or squish into an old yoghurt/rice pot with string
through the bottom to loop and hang up. All very bluepeter.

However, the birds do /not/ appear to like them. (The milage of your
birds may vary)

Are you on drugs?

Hmm, only the caffeine, as far as I am aware.

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Baz wrote:
Can we make our own fatballs? and if so how?
If we don't hang them under a "bell" the gulls have them away so they
have to be able to hang and not drop off.

THe boys have made these at beavers/cubs using lard + bird seeds,
which they melt or squish into an old yoghurt/rice pot with string
through the bottom to loop and hang up. All very bluepeter.

However, the birds do /not/ appear to like them. (The milage of your
birds may vary)

Are you on drugs?

Hmm, only the caffeine, as far as I am aware.

My god! Sorry. That came out wrong.
I meant to say steroids. Meaning you must be run ragged with all you have
going on.

Baz

Baz wrote:
THe boys have made these at beavers/cubs using lard + bird seeds,
which they melt or squish into an old yoghurt/rice pot with string
through the bottom to loop and hang up. All very bluepeter.

However, the birds do /not/ appear to like them. (The milage of your
birds may vary)

Are you on drugs?

Hmm, only the caffeine, as far as I am aware.

My god! Sorry. That came out wrong.

Heh. I'll forgive you, then. :-P

I meant to say steroids. Meaning you must be run ragged with all you have
going on.

Ha, you don't know the half of it. ;-)
(School fete coming up at the weekend)

On 21 Nov 2012 12:33:10 GMT, wrote:

Baz wrote:
Can we make our own fatballs? and if so how?
If we don't hang them under a "bell" the gulls have them away so they have
to be able to hang and not drop off.

THe boys have made these at beavers/cubs using lard + bird seeds, which
they melt or squish into an old yoghurt/rice pot with string through the
bottom to loop and hang up. All very bluepeter.

However, the birds do /not/ appear to like them. (The milage of your
birds may vary)

Add some peanuts, sunflower, niger and stale bread to the mix. Stand
clear!

Steve

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Stephen Wolstenholme wrote:
However, the birds do /not/ appear to like them. (The milage of your
birds may vary)

Add some peanuts, sunflower, niger and stale bread to the mix. Stand
clear!

There were definitely sunflower seeds in the bird seed mix, and I think
some peanuts. Whatever the normal bird seed with padder is.

wrote in message
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Baz wrote:
Can we make our own fatballs? and if so how?
If we don't hang them under a "bell" the gulls have them away so they
have
to be able to hang and not drop off.

THe boys have made these at beavers/cubs using lard + bird seeds, which
they melt or squish into an old yoghurt/rice pot with string through the
bottom to loop and hang up. All very bluepeter.

However, the birds do /not/ appear to like them. (The milage of your
birds may vary)

Baz, why not cut a coconut in half, use the kernel and milk for your self,
then you have two half shells to use as "bells". The above recipe is good,
any "hard" fat will do but lard or suet is fine.

Bill

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Baz wrote:
Can we make our own fatballs? and if so how?
If we don't hang them under a "bell" the gulls have them away so
they have
to be able to hang and not drop off.

THe boys have made these at beavers/cubs using lard + bird seeds,
which they melt or squish into an old yoghurt/rice pot with string
through the bottom to loop and hang up. All very bluepeter.

However, the birds do /not/ appear to like them. (The milage of your
birds may vary)

Baz, why not cut a coconut in half, use the kernel and milk for your
self, then you have two half shells to use as "bells". The above
recipe is good, any "hard" fat will do but lard or suet is fine.

Bill




Bill, good idea with the coconut. We use coconut all the time but I never
would have thought of that. And the shell is durable. The compost bin
doesn't break them up very quickly. Thanks.

Baz

Sacha wrote in
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Baz, why not cut a coconut in half, use the kernel and milk for your
self, then you have two half shells to use as "bells". The above
recipe is good, any "hard" fat will do but lard or suet is fine.

Bill




Bill, good idea with the coconut. We use coconut all the time but I
never would have thought of that. And the shell is durable. The
compost bin doesn't break them up very quickly. Thanks.

Baz

Thinking of this, I remembered my grandparents hanging out half
coconuts for birds and decided to try it here. The birds weren't even
faintly interested, so now I realise that my memory as a 4 or 5 year
old was a bit skewed. No doubt the the grandparents ate the coconut
and did just what Bill has suggested! Bit slow of me but I got there
in the end!

Happens to us all, over and over, but when the penny drops!

Baz

No, we used to hang out coconuts - the tits loved the coconut flesh. But better foods are now available - no tit would bother with coconut when more nutritious fat balls are around.

And there may be a learning element - remember when tits learned to peck the tops of milk bottles, and the knowledge spread very quickly through the entire tit population? Then full fat milk was replaced by half fat, and the number of people having doorstep deliveries declined, and I understand that tits no longer go for milk bottles even if there is full fat milk lurking under the top. Maybe they no longer bother with any coconut that hasn't been re-stuffed with beef suet?

Sacha wrote:
However, the birds do /not/ appear to like them. (The milage of your
birds may vary)

See my post to Baz. They don't like lard. We tried that a couple of years ago!

Ah, that could be the problem. Sorry, haven't seen your reply to Baz yet.
I could be wrong about it being lard that they used to beavers/cubs, but
that is how I've always seen it in 'recipes' so I may be assuming.

Sacha wrote in
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On 2012-11-21 12:33:10 +0000, said:

Baz wrote:
Can we make our own fatballs? and if so how?
If we don't hang them under a "bell" the gulls have them away so
they have to be able to hang and not drop off.

THe boys have made these at beavers/cubs using lard + bird seeds,
which they melt or squish into an old yoghurt/rice pot with string
through the bottom to loop and hang up. All very bluepeter.

However, the birds do /not/ appear to like them. (The milage of your
birds may vary)

See my post to Baz. They don't like lard. We tried that a couple of
years ago!

Sacha, I don't see that post.
Baz

Sacha wrote in :

On 2012-11-21 15:49:12 +0000, Baz said:

Sacha wrote in
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On 2012-11-21 12:33:10 +0000, said:

Baz wrote:
Can we make our own fatballs? and if so how?
If we don't hang them under a "bell" the gulls have them away so
they have to be able to hang and not drop off.

THe boys have made these at beavers/cubs using lard + bird seeds,
which they melt or squish into an old yoghurt/rice pot with string
through the bottom to loop and hang up. All very bluepeter.

However, the birds do /not/ appear to like them. (The milage of your
birds may vary)

See my post to Baz. They don't like lard. We tried that a couple of
years ago!

Sacha, I don't see that post.
Baz

It's in the thread but basically, it's a suggestion that you use beef
suet or rendered fat. We've tried lard and they just didn't take it.

I see. Thanks. There goes our steak and kidney pud. The arteries will thank
you as well :-} (that's my double chin)

Baz