Crows and magpies would love the left over suet bits, great video Thank you

Love the idea of blitzed peanuts and adding the mealworms. Makes it even more special. Thank you for this video.

I was happy that you showed the little birds enjoying it. Thanks.

@gayleblackie

5 жыл бұрын

Little fluffy long tailed tits... So very cute 😊

I live in the middle of Canada roughly, when I was a butcher in the winter November to March we used to take a piece of pig fat from their backs about an inch thick with the skin still attached and nail it high up a pole and all kinds of birds would pick it clean just a thin layer of frozen skin left

You could even roll them in the dry products to stop them being sticky when rounded x

Don't throw out the cracklings (after rendering bits). The blue jays love them.

Superb thank you!

brilliant!! I'm going to try your recipe tomorrow, glad you mentioned about the peanut butter though and you're right a lot of the video's on here include that - OMG how lucky you are to have RED squirrels, nearly fell off my chair when I saw that one, I'm in the north of England and sadly not a red in sight thanks to the bossy greys!

@gayleblackie

7 жыл бұрын

Renata boyle haha bossy greys! In my area there aren't any greys, they get taken care of and I'm not entirely sure on which manner :/ you do see greys in the cities though :) England does have some reds, it's a shame they don't have more success, they're cuter than the greys. Both are cute though! As for this recipe, it works well. One thing I'll add, whichever you use; lard or suet, let it cool 2 or 3 minutes before you mix it or everything will sizzle and cook briefly haha. Good luck!

@renataboyle3489

7 жыл бұрын

going in kitchen to do mine, wish me luck, not sure about how much fat to melt, I've got Atora beef suet and a slab of it - forgot to get the meal worms but got raisins, nuts, oats and sunflower hearts. wish me luck ! can we come and see your reds?? not a single one in Yorkshire (but we DO have a badger sett that we feed every night and a family of deer so I suppose you can't have everything lol) Will let you know how mine turns out.

@gayleblackie

7 жыл бұрын

Renata boyle oh a badger sett! Fantastic. We do get badgers up here but I've never personally seen one. Good luck with the mix! Remember to let the oil cool down a little before you mix... I'd guess around 2 parts mix and 1 part oil, but I found the suet released less pip than you'd imagine. Its all trial and error but it's quite satisfying seeing wee fluffballs eating your creation :) Haha sure, come see our reds! They'll appreciate your nuts lol

That's a lot of Longtails in one place

Great job, great video. I went to our town Butcher and he didn't have beef suet. So I had to go to the grocery store and come to find out they had and I were selling it for a dollar 99 a pound. I wish I could have got mine for free too

Hi trying this tomorrow, thanks for the video

super helpful! thanks for the upload, love your accent btw!

@gayleblackie

8 жыл бұрын

Haha.. Wee bit of Scottish! Glad it was of help. They have worked well for me, no melting in the sun or anything. Hope you have success too! :)

Thanks for your lovely video! I just made a batch today. You might try chopping the suet pretty fine before rendering it.. you'll get a lot more liquid fat that way. Merry Christmas!

@gayleblackie

7 жыл бұрын

kowdah1 great tip! I shall try that next time. Good to hear you made some up and it turned out well. I should make more too! Birds seem to disappear from my garden in winter though.

thank you

Thanks. I've made some similar for our chickens!! :)

Great Video

Thank you. Would love to see your feeder set up too.

@gayleblackie

7 жыл бұрын

nicole adele haha this isn't my set up, it's a nature reserve called balgavies that I put a lot of bird food into :)

Good stuff, but check around - I've spoken on two occasions to zoologists in my area and there's simply no evidence that salt is harmful to birds whatsoever. In fact they need some salt just as we do. They pick and choose what they want of seed based on what they are hungry for and the same is true of suet - if they don't want it/don't need it they won't eat it. Perhaps during deep freezes if the birds are starving they'd eat anything, but in that case getting all those calories and surviving far outweighs a little too much extra salt for a week or a few. Just wanted to post this here - I've heard this "peanut butter is bad" myth all over and it just won't die for one reason or another. It's just a myth that keeps being repeated. Happy holidays and hope your bird neighbors are happy this winter too! Some info (hard to find much) craftsbyamanda.com/birds-peanut-butter-bird-feeders-myth-facts/

@gayleblackie

6 жыл бұрын

therealchickentender oooo.. Interesting to read. I'm part of a few birding groups in the area and many comment on how peanut butter gets all over their beak and can work against their feathers and waterproofing. There is also the sugar argument... I'm more bothered about sugar than salt really. I do agree most creatures require a little salt in their life though. I'm not sure where an inland / freshwater based bird gets it mind you. I tend to follow guides by the Rspb... It's been Rspb folk who have planted the seed about unsafe foods for me.

@saharaqueen8636

Жыл бұрын

Use the wholesome peanut butter no sugar no salt just peanuts

Beef fat (Lard) make the best chips as well. The taste is devine 😋

@crabbiecakes5663

2 жыл бұрын

Tallow, Lard is from pigs.

you can buy peanut butter for birds on amazon but its a bit pricey i just stick to seeds etc

That's what I hypothesized . And I wondered about using beef suet, because I had seen someone making it when I was a girl. I don't know about the oats. I get to thicken, but do the birds like it? They do not like the lard.

Did you have a problem with them melting when the sun came out? How long did you let them set before you put them in the holder please

If you are from Scotland me to

Chop your suet for more effective rendering.

In New Zealand, I can get salt-free peanut butter. I don't feed salt to wild birds either.

Can these be made larger for the fat ball feeder

Where abouts in Scotland do you come from

Bacon fat work?

Nice. Are you in the USA?

I forgot to ask you in my first comment what is blitzed peanuts?

@gayleblackie

5 жыл бұрын

Sorry blitzed is just blended so they're much smaller particles. Helps it blend in better.

peanut butter is fine for birds. they need that Lil bit of salt peanut butter provides!

Cut the fat into small pieces.. you get more fats after the cook.

We're do u get the meal worms?

@RJ-fs3mj

6 жыл бұрын

Petsmart

beef suet comes from where on the cow ? is there a lot that comes off the cow so the butchers give it away ?.................. i see a Red Squirrell !

@Ac-ty8wp

6 жыл бұрын

citic101 beef suet is the fat in and around the kidney of the cow. So usually I just hear it's cow kidney fat. Hope that helps

The mineral salt isn't going to hurt wild birds...they drink water from streams, oceans..ect all bodies of water contain salt....

@dayglowjoe

4 жыл бұрын

but using human processed treat foods, which is what she was referring to and is common in many other youtube videos, has way more salt and sugar than they would encounter in their natural diet.

Maybe when editing your videos don’t put your music soooo loud it’s louder than your voice do had to keep turning down the volume when music plays and turning it up when you talk watch it yourself and you will see!

Ew

annoying music