Pine Cone Bird Feeder
- Pine cone
- Peanut Butter
- Birdseed
- Ribbon, twine, or sting
- Spoon or plastic knife
- Pie plate or large plate
- Attach a strand of twine or string to the pine cone’s top.
- Put peanut butter inside each and every hole in the pine cone using a spoon or plastic knife.
- Pour the birdseed into a plate or pie plate.
- Roll the pine cone coated in peanut butter in the birdseed (if necessary, lightly press the seed to aid in adhesion).
- Hang the feeder from a tree branch outside.
Note: The pine cone can also be filled using the previously mentioned Bird Suet recipe. Roll the coated pine cone in more birdseed, if desired.
It is best to feed them according to their regular schedule if you are giving them commercial grains or MASH. This way, you can be sure they have had a balanced diet and have met their daily nutritional needs. Later in the day, you can give them treats. Treats given too early will cause them to consume what is fresh and become overfed.
No. It gums up their crop. The crop, also referred to as the gizzard, is where chickens chew their food in their necks. The food is ground up for digestion by the tiny stones they eat, which are located in this space between the muscles. Bread gums up their crop and makes digestion more difficult.
Yes, Littleuni, they also like cake and mashed vegetables and fruits. If they are egg chickens, dont feed them meat. It will not make the eggs taste good. My chickens enjoy vanilla cake with buttercream frosting :-3) Additionally, don’t discard any stale popcorn. Toss it to the hens, and they will devour it. Basicly anything you have leftover they can eat.
or Treats for the Tweets
Make the bird treats from Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf to welcome some new feathered guests into your home. They only need a few basic ingredients, and they’re just messy enough to guarantee a lot of fun. Remember to exercise patience once the treats are gone and you’re hanging outside. It may take some time for the birds to get used to something new, but once they do, they might start pounding on your door to beg for more!
All of the following activities were adapted from the following website: A Home for Wild Birds
- 1/2 cup lard or Crisco
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 1/2 cup cornmeal
- 1/2 cup rolled oats
- Half a cup wild bird seed (bought or prepared using the recipes listed at the bottom of this page)
- Stir the lard or shortening and peanut butter together.
- Add the other ingredients and mix well.
- Spread on a wooden platform bird feeder, use to make a Hanging Bird Treat (see below), or fill muffin tins 1/4 full, freeze, and use in a suet feeder (the last option works best in cold weather, as the peanut butter and lard will melt!).
- Bread slices
- Cookie sheet
- Cookie cutter
- Bird Suet (see above)
- Drinking straw
- Ribbon, sting, or twine
FAQ
Can wild birds eat graham cracker crumbs?
What can you feed birds instead of bread?
Is it okay to feed birds crackers?
Can birds eat Rice Krispies?