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01-09-2006, 08:00 PM
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| | | Re: Do you have a good recipe for fat balls
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Originally Posted by May I've been collecting yoghurt pots for this exact purpose.
I did read somewhere that birds can digest vegetable fat/suet far better than beef/meat suet/lard.
I also found an American site full of recipes - http://www.sialis.org/suet.htm | Thankyou for that link May, I'll take a look  |
01-09-2006, 08:33 PM
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| | | Re: Do you have a good recipe for fat balls
I can believe that Alan but I'm a sensitive vegetarian 
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06-09-2006, 10:23 AM
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I made some fat pots for the birdies. Two are in the garden and being eyes with suspicion!
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06-09-2006, 03:56 PM
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They still won't go near the bird table because of the fat cakes, hehe! 
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06-09-2006, 04:57 PM
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They're just weary of something that looks new I expect. They look tasty to me! Just have to keep perservering. |
07-09-2006, 08:09 AM
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They're such drama queens! Elbee the coal tit and the blue tits aren't phased by it, but the sparrows refused point blank to go near the table because of them!
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07-09-2006, 08:47 AM
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| | | Re: Do you have a good recipe for fat balls
Birds seem to prefer the suet to lard ,whichever you use best
to only soften it.Adding anything to liquid lard for instance
is like frying it and will taint the whole lot.Mealworms in suet
are the favourite of robins and dunnocks here.
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06-02-2009, 08:32 AM
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| | | Re: Do you have a good recipe for fat balls
So glad I found this 'old' thread!My local shop has run out of fatballs,so I thought I would make some of my own as I have suet in the cupboard!Would have jsut tried to mix it all dry,but now realise best to melt suet first!Doh!!! 
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06-02-2009, 08:49 AM
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| | | Re: Do you have a good recipe for fat balls
I have tried using a blender/chopper, adding small lumps of lard or bacon fat
along with various ingredients such as mixed fruit, chopped peanuts, sunflower hearts etc. Bird Feeding Recipes
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06-02-2009, 10:02 PM
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| | | Re: Do you have a good recipe for fat balls
Basic recipe, wild bird seed, peanuts, raisins, Grated cheese, (Robins love cheese) pie crusts, bacon rind, suet, lard, or beef dripping.
I followed this recipe, and put it in a yoghurt pot, while I was tying it to the tree, it just fell out.  I left it on the floor, and it was gone the next day.
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