Online Fat balls

Cowgirl · #1 (**permalink**) 26-01-2010, 06:52 PM

My birds don't seem to like the fat balls that our local suppliers stock. I can only seem to get Gardmans or Cheeky boy. To me they seem v dry & full of cheap filler. Can anyone recommend a good online (decent prices as well!) supplier that have nice ones?

And yes, I am that woman who has gone into a shop & asked, without thinking, a young male assistant "Do you have fat balls?". I haven't been back since

davecatt · #2 (**permalink**) 26-01-2010, 07:42 PM

I've heard some very good reports about Garden Bird Supplies.

Treat Balls Suet Bird Food

Dave

Cowgirl · #3 (**permalink**) 27-01-2010, 12:12 PM

Thanks Dave,

Have had a look & they look good to me, right price too

!!

Cheers
Janette

poochiyama · #4 (**permalink**) 29-01-2010, 08:54 AM

It was great to find this thread.....I've been really fed up with the amount of waste I get from my bird feeders - they only seem to eat the sunflower seeds and maize, the rest gets wasted so the website you recommended has proved to be brilliant. I have been able to buy individual components so that I can make up my own mix of the stuff I know they will eat. F-A-B !

P.S. Love the "Do you have fat balls?" question....must try that at on my local feed merchant.

Tringa · #5 (**permalink**) 29-01-2010, 10:42 AM

I bought a pack of fifty fat balls from the shop at Rainham Marshes, but the RSPB also sell them online -

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All the birds, but especially the starlings, seem to like them, as do the squirrels.

Dave

Sprout · #6 (**permalink**) 29-01-2010, 12:13 PM

whichever fat balls i buy always get left till last by the birds, they don't seem hugely keen on them, even my own home-made delicious ones - well, i didn't actually taste them but they look a lot nicer than the bought ones

i too smiled at the 'fat balls' comment. i asked our butcher if i could have a goose for christmas, couldn't think of any other way to phrase it

artdemole · #7 (**permalink**) 29-01-2010, 12:46 PM

I buy a six pack from Lidl.the starlings like them most.Blue tit has a peck.Last time i ordered fat balls on line,my computor crashed!

acherontia · #8 (**permalink**) 29-01-2010, 01:23 PM

I make my own - fat squares! Put the mixed seed in a big baking tray and pour over melted lard. It's a lot cheaper and you can even put in apples, dried fruit etc. if you want to.

Acher