Bird feeders

[dmbuild66]

Hi In an old forum there was a lot of talk about cheap wild bird seed (wheat barley etc in the mix). Is the problem that small birds don't eat it because of its size or because they do they not like it? I was thinking about buying a grinder (more for grinding up peanuts) but was wondering if grinding up the filler seeds would help, it would of course stop them germinating and maybe more birds would eat what is usually wasted! A good idea or am I living in Cuckoo land?

[nightshade]

In my experience the wheat filler seems to be a very hard variety and certainly laughed at my blade grinder. Not even the doves and Woodpigeon seem to pick it up, it just sits until I pick it up or it germinates.