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| Woody |
Does anyone have a recipe for bird bells, etc ?
The binding agent/glue is the tricky part. The commercial ones survive
humidity and rain.
Thanks !
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| jmcquown |
Woody wrote:
> Does anyone have a recipe for bird bells, etc ?
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> The binding agent/glue is the tricky part. The commercial ones survive
> humidity and rain.
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> Thanks !
Suet works.
Jill
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| Alex Clayton |
"jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> Woody wrote:
> > Does anyone have a recipe for bird bells, etc ?
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> > The binding agent/glue is the tricky part. The commercial ones survive
> > humidity and rain.
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> > Thanks !
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> Suet works.
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> Jill
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I feed suet that I make to the outside birds here. The Lard is not something
that should be mixed with seeds though. When you do this it makes it harder
on the birds. They have to hull the seeds and the grease sticks to their
beaks making it harder for them to eat the seeds.
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"A committee is a life form with six or more legs and no brain"
[Lazarus Long]
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| Owly |
Oops...I thought the OP was asking for pet birds...ignore what I wrote then
:).
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"Alex Clayton" <alexx1400@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I feed suet that I make to the outside birds here. The Lard is not
something
> that should be mixed with seeds though. When you do this it makes it
harder
> on the birds. They have to hull the seeds and the grease sticks to their
> beaks making it harder for them to eat the seeds.
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| Vox |
On 19-Jan-2004, "jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Woody wrote:
> > Does anyone have a recipe for bird bells, etc ?
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> > The binding agent/glue is the tricky part. The commercial ones survive
> > humidity and rain.
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> > Thanks !
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> Suet works.
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> Jill
It would bind the seed but would go rancid. Also suet is a saturate animal
fat. Not good in a bird's diet. Especially if rancid. I would simply look
for
the manufacturer's name on the commercially available product, email or
phone them and ask what the binder is made of. If you say you are worried
that something in it might be harmful to your bird, I am pretty sure they
will give you the full list of ingredients.
V.
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| pianoharp |
----- Original Message -----
From: "jmcquown" <
jmcquown@bellsouth.net>
Newsgroups: rec.birds,rec.pets.birds
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 2:28 PM
Subject: Re: Bird Bells - DYI recipe ?
Woody wrote:
> Does anyone have a recipe for bird bells, etc ?
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> The binding agent/glue is the tricky part. The commercial ones survive
> humidity and rain.
>
> Thanks !
Suet works.
Jill
What about peanut butter and seed? I
know when living in the northern states we would make those for winter
songbirds in the cold. Is that one of those fatty things a domesticated
softbill can't have?
- pianoharp
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| Alex Clayton |
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> Newsgroups: rec.birds,rec.pets.birds
> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 2:28 PM
> Subject: Re: Bird Bells - DYI recipe ?
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> Woody wrote:
> > Does anyone have a recipe for bird bells, etc ?
> >
> > The binding agent/glue is the tricky part. The commercial ones survive
> > humidity and rain.
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> > Thanks !
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> Suet works.
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> Jill
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> What about peanut butter and seed? I
> know when living in the northern states we would make those for winter
> songbirds in the cold. Is that one of those fatty things a domesticated
> softbill can't have?
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> - pianoharp
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> To reply, remove the xx
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Peanut butter is good for birds outside, I use it in the suet I make, but to
add seeds to it for any bird that hulls it's food would do the same thing as
fat, make the seed hulls stick to the beak and make it hard on the bird.
I don't know what kind of birds the poster is trying to feed, looked like
outside birds since he mentioned the commercial seed bells would stand up to
rain, so he could be trying to feed softbills. The wild soft bills we have
here show little interest in seed anyway. They LOVE the suet I put out in
the winter which is just fat, peanut butter and corn meal, and they also
will eat dry cat food that the Raccoons leave behind. I believe that when
you keep softbills as pets they eat a different diet than parrots, I don't
think they recommend seed for them??
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"A committee is a life form with six or more legs and no brain"
[Lazarus Long]
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| pianoharp |
---- You wrote ---
Peanut butter is good for birds outside, I use it in the suet I make, but to
add seeds to it for any bird that hulls it's food would do the same thing as
fat, make the seed hulls stick to the beak and make it hard on the bird.
I don't know what kind of birds the poster is trying to feed, looked like
outside birds since he mentioned the commercial seed bells would stand up to
rain, so he could be trying to feed softbills. The wild soft bills we have
here show little interest in seed anyway. They LOVE the suet I put out in
the winter which is just fat, peanut butter and corn meal, and they also
will eat dry cat food that the Raccoons leave behind. I believe that when
you keep softbills as pets they eat a different diet than parrots, I don't
think they recommend seed for them??
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"A committee is a life form with six or more legs and no brain"
[Lazarus Long]
That's good to know. For pet softbills, such as canaries, you use small
seeds as a part of the diet. However, mine eats everything from green
pepper to apple to corn / peas / ... but I also provide cheerios and
crackers as well as oats. It's good to know about the peanut butter.
- pianoharp
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| butterflyady |
| http://www.cockatiels.org/ This site has some good recipes I use my self my birds love them. I use very little honey or sorgems. The seceret is bakeing them on low heat and useing beatten egg whites hand beat them for a very short tme. Have fun. I do it's like bakeing for the kids at christmas and now they are gone so bake for my birds. |
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