Suet provides extra energy during fall and winter when insects and berries become scarce, and is an effective way to attract Downy, Hairy, Red-bellied woodpeckers, chickadees, titmice, nuthatches and Carolina wrens.
Make suet for birds using rendered beef fat (available from bird supply stores), vegetable shortening or lard combined with oats, flour and cornmeal in order to create a sticky mixture they can hold on to easily.
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Easy to Feed
Wild bird nuggets’ suet base provides less mess than traditional seed mixes and makes them easier to use with feeders with hopper, tube or nugget/peanut style ports. Combine with various seeds in your feeder or mix in fresh fruit and chopped nuts for an all-in-one treat that attracts Bluebirds, Chickadees, Titmice, Wrens and more.
Kaytee Peanut Suet Nuggets feature patented ridges that make them easier for birds to pick up and hold onto, without struggling with flat pieces of suet. Their compact size and shape makes these an excellent way to feed alone or in combination with other food sources in a platform feeder or feeder fitted with 1/3in wire mesh meshing.
This ready to feed wild bird food has been specifically developed for suet, insect and fruit eating songbirds, featuring a high energy suet base with no waste and less mess. You can feed this product alone using the C&S Nugget Feeder or mixed into any bird seed mix using 1/3″ wire mesh platform feeders, hoppers or peanut/nut feeders. Packaged in 27oz resealable bags.
Concentrated Calories
Birds that eat suet find energy-rich sources in fat easily converted to usable fuel, providing a quick boost of energy that may come in handy during migration or breeding seasons.
Suet is composed of animal fat derived from processed beef kidney fat that has been treated to create a high melting point and resistance to spoilage, and then compressed to create pellets or nuggets suitable for feeding at feeders. Many varieties exist, including peanuts, grains, seeds, insects, peanut butter and bits of fruit to attract various wild bird species.
Wild bird suet nuggets can be fed alone or mixed with other seeds in traditional feeders for year round feeding, providing essential sustenance for chickadees, robins, woodpeckers and pine siskins among many other feeder birds. Some birds such as chickadees, robins and woodpeckers enjoy munching down on suet while pine siskins, titmice, northern flickers warblers wrens are avid suet eaters while suet can even draw bluebirds to your feeder!
Replacement Protein
Suet is an easy way to attract wild birds, while providing them with energy-rich nourishment during fall and winter when insects don’t offer enough sustenance.
These suet plugs are specifically shaped to fit log feeders and designed to attract woodpeckers, nuthatches, jays, and chickadees. They’re an easy alternative to messy suet cakes containing fruit that are difficult to keep clean when cleaning out log feeders.
This bird food is an energy-rich blend with an all-natural peanut base and rendered beef suet for increased melting points. Suitable for platform feeders or mixing in 5-10 pounds of seed into traditional feeders.
Attracts a Variety of Birds
Many bird species rely on suet for part of their fall and winter diets, and offering it is an easy way to attract chickadees, nuthatches, wrens, thrashers, jays as well as woodpeckers of various kinds including flickers.
Suet products often incorporate other ingredients that will attract specific species of birds, like nuts for woodpeckers or fruit for orioles and cardinals, while suet with mealworms can attract robins and titmice.
Many products available today come in the form of nuggets, shreds or plugs designed for tray and platform feeders; others come as larger pieces suitable for hopper or tube feeders; still others feature sticky consistency that allows it to cling securely to trees – log feeders. While capsaicin may work effectively against squirrels and may harm bees by way of irritating their eyes, other products offer mild scents more appealing to humans.
