Posted in General on Nov 1st, 2008 No Comments »
Bird cake, fat balls: are very good all year round but especially in winter especially.
It’s very convenient to buy fatballs but they are easy to make as well. I have one or two ways I make fatballs ( I also buy them).
ONE WAY TO MAKE A FAT BALL -
Melt some lard. Then any or all of the following:
oatmeal,
cheese,
seeds,
nuts,
dried [...]
Posted in Bird Food on Aug 30th, 2008 No Comments »
Have just been topping up the bird feedrs and also been melting some fat and coating some bird seed and scraps and moulding them into fatballs. Have put together three different fatball recipies I use. -
Recycled Scraps Fatball,
Easy Peasy Fatball,
The No-Fatball Fatball.
Interested - read more
Posted in General on Jul 8th, 2008 No Comments »
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Birds singing after feasting on a new fatball!
I had this great bird fatball recipe sent to me
The last batch I made up I used bird seed, crushed peanuts, cornflakes and a
few raisins.
To quote my wife “You’ve got a riot on the birdtable” was her comments.
Thanks for taking to trouble to share this with us. I [...]
Posted in Bird Food on Jun 7th, 2008 No Comments »
Bird seed and fat make a really good home made fatball. Birds love it. I love this recipe. It only takes a jiff to do.
Here’s the step by step recipe -
1 kilogram of mixed bird seed
500 g (1/2 lb ) lard. IT MUST BE FAT. IT CANNOT BE VEGETABLE OIL. BIRDS NEED FAT FOR ENERGY.
Small containers lined with [...]
Posted in Bird Food on May 22nd, 2008 4 Comments »
Fat balls are great food for a variety of garden birds. We used to call them fatball puddings.
We’ve had this fatball recipe written down in our family for about 20 years. I think it came from my parents. Have used it lots of times. It’s just a case of mixing ingredients with melted fat (just melt [...]
Posted in Bird Food on May 6th, 2008 No Comments »
Fat balls are an excellent food.
Always remove the bag before putting the fat ball inside the fatball feeder as the soft mesh can trap and injure birds.
