Comments on: Make Your Own Wild Bird Suet http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/make-your-own-wild-bird-suet/ Life in Ordinary Splendor Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:10:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ellen in DE http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/make-your-own-wild-bird-suet/#comment-111952 Ellen in DE Sun, 09 Jan 2011 01:24:05 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/blog/2008/02/17/make-your-own-wild-bird-suet/#comment-111952 Suzanne, I've heard it's better to use Crisco (vegetable shortening) than it is to use lard, which is unnatural in birds' diets. I save old bread, whatever, cereal, etc, etc, and throw it in with Crisco and peanut butter and whatever else I have on hand. I saved a plastic form that I got with purchased suet and use that to form my cakes, then roll them in birdseed....Yummy...If you add some hot sauce (ideally, dried hot peppers but I never remember to buy them) squirrels will stay away from it. Birds can't taste the hot spices! :sheepjump: :duck: Suzanne, I’ve heard it’s better to use Crisco (vegetable shortening) than it is to use lard, which is unnatural in birds’ diets. I save old bread, whatever, cereal, etc, etc, and throw it in with Crisco and peanut butter and whatever else I have on hand. I saved a plastic form that I got with purchased suet and use that to form my cakes, then roll them in birdseed….Yummy…If you add some hot sauce (ideally, dried hot peppers but I never remember to buy them) squirrels will stay away from it. Birds can’t taste the hot spices! :sheepjump: :duck:

]]> By: Suzanne McMinn http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/make-your-own-wild-bird-suet/#comment-110564 Suzanne McMinn Thu, 30 Dec 2010 17:49:21 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/blog/2008/02/17/make-your-own-wild-bird-suet/#comment-110564 Connie, yes, I have used Crisco for suet. Connie, yes, I have used Crisco for suet.

]]> By: Connie Large http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/make-your-own-wild-bird-suet/#comment-110559 Connie Large Thu, 30 Dec 2010 17:33:21 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/blog/2008/02/17/make-your-own-wild-bird-suet/#comment-110559 I enjoyed looking at your website and would like to try this recipe. Can Crisco be substitued for the suet? Thanks, Connie I enjoyed looking at your website and would like to try this recipe. Can Crisco be substitued for the suet?

Thanks,
Connie

]]> By: Susan http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/make-your-own-wild-bird-suet/#comment-109361 Susan Thu, 23 Dec 2010 00:45:27 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/blog/2008/02/17/make-your-own-wild-bird-suet/#comment-109361 I was searching the internet for an old fashioned recipe for Sand Tart Cookies....and somehow ended up on your page...I have been so mesmerized and enchanted for the last 2 hours, that I forgot about making the cookies!! Thank you for such wonderful stories!! I was searching the internet for an old fashioned recipe for Sand Tart Cookies….and somehow ended up on your page…I have been so mesmerized and enchanted for the last 2 hours, that I forgot about making the cookies!! Thank you for such wonderful stories!!

]]> By: JOJO http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/make-your-own-wild-bird-suet/#comment-98554 JOJO Wed, 10 Nov 2010 11:52:53 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/blog/2008/02/17/make-your-own-wild-bird-suet/#comment-98554 :woof: Hi Susanne, we feed the birds all year roun,my Hubby goes through nearly 100 pounds of seed a month, and a bit more in the winter, I also feed the deer, I know the pros and cons of that but I do it any way. Last year one evening we had 16 deer at one time come from the woods to eat it is the most beautiful thing, I want to run and hug them all. Back to what I want to ask, can I add some of the bird seed mix to this mixture? Thank you JOJO :woof:
Hi Susanne, we feed the birds all year roun,my Hubby goes through nearly 100 pounds of seed a month, and a bit more in the winter, I also feed the deer, I know the pros and cons of that but I do it any way. Last year one evening we had 16 deer at one time come from the woods to eat it is the most beautiful thing, I want to run and hug them all.
Back to what I want to ask, can I add some of the bird seed mix to this mixture?
Thank you
JOJO

]]> By: Suzanne McMinn http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/make-your-own-wild-bird-suet/#comment-87821 Suzanne McMinn Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:42:54 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/blog/2008/02/17/make-your-own-wild-bird-suet/#comment-87821 Chris, you can make the suet up in advance now and freeze it! I do that all the time. Chris, you can make the suet up in advance now and freeze it! I do that all the time.

]]> By: Chris http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/make-your-own-wild-bird-suet/#comment-87818 Chris Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:34:40 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/blog/2008/02/17/make-your-own-wild-bird-suet/#comment-87818 Just a question on the suet - how long can the suet last? I want to make them for Christmas gifts and want to know how far in advance I can make them? Love the recipe ideas for animals!! Just a question on the suet – how long can the suet last? I want to make them for Christmas gifts and want to know how far in advance I can make them? Love the recipe ideas for animals!!

]]> By: Suzanne McMinn http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/make-your-own-wild-bird-suet/#comment-59119 Suzanne McMinn Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:19:12 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/blog/2008/02/17/make-your-own-wild-bird-suet/#comment-59119 No, lard is animal fat whereas shortening is vegetable fat. They are interchangeable in most recipes. Lard is sold in the same section of the store where Crisco is sold. No, lard is animal fat whereas shortening is vegetable fat. They are interchangeable in most recipes. Lard is sold in the same section of the store where Crisco is sold.

]]> By: Tina http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/make-your-own-wild-bird-suet/#comment-59093 Tina Sat, 09 Jan 2010 04:22:29 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/blog/2008/02/17/make-your-own-wild-bird-suet/#comment-59093 Would lard be the same thing as Crisco, or is it something else? I've never used lard. Not sure where to buy it. Would lard be the same thing as Crisco, or is it something else? I’ve never used lard. Not sure where to buy it.

]]> By: Momof 7girls http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/make-your-own-wild-bird-suet/#comment-57507 Momof 7girls Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:33:17 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/blog/2008/02/17/make-your-own-wild-bird-suet/#comment-57507 to stop the squirrels from robbing the feeders we put the dog run line up between trees and hung the feeders from them; the birds love it and the squirrels have moved on to the neighbors! to stop the squirrels from robbing the feeders we put the dog run line up between trees and hung the feeders from them; the birds love it and the squirrels have moved on to the neighbors!

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