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Suet feeders are small, box like wire cages which hold suet cakes. The wire cages are easy for clinging birds to land on and feed, but other perching birds usually can not. A must to attract woodpeckers and nuthatches!

Baffle Cage Suet Feeder Caged basket style squirrel proof suet bird feeder, keep large birds out of food. Woodpeckers	Baffle Caged Double Squirrel Proof Double suet bird feeder. Prevent starlings or squirrels from stealing food. Guard	Baffle Squirrel Proof Dartmouth Feeders squirrel proof suet bird feeder with heavy vinyl coated wire cage around
Baffle Suet Haven Duncraft Suet Haven	Baffled Copper Feeder Baffled finished in bronze copper color. Keep food safe from starlings and squirrels. Outer cage inside	Baffled Suet Feeder Squirrel Proof Baffled Suet Feeder. Large, squirrel proof protect food from weather, starlings, grackles
Bag Classic Suet Classic Suet Bag	Bag Suet Feeders Dartmouth Feeders Suet Bag classic hanging bag made of heavy duty nylon square mesh netting	Ball Feeder Protected Protected Seed Ball Feeder
Ball Plug Feeder Handy automatic Ball Feeder holds up to five suet or seed balls. As one ball is eaten, the next automatically	Ball Seed Plug Feeder Attractive copper design, birds cling over durable metal wire to feed. Attracting woodpeckers	Ball Suet Seed Feeder Clinger Suet Seed Ball Feeder
Birdola Stacker Stand Birdola Stacker Stand	Birdola Stackers Package Birdola Stackers Package	Block Seed Cake Large Dartmouth Feeders Large Seed Cake Holder. For bi seed blocks or attract wild birds with suet food
Copper Roof Deluxe Metal hanging cage resists squirrel damage. Beautiful decorative copper roof. Use seed blocks	Copper Roof Suet Feeder Copper Roof Suet Feeder	Coppertop Double Suet Coppertop Double Suet Cage Basket bird feeder. Backyard wild bird watchers favorite
Coppertop Single Cage Coppertop Single Suet Cage Basket bird feeder. Decorative and attracts woodpeckers	Decorative Leaf Basket Single Leaf Suet Feeder. Pretty, unique leaf roof, leaf vine design for attractive feeding station	Donut Round Feeder Round Suet Feeder
EZ Fill Deluxe Suet Feeder Large capacity suet or seed block basket feeder. 4 suet cakes or one over sized brick block. Protective roof	Ez Fill Deluxe Triple Green Ez Fill Deluxe Triple Suet Basket has full steel roof, bottom door and chain hanger. Attract garden	Ez Fill Snak Basket Ez Fill Snak Basket Green vinyl coated wire. Simple to use, attract a wide variety of wild birds
Ez Fill Suet Basket Green Ez Fill Suet bird feeder basket. Easy to use, easy to hang. Woodpeckers, wrens, chickadees best	Gift Set Suets Feeder Pine Tree 11 Piece Variety Pack with 10 Suets, 1 Feeder great gift giving idea for backyard wild	Peanut Butter Hanging Attract woodpeckers, wrens, nuthatches to backyard with peanut butter feeder. Wooden feeder
Plug Log Recycled Eco Log Suet Feeder	Plug Log Rustic Rustic Suet Log Bird Feeder. Use plugs or peanut butter to attract wild birds to a habitat	Plug Suet Feeder Suet Plug bird feeder. Insert plugs in feeder holes and hang! Attract a variety of species
Pole Mount Feeder Pole Mount Suet Feeder basket, mounted on any wood bird feeder, pole, post, tree or flat surface	Recycle Plastic Suet Audubon Woodlink Recycled Suet Feeder Hang or post mount. Backyard bird watchers favorite no	Recycled Double Sided Double Woodpecker Suet Feeder
Recycled Seed Block Feeder Eco Strong Seed Block Feeder	Recycled Strong Tail Prop Eco Strong Tail Prop Suet	Recycled Suet Feeder Recycled Eco-Friendly Suet Bird Feeder, dishwasher safe, made of two toned poly lumber
Recycled Suet Tail Prop Recycled plastic Tail Prop Suet bird feeder made from milk jugs. Eco friendly, green living	Recycled Suet Tail Props Recycled plastic Eco-Strong Tail Prop Suet bird feeder. Easy to clean, easy to fill. Best habitat	Recycled Suets Feeder Eco-Strong Suet Bird Feeder. Green living for a garden songbird sanctuary. Woodpeckers
Recycled Tail Double Recycled Double Tail Prop Feeder	Recycled Tail Prop Recycled Eco-Strong Tail Prop Suet Bird Feeder. Pileated Woodpeckers feed easily off long	Recycled Tail Prop Strong Eco Strong Tail Prop Suet Feeder
Recycled Tail Prop Suet Eco Friendly Tail Prop Suet Feeder	Roof Hanging Suet Basket Hanging Suet Basket bird feeder with roof. Vinyl coated wire has copper top roof to help protect	Roof Suet Cage Green Going Green Recycled Plastic Suet Bird Feeder with roof. Made from no rot material, best gift
Seed Block Feeder Easy Fill Best vinyl coated wire large basket holds big seed, suet blocks. Woodpeckers, wrens, chickadees	Suet Seeds Plastic Audubon Woodlink Recycled Triple Feeder for feeding wild birds seed and suet in one station	Tail Pileated Woodpecker Over sized tail prop, four full sized cakes. Designed larger for Pileated woodpeckers. Long wood prop
Tail Prop Feeder Birds Best Single cake tail prop feeder. Woodpeckers rest their tails against longer surface. Wood cedar, large bird	Tail Prop Suet Feeder Duncraft Tail Prop Suet Bird Feeder. Wooden white pine, green vinyl covered suet baskets	Tail Prop Wooden Tail Prop Woodpecker Feeder
Tail Prop Woodpecker Double cake tail prop feeder. Woodpeckers brace tails against long surface. Wood cedar, birds large	Tree Mount Ball Feeder Tree Mount Suet Ball Feeder	Tree Mount Suet Feeder Pine wood tree mount suet basket for quick install. Mount to tree or post, begin attracting wild birds
Underneath Suet Feeder Underneath Eco-Suet Bird Feeder Made for clinging chickadees, nuthatches and woodpeckers	Underneath Suet Feeders Underneath Suet Feeder	Up Side Down Recycled Recycled plastic Eco Upside Down Suet bird feeder. Up Side Down helps stop starling
Up Side Down Wood Wood Up Side Down Suet bird feeder helps discourage jays, starlings, crows and big birds. Feed	Upside Down Double Double Upside Down Suet Bird Feeder. Up Side Down feeding helps stop starlings. Large	Upside Down Recycle Eco Strong Upside Down Suet
Upside Down Recycled Recycled plastic wood in upside down design. Large birds like starlings have a hard time clinging	Upside Down Suet Starling resistant suet single cake feeder. Best pick for feeding backyard woodpeckers, wrens	Wire Audubon Basket Audubon Woodlink Suet Cage bird feeder. Metal cage with easy to hang metal hanger, best
Wire Double Suet Basket Back To Back Double Suet bird feeder holds two suet cakes for less filling. Woodpeckers, wrens	Wire Easy Load Single Easy Load Single Suet bird feeder has vinyl coated wire to protect birds feet. Front drop down	Wire Finch Basket Wire Finch bird feeder for holding one seed, peanut or thistle cake.. Rectangle shape best choice
Wire Suet Basket Wire Suet Basket cake bird feeder, Classic one cake design, great for attracting titmice, nuthatches	Wire Suet Cake Holder Suet Cake Holder can also hold fruit peels, favorite treats, nesting materials. Garden	Wire Suet Holder Suet Holder basket bird feeder can also hold fruit peels, nesting materials, favorite treats. Garden
Wood Woodpecker Suet Woodpecker wooden suet basket bird feeder . Wood. Great wild bird lovers gift idea, two sides	Woodpecker Suet Feeder Woodpecker Suet Feeder

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Suet Bird Feeders

Suet and seed block feeders are small, box like wire cages in which you to put a formed block seed, or suet cakes, plugs or balls. Some hopper bird feeders also havewire holders on either end of the feeder to place suet cakes, allowing you to keep your bird feeding station in one area. The wire cages are easy for clinging birds to land on and feed, but other perching birds usually can not. If you wish to attract woodpeckers and nuthatches to your garden, suet does the trick. You may also create homemade suet feeders by packing the suet mixture into the crevices of large pine cones, holes frilled in a log which you hang, or offer crumbled suet on a platform bird feeders.

Always locate your suet feeder in as much shade as possible in order to help it from spoiling as quickly.

Do not use nylon bags such as onions come in. Bird feet can tangle in these easily and cut them badly.

Suet attracts downy woodpeckers, hairy woodpeckers, red bellied woodpeckers, pileated woodpeckers, flickers, nuthatches, wrens, creepers and many other birds. Even though bluebirds prefer insects, mealworms and berries, they may be interested in a peanut butter or berry suet mixtures. Most often this is during the winter when temperatures go below <40°F or after the first freeze, when insects become inactive, or early spring. Bluebirds seem to prefer suet crumbled into small lumps.

You can purchase pre-made suet cakes, plugs, nuggets and spreads, or make your own homemade recipe. Making your own suet is always fun to try!

Suet recipes:

We make our own suet and have found that the birds love it. Peanut butter suet recipes have always been the most sucessful for us along with insect suets but we haven't been brave enough to collect a few thousand bugs to make our own, so we purchase that (we have great luck with the insect spread). We have used dried mealworms and it was a big hit. Experiment with suet types! We've found that it depends on the time of the year as to which does best. Some months it is fruits, sometimes bugs.

There is controversy as to crisco vs lard, so please do research and decide for yourself if you wish to use crisco. We live in the deep south, lard is not an option for us. It spoils within hours even in the winter. In the rare occasion we have colder temperatures we will put out lard. When we lived in the extreme north we used lard.

Also, we have seen the same suet recipe where people melt the crisco and peanut butter. We don’t do this, but just basically mix the stuff up until it’s a texture which can be easily made into patty shapes. You may or may not want to melt the mix together.

Our favorite recipe:

1 Cup Chunky Peanut Butter
2 Cups Cornmeal
2 Cups Quick Cook Oats
1 Cup Lard or Crisco
1 Cup White Flour
Mix it all up and form cakes. We make a large batch, make patties out of it, wrap the extras in cellophane and store in the freezer. You can add other ingredients for variety and test what birds like. Often we add raisins to the mix, or cranberries.

This is a list of ingredients we have heard used in suet bird food mixtures. You can try any dried fruit and mix it in.
Cat food (canned or dry)
Dog food (canned or dry)
Raisins
Chopped dried fruit
Dried coconut
Dehydrated bananas
Dehydrated insects
Dried cranberries
Dried elderberries
Wild berries
Bakery products (bread, buns, donuts, cookies, crackers)
Cornmeal
Chopped corn
Oatmeal
Oats
Millet
Various Seed Mixes
Ground bone - bone meal or cuttlebone
Chopped nuts
Sunflower seeds shelled
Other shelled seeds

Also,
Dried crushed egg shells
Sand
which provide wild birds calcium from the egg shells, while sand will provide and grit for. Both can be difficult for wild birds to find during the winter in snowy regions.