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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!

Baffled Copper Feeder Baffled finished in bronze copper color. Keep food safe from starlings and squirrels. Outer cage inside	Big Basket Feeder Special Over sized, large hanging basket bird feeder for seed blocks, suet, food scraps or treats. Supply	Cage Squirrel Resistant Built in chew proof cage protects food from squirrels. Wild bird feeding made easy, backyard
Caged Baffle Suet Feeder Caged basket style feeder for keeping squirrels, large birds out. Holds 2 cakes. Woodpeckers, titmice	Cedar Wood Plug Feeder Great for plugs, spread or peanut butter. log opening has perching grooves, plenty of tail prop room	Deluxe Suet Buffet Four cake feeder basket. Use seed blocks or suet, attract woodpeckers, nuthatches
EZ Fill Deluxe Feeder Extra large block size, roof helps protect from weather. Small tray for perching birds who eat from seed	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 Feeding Basket Large basket feeder great for feeding treats to wild birds in a backyard habitat. Bird watchers love
Instant Basket Set Suet to Go Basket Gift Set of 3. Starter kit or backyard bird watching gift. Refill with seed	Log Rustic Feeder Rustic Suet Log Bird Feeder. Use plugs or peanut butter to attract wild birds to a habitat	Log Spread Feeder No starlings, no grackles! Pull apart outer bark sides, fill sandwich meat spread, peanut butter
Nido Curved Bird Feeder Unique modern design from Germany. Attractive, invite songbirds to backyard habitat, contemporary	Peanut Butter Feeder Attract woodpeckers, wrens, nuthatches to backyard with peanut butter feeder. Wooden feeder	Plug Ball Feeder Handy automatic Ball Feeder holds up to five suet or seed balls. As one ball is eaten, the next automatically
Plug Ball Feeder Gift Great gift idea for backyard bird watcher or starter set for hobby beginner. Feeder, packs of food	Plug Ball Feeder Gift Set Wild bird lovers gift set. Copper color wire feeder and food plugs. Best backyard watchers	Plug Ball Suet Feeder Attractive copper design, birds cling over durable metal wire to feed. Attracting woodpeckers
Ready Hang Set Peanut Suet Bell Set of 3 no melt gift idea for backyard bird watchers. Supply nutritious	Recycled Plastic Double Recycled Plastic Double Tail Prop Bird Feeder poly lumber made of milk jugs, eco-friendly, easy clean	Recycled Plastic Green Eco friendly green home. Easy to clean, durable. Built of recycled plastic ploy lumber, milk jug
Recycled Plastic Tail Green home eco friendly. Easy to clean, durable. Made of recycled plastic ploy lumber, milk jugs	Recycled Plastic Tail Prop Recycled Plastic Tail Prop Bird Feeder - poly lumber made from milk jugs, eco-friendly, durable weather	Recycled Upside Down Recycled Plastic Upside Down Bird Feeder poly lumber made from milk jugs, eco-friendly, lasting
Seed Block Feeder Easy Fill Best vinyl coated wire large basket holds big seed, suet blocks. Woodpeckers, wrens, chickadees	Spring Bird Feeder Set of 3 Great gift idea. Expandable spring holder can be used for fruit, suet or nesting materials. Best	Suet Basket Feeder Classic wire suet basket, great for attracting wild birds to backyard. Woodpeckers, chickadees, wrens
Suet Basket Gift Kit Wild bird lovers gift set. Metal cage resists squirrel damage, high energy cakes. Start attracting wild	Suet Feeder Copper Roof Metal cage resists squirrel damage. Beautiful shiny copper roof. Woodpeckers feed	Suet Log Holder Clip a log to existing wood or poly lumber bird feeder and feed additional food choice to backyard
Suet Seed Ball Feeder Clinger Suet & Seed Ball Bird Feeder in antique copper color. Attract woodpeckers to habitat	Suet Seed Ball Set Clinger Suet & Seed Ball starter kit, great gift idea for beginning backyard bird watching hobby	Tail Pileated Woodpecker Over sized tail prop, four full sized cakes. Designed larger for Pileated woodpeckers. Long wood prop
Tail Prop Double Feeder Holds two cakes. Vinyl covered suet basket on each side. Wooden tail prop style feeder, best large bird	Tail Prop Feeder Birds Best Single cake tail prop feeder. Woodpeckers rest their tails against longer surface. Wood cedar, large bird	Tail Prop Woodpecker Double cake tail prop feeder. Woodpeckers brace tails against long surface. Wood cedar, birds large
Tree Mount Suet Feeder Pine wood tree mount suet basket for quick install. Mount to tree or post, begin attracting wild birds	Tree Mount Wood Feeder Wooden tree or post mount for fruit halves or seed, nut balls. Backyard bird watching favorite	Upside Down Feeder Large capacity starling resistant upside down feeder. Over sized, holds 4 cakes. Attractive
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 Bird Bell Wire bell shaped bird feeder or nesting materials holder. Hanging design, attractive and functional
Wooden Suet Ball Feeder Bird feeder made of wood, natural tail prop design, perfect for feeding backyard birds seed balls	Woodpecker Feeder Unique design for woodpeckers tail prop. Small seed, Sunflower Heart Chips, Woodpecker Mix

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.