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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!

Caged Baffle Suet Feeder Caged basket style feeder for keeping squirrels, large birds out. Holds 2 cakes. Downy, hairy woodpeckers, titmice	Caged Squirrel Resistant	Caged Suet Baffle Feeder Protect suet from weather, squirrels, starlings and other feeder hogs. Squirrel and large bird proof caged basket
Cedar Wood Plug Feeder	Coconut Suet Feeder Refillable coconut suet feeder instant feeding attracts woodpeckers, wrens, chickadees, nuthatches, cardinals	Combo Suet Seed Feeder Dual Block Feeder pine roof, vinyl covered caging. Holds 2 blocks. Grid bottom that extends out for perching, wild
Instant Suet Basket Refillable small pretty baskets. Woven reed packed with a nutritious high energy seed and suet. Garden songbirds	Log Natural Feeder Hanging log feeder is attractive to woodpeckers! Log can be filled with sausage plugs, spread. Attract wild birds	Log Spread Feeder No starlings, raiders, no grackles! Pull apart outer bark sides, fill Birds Choice feeder with sandwich meat spread
Peanut Butter Feeder Attract woodpeckers, wrens and nuthatches to backyard with peanut butter feeder. Hand crafted wooden feeder	Plug Ball Automatic Gift Wild bird lovers gift set with feeder, 5 balls each of Peanut and Fruit Nut Suet. Best pick for backyard watchers	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 Wild bird lovers gift set of copper color, wire feeder, 5 each of Peanut and Fruit Nut Suet. Best backyard watchers	Plug Ball Suet Feeder Attractive copper design for garden, birds will cling all over the durable metal wire to feed. Attracting woodpeckers	Plug Feeder Gift Jumbo Wild bird lovers gift set with 4 Peanut Boost Jumbo Plugs. Long lasting all metal build, lock down lid, copper
Plug Feeder Gift Kit Wild bird lovers gift set comes with 5 Peanut Suet Balls. Long lasting all metal construction, lock down lid, copper	Plug Feeder Jumbo Durable backyard bird feeding with lock-down lid, hanger bail with quick release. All metal construction. Copper	Pole Mount Feeder Basket Attach to pole. Pole mounted basket to mount on wood bird feeder, post, tree, flat surface. Mounting screws
Ready Hang Bell Mesh Bag Instant backyard bird feeding with peanut butter bell, ready to hang with a mesh bag. A favorite of woodpeckers	Seed Block Feeder Easy Fill Vinyl coated wire large basket best for holding big seed, suet blocks. Woodpeckers, wrens, chickadees	Seed Block Roof Basket Roofed Basket is holding a Black Oil Sunflower Block, but other types seed blocks may be used in basket. Slip a block
Seed Block Wood Fly Thru Hang or post mount large seed block platform feeder with roof. Wooden ceder, best pick for attracting many species	Suet Basket Feeder Classic wire suet basket, great for attracting suet eating wild birds to backyard. Woodpeckers, chickadees,, wrens	Suet Basket Gift Kit Wild bird lovers gift set Metal cage resists squirrel damage, four High Energy Suet cakes. Start attracting wild
Suet Block EZ Fill Basket	Suet Block EZ Fill Deluxe	Suet Copper Roof Metal Decorative wire suet basket of durable metal construction, beautiful weathered bronze finish, hammered roof
Suet Decorative Leaf Pretty suet feeder with design with coppery foliage roof, floating leaf vine and bowed edges. To fill unclip leaf door	Suet Feeder Cast Iron Rugged cast iron for durability. Decorative cast iron feeder will last for years. Leaf design cage, clinging birds	Suet Feeder Copper Roof Metal cage resists squirrel damage. Accented by beautiful shiny copper roof, weather protection. Woodpeckers
Tail Pileated Woodpecker Over sized tail prop Holds four full sized cakes. Designed larger for Pileated woodpeckers with long wood prop	Tail Prop Double Feeder Holds two full sized cakes. Vinyl covered suet basket on each side of wooden tail prop style feeder, best large bird	Tail Prop Feeder Birds Best Single cake tail prop feeder for woodpeckers rest their tails against the longer surface. Wood cedar, birds large
Tail Prop Woodpecker Double cake tail prop feeder for woodpeckers brace their tails against the long surface. Wood cedar, birds large	Tree Mount Suet Feeder Pine wood tree mount suet basket for quick install. Mount to a tree or post and begin attracting wild birds with food	Triple Cake Feeder 3 cake large capacity suet feeder is guaranteed to attract birds. Hanging wire basket covered by metal roof
Upside Down Feeder Large capacity starling resistant upside down feeder. Over sized for less filling, holds 4 cakes. Attractive to garden	Upside Down Suet Starling resistant suet single cake feeder. Best pick for feeding backyard woodpeckers, nuthatches, wrens	Window Birdola Feeder Unique window bird feeder for seed blocks, suet. Small cage with suction cups to attach to window, great kids
Wood Double Sided	Woodpecker Feeder

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.