Homemade suet can hold its form in colder weather, but you'll find to have a real problem whilst you try to keep it stored outdoors in the best possible way. When making suet at home, beginning with raw beef fat, this recipe is guaranteed to not hold its shape very well - as you'll soon see as its left out under the sun.Īvoid raw suet because this will melt away within hours, whilst beginning to rot in the heat. Now I will say some people do, but I must say the store-bought options remain the safest. What options you have to feed wild birds suet is by making it yourself. You will only have a few days in the summer for the suet to be at its best, while thereafter the suet can begin to show signs of rot, with bacteria growing on the surface.
To feed wild birds in your yard on the ground can rapidly speed up the germination process, so continue to use suet feeders in summer. I will say suet must remain in the shade while being suspended within a proper suet cake bird feeder, or any other kind. What that means for you is, is a less messy suet bird feeder due to grease coating the inner bird feeder cage.īuy suet for wild birds labeled as all year, because then you can feed birds suet all through the spring and summertime, with little issues. Suet would be made by a well known brands of wild bird food, with the formula offering a suet that can be fed to birds in the winter, with a higher melting point over the cheaper options. Its therefore possible to buy quality store-bought suet cakes or pellets for all year round. While birds come to depend on suet more in wintertime to restore energy lost whilst foraging in the cold winter days, suet can help maintain a balanced diet in summer. What you can do is favor a shaded spot to hang your suet cake feeder, or why not throw suet pellets on the ground in a shaded spot. What that would involve is you only offering the suet at the busiest times, when birds may feed in a frenzy first thing in the morning - though to offer suet all through the morning would be the better option.ĭon't depend on certain times of day when its least hot, because in reality that won't work with suet, or any wild bird food made to be outdoors. If offering wild birds suet in your yard over the summertime, I would look to leave the suet out in the heat for short time as possible. Quality suet can hold, with cheaper suet options, which is beef fat if you didn't know - can begin to melt soon after its left outside.īirds can quickly eat up suet in balls, cake or suet pellet form, but it can go soft before its even touched. Whilst remaining popular all year round, in summertime or in warmer weather suet has a knack of melting in the heat. Can feed birds suet in summerĭespite what you might think, wild bird suet can be fed to birds in the summer, but you must still be cautious when doing so. Suet suspended outdoors in suet bird feeders will soften up, with a little grease showing on feeders, which is OK providing you clean suet bird feeders more regularly in summer. Less suet can be used at a time to reduce waste, but a shaded area in the backyard is certainly going to extend the suet 'best before' date, that's for sure. Its then possible bacteria will be ingested by birds in summer if the suet is not replaced every few days or so. Heat of the sun can begin the process of suet germinating within a few days in summer, with up to week in winter. Offer backyard birds quality, store-bought branded fat balls, pellets or suet cakes which are better for birds when using more quality ingredients - and guaranteeing an extended expiry date, even if unsealed. Grease can be an issue with a birds plumage as fat can be entangled in their feathers, stopping birds taking off, so will starve. It won't return to a fatty liquid, but it will show signs of melting, including a buildup of grease. Suet is made up mostly of rendered beef fat, and as it heats up it will begin to melt. Suet can be used in summertime with extra caution used. Birds still need an intake of high energy bird food out of your bird feeders at this time of year, and suet will certainly provide them this.
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