difference niger seed quality??

[alicemagooey]

is there a difference in niger seed quality??..Example:would niger seed purchased at a lower price (from,say,"Home Depot",)..be of a different quality from niger seed purchased at premium prices from,say,a "Bird specialty store"?

i had oooodles of goldfinches with one batch of niger seed..then i put out some "bargain" niger seed and most of the goldfinches seem to have gone else where..

actually,i am looking for reasons why they left..wondering if it could have been the seed quality.

thanks for response.just found this forum..it looks wonderful..

[IanF]

Hi Alice,

On behalf of Admin and the Moderators, as this is your first post I'd like to welcome you to Bird Forum :t:

I'm no expert on Niger seed, though we have used it in our feeders to very effectively attract Goldfinches for about a year now. I must admit that we tend to buy from the cheapest source we can and the birds still love it.

Our birds do come and go through the year, but we always have at least one or two visiting the feeders and sometimes up to 20 birds.

Hopefully somebody from your side of the Pond will be along soon and may be better informed than me.

See you around.

[alicemagooey]

:clap: thank you..

this birdforum.net is very fine..very fine indeed..many sources of help and information..thank you.

[mkdon]

Hello,
I have noticed that if the seed is the least bit spoiled, the goldfinches will ignore it until fresh seed is put in the feeder. You may have gotten a bad batch. When I don't see any goldfinches for a while, I change the seed. Good Luck.