Denny Woodthorpe
Denny
Hi,
Has anyone tried using chicken feed for the birds in the garden? You can, for example, get sacks of layers pellets for just a few pounds and I wondered if these could be soaked for general use for ground feeders. I would love to find something cheap and nutritious for the starlings and woodpigeons so the other ground feeders (chaffinches, bramblings, blackbirds etc.) could get a look in.
I am actually buying loaves of Tesco's bread (47p) and putting this out to supplement the mixed seed. The blackbirds actually prefer it to the seed.
Has anyone tried using chicken feed for the birds in the garden? You can, for example, get sacks of layers pellets for just a few pounds and I wondered if these could be soaked for general use for ground feeders. I would love to find something cheap and nutritious for the starlings and woodpigeons so the other ground feeders (chaffinches, bramblings, blackbirds etc.) could get a look in.
I am actually buying loaves of Tesco's bread (47p) and putting this out to supplement the mixed seed. The blackbirds actually prefer it to the seed.
