This is how to make a bird feeder for absolutely no cost. First, I ask the butcher in my supermarket for suet. I've never been charged for this because they throw it away anyway. Then I tie the suet in an empty mesh onion bag and hang it from a tree. I do this only during the cold months to meet birds' wintertime nutritional needs.
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Quite sometime back suet fat was available for the asking ... later they wanted to charge for it ... then I was told that the meats are shipped to the stores with less fat and they only had a negligible amount of fat to discard!
Times change!
I went to my local meat shop the other day and asked about suet. They don't give it away for free, but it's only 69 cents/lb if you want it unground in chunks.
I have a question, though. I've hung an onion bag of suet next to my regular platform feeder for several weeks now, and haven't noticed a single bird partaking of it.
Take and roll the suet in bird seed and then set outside. They'll love it and eat it.
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