Covering a Bird House With Bird Seed?

joan pecsek
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June 16, 20070 found this helpful

Peanut butter. Any kind except "natural" (too dry). Mix the seed along with a little grits or coarse cornmeal and it will stick just fine.

I believe it's egg yolk, both to make it stick and to seal it afterwards. Try it on a scrap piece of wood first. Honey would remain sticky and draw flys, so I believe it's egg yolk. Hope I'm correct. Good luck and God bless you. ? )

Try suet.

joan pecsek
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June 16, 20070 found this helpful

Perfumed fan again. I assumed you wanted to turn your bird houses into feeders. If you want to decorate your houses with seeds this, of course, is not permanent.

tauni

June 17, 20070 found this helpful

peanut butter would work great! old, sort of dried out honey might too.

for feeding or decoration?

Marcia

June 19, 20070 found this helpful

this is to hang outside for the birds

norni

February 29, 20080 found this helpful

Morning Marcia

What did you end up using?!!

(i'm new here looking to build some bird houses)

mattboreau

June 22, 20120 found this helpful

You can use peanut butter, but I think this is a bad idea. The birdhouses will be all gooey and would not be very inviting to birds.

Louise Gatlin N.

October 19, 20130 found this helpful

I was told to use gelatin. I want to make this and will try the gelatin.