One can purchase rendered plain suet cakes or chunks from a wild bird supply store. These cakes can be melted down and used in your recipe, but this option isn’t the most economical. Tallow trimmings ...

or you can make your own. Though cakes are the most-common form of commercial suet for birds, it's available in other shapes suited to different feeders. And ingredients vary; some are designed to ...

Seeds, fruits, fats, nuts and more create a calorie-dense treat for birds. Here’s how to serve suet for birds. Learn what ...

Avoid using soft fats like margarine, oil or leftover fat from cooking as it doesn’t set like suet ... fat cakes. If you are using peanuts - make sure they are unsalted. Never feed birds salted ...

Our homemade fat ball bird feeder is fun and ... as long as they are unsalted and in date. You can use suet instead of lard, if you prefer, so fat balls are sometimes called suet cakes. You could also ...

dried fruit or bird seed to create suet cakes for your favourite garden visitors. If you make too much, you can freeze them and take them out as required.