This is a sponsored post, but the opinions are all mine.
I can’t really remember a time when we haven’t had a bird feeder in our backyard. I love watching through the window or as we sit out on our pack patio as all sorts of birds fly on up and get a little something to eat. And while I’ve always been concerned that my chickens and little Lucy had the very best food, I had never really given much thought to the type food I was putting in my feeders. That was until I heard about Kaytee products.
If you’ve never heard of Kaytee, allow me to introduce you. I fell in love with them when I learned what they were all about: ensuring the health, security, and comfort of each pet and bringing peace-of-mind to all pet parents. As a pet parent myself and a lover of animals, I was impressed! For over 150 years, Kaytee has worked to provide the absolute best nutrition, treats, bedding, toys, habitats, and accessories for small animals, pet birds, wild birds, and chickens. They take quality seriously and have therefore worked to earn SQF Level 2 certification to help ensure animal safety and standard consistent product quality {that certification requires a rigorous, credible food safety management system, so you know they’re the real deal!!}.
Basically, Kaytee manufactures quality products I do not hesitate to use and feed animals, and that’d I’d recommend in a heartbeat! They are the only bird feed you’ll find in my feeders these days, and their website is also my first stop when I have questions or am looking for tips about the little birds I’m feeding. Like these helpful hints:
Basic Tips to Attract Birds to the Backyard
- Keep food fresh: Store fresh seed in a sturdy plastic or galvanized metal waterproof container
with a tight-fitting lid. Keep containers in a cool, dry location, such as a garage or shed. - Change bird seed: Seed that is clumped together or smells musty has gone bad and should be
disposed of. - Water is key: Providing water, especially moving water, attracts more birds to your yard. Birds like
shallow water, so avoid water deeper than 2-3 inches. - Pick an open location: Birds are most comfortable when they have a clear view of potential
predators and a place to escape. Put feeders on open ground near shrubs or trees. - Prevent freezing when possible: Heated birdbaths or heating elements for standard birdbaths
help keep water from freezing. Some birders pour warm water in birdbaths to help melt any ice.
If you are already a Kaytee product user or if you want to give them a try {and you totally should!}, they have an awesome coupon offer going on right now through March 30, 2018. Head on over HERE and download a special $2 savings coupon good at Target. That coupon is good on their Forti-Diet Natures Harvest Food & Hay, Forti-Diet Clean Comfort Bedding or KAYTEE Wild Bird Food {1lb or larger}.
Looking for a unique way to use your new Kaytee bird food and engage your kids in a fun winter craft activity? Might I suggest these adorable {and useful!} Bird Seed Ornaments?
Want more info on Kaytee products? Head on over HERE and check them out!
I’m off to fill my feeders…
~Mavis
Carrie says
When I read your post about wanting to know your reader’s hobbies my first thought was about birdwatching but I don’t have any good pictures of the birds I see and I thought most people would think I am a nut. I have been a birder for over 10 years now, it started in college, when my boyfriend interned at a wildlife refuge. We would go out and learn the birds together. Anyways, I still bird watch at work (I work at a nature preserve) on the hiking trails and I have feeders at work and home. I support my local Wild Birds Unlimited store because they fill my work feeders for free and give me a a little discount for my personal use. 🙂 It’s been fun to watch the birds lately with the snow NC has gotten. I even made my own suet with bacon grease that they have enjoyed.
I didn’t know Kaytee offered chicken feed but I will look into that next time I am in need.
Jo says
Ha! That was the first thing I thought about as a hobby too.
What I don’t like about Kaytee is that they have so much millet in the seed blends. Millet is usually thrown out of the feeder and the invasive sparrows, starlings/grackles and cowbirds. Wild Birds Unlimited is the best they are just so nice, at least in The Triangle.
I’m loving the snow and watching a thrasher learn to use a suet feeder. She is a very smart bird. 🙂
Carrie says
I agree about the millet. I feed all thistle in a finch feeder and either just sunflower seeds or the No Mess Mix from WBU in my other feeder. I bought a round suet holder for my Christmas present last year. The Starlings came a week after that… I have a Yellow Rumped Warbler visit daily the last two weeks. I live in Greensboro, only a mile from downtown. I work in High Point so I stop by the WBU store there. The owners and employees are so friendly and helpful.
Tammy says
I love, love, love birds! But my neighbor has two cats who are constantly killing wildlife (I’ve seen them trotting around with baby bunnies, squirrels, chipmunks, mice, birds, small snakes, butterflies…if it’s around they’ve caught them!). I’d hate to add to their dinners by making birds more accessible to them. So, for now I haven’t put out a feeder, though I would love to watch birds!
Carrie says
Put up a hummingbird feeder in the summer. Cats have a harder time catching them. 🙂
Shari Harniss says
When we lived in Tucson, the cats were always catching and killing hummers. Guess it depends on the cat!
bobbi says
Would like to try this sometime. Coupons are good. 🙂
What do you recommend for your chickens?
Marti says
We live in the country and have about 10 seed feeders and 10 suet feeders in the yard. We only put sunflower seeds in ours. I agree that the Kaytee has way too much millet and just gets wasted. I love my birds and we usually go through about 50 pounds of sunflowers every 2 weeks and about 30 suet cakes. In the summer, the orioles come for the grape jelly and hummers for the syrup.
Linda says
I agree with others about not using Kaytee bird seed, there are way too many fillers and millet that winds up being thrown out of feeder and sprouts more weeds for me to pull when they germinate. When you move back east you will probably want to include safflower seed in your feeder to attract and feed the cardinals. I also buy only Wild Birds unlimited seed as it includes only various sunflower seeds as well as safflower seed. I have found over many years that quality seed attracts the whole spectrum of birds and you will be amazed by who visits your feeder. Here’s to great bird watching and feeding