Suet Cakes Prices

[ChickenChick92]

I am still learning a lot about my girls but I see a lot of good recipes for the suet cakes for them and I also see them at my feed store. For a small block its 7.99 here. Is it more cost effective for me to make them myself or just buy them from the store?

 

[Trish1974]

I make my own...not for my chickens but for the woodpeckers. I save beef fat from cooking and mix it with corn meal, a little flour, peanut butter and bird seed. For chickens I would imagine you'd want to replace the pb and bird seed with things like sunflower seeds and mealworms. Easy peasy!

 

[Chickassan]

You can keep the pb and seeds too. You can add mealies and raisins if you want to. They really dig peanut butter, lots of protein.

I make my own...not for my chickens but for the woodpeckers. I save beef fat from cooking and mix it with corn meal, a little flour, peanut butter and bird seed. For chickens I would imagine you'd want to replace the pb and bird seed with things like sunflower seeds and mealworms. Easy peasy!

 

[pintail_drake2004]

it definitely is cheaper to make it yourself. Local butcher, and some stores sell beef suet cheap. I plan on making some winter blocks for my hens this year.

 

[ShouldabeenaVET]

it definitely is cheaper to make it yourself. Local butcher, and some stores sell beef suet cheap. I plan on making some winter blocks for my hens this year.

pintail your avatar is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Folly's place]

I rendered fat into suet in my kitchen, ONCE. Never again!
Suet cakes for chickens should be an occasional treat, if at all. The birds will love the fat and seeds too much!
Mary

 

[Chickassan]

Very true! They are nice when it snows though and the pickings are slim.

I rendered fat into suet in my kitchen, ONCE. Never again!
Suet cakes for chickens should be an occasional treat, if at all. The birds will love the fat and seeds too much!
Mary

 

[ChickenChick92]

I'm in Florida so we dont snow but when it gets cold a little treat picks up their spirits a little bit. I called a local butcher and they sell the fat super cheap! Only .50 a pound! For the cold days I'll make one from scratch and see how it goes. For the rest of the year I usually grow them lettuce and clean it with cold water so for a treat its cooling for them. It's gotten in the 100s here lately.

 

[pintail_drake2004]

The suet with some crumbles and some corn added for the winter is what I plan on doing this year for my hens.

ShouldabeenaVET Thanks.