we made suet blocks

[wildorchid053]

i was watching everyone talking about buying and making suet blocks, so today i asked the butcher while i was grocery shopping if he had any leftover fat. he gave me about 2 lbs of pork fat.. we ran it through the meat grinder then took about 1 cup and mixed it with wild bird seed, scratch, molasses, black oil sunflower seeds and put it into a quart size zip lock and froze it.. we ended up with about 10 of them .. will take one out tonight to see how they like it..

i guess pork fat rules

 

[DeGriz]

Are those hens wearing coats?

And my wife says ours are pampered

 

[Luvducks]

I Think they Like it! I made some today with peanut butter. We had snow so I just used what i had available. I like your recipe so i will try that.

 

[rcentner]

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chicken saddles, if they are mounted by the roo a lot they get feather loss on thier backs. Tons of places have them, I have never seen one in person and I can't imagine how to put one on!

 

[AkTomboy]

Great Job! I make our girls blocks often. They get 2 or 3 a week between everyone in the winter. Crazy to see how much they love them isnt it. And my son loved your candy cane saddle also

 

[wildorchid053]

we made the saddles.. they are snapped under the wing with an elastic band.....it runs from the neck under the wing and snaps on to the lower side...