How would this work for black oil sunflower seeds ? Where would the empty hulls go ?
917062
I mix in shelled peanuts as well as black sunflower seeds. The hulls gather in the bottom of the wooden box under the hole. They surplus just spill out of the hole onto the ground. Occasionally I will reach my hand in and remove the shells. Either way they don't hurt anything.
917063
Works well, but you clan up the shells. Be aware no screws used to fasten main to back & no replacement jar offered so if break, then hard to replace
917064
We fill our feeder with this type of seeds. The squirrels will sit and eat the seeds inside the feeder and they leave the hulls at their feet. I will go out to the feeder every few days and remove the glass jar and shake off the hills from inside the feeder. I don't mind as my cats and I really enjoy watching the squirrels in the backyard.
27671
I use a mix that includes safflower. The holes are too small for striped sunflower.
589684
Try utilizing a large aluminum pie tin fastened to the lower perch. To be frank, nothing works 100% because the seed hulls will be blown out of the pie tin even under the slightest of wind. You can also try an artificial grass mat directly under the feeder to trap the hulls, shaking it out every few days. Good luck!
261535
This feeder has tiny slots that allow the birds to extract the thistle (Nyler) seeds. Any other very tiny seeds would also work. Bigger seeds like the black oil sunflower would require the port-style feeder with a larger access opening. The Brome classic is that style. The manufacturer has an educational website with all the styles based on seed/nut size and bird size. brome bird care dot com.These feeders are on Amazon. They work very well.
1433173
I use oiled sunflower seed and it works great. For just plain millet - it might roll out, as the openings are fairly large and the seeds are pretty small. It should work for commercial mixed seed. It wouldn't work for nyjer (thistle)seed, as they are way too fine.
12859
It would not be good for nyger seed. The holes are too big. We use Black sunflower seed in it and the finches love using it and some other small birds. Black sunflower is cheaper for us. I have to fill it about every day. It has worked well for us and has lasted thru 2 Wisconsin winters
98274
I use hulled sunflower seeds and have no problems. I would guess that your mix has items too large to go through the holes. It's designed for birdseed.
1095236
What I would recommend is that you go to straight sunflower seeds, which birds also enjoy, and you won't have the corn mess. Wagner's also sells black sunflower seeds.
1592637
I live in Northern Louisiana and we get many types of birds that eat seeds so I use black oil sun flower seed. I usually put seed in the feeder morning and late afternoon as the birds seem to really love the sun flower seed. I have other feeders that will hold small types of seed.
1539970
It should work for blackberries. The juice is collected in the second chamber and the pulp of the fruit and the seeds should Still be up in the top chamber. You could always line the top chamber with cheesecloth if it looks like the seeds will get into the juice. I love my steam juicer. I've made two batches of sole juice and with the pulp made apple butter. Delicious!
1093728
Seems to work best for larger hard seeds like pepper corns. Have not tried to grind the seeds you listed but i have tried to grind fennel. Most of the fennel seeds fall through without getting touched by the grinder. I imagine the same would happen to the small seeds you want to grind. You may need to get a mortar and pestal or try one of those electric gadgets that grinds coffee beans.
1897349
You will be better off if you use the sunflower chips or the "no waste" shelled seed instead of the whole sunflower seed with the shell. On of the benefits of this feeder is that that there is minimal to no waste of the seed. I have been using this feeder since 2001 and find that I spend less on seed for this feeder than the other ones with the big holes where the seed all lands on the ground and rots. You might try mixing the sunflower chips with safflower seeds, this works well also.
1954129
no, the openings are too big. does great with sunflower seed. allows the bird to pull one seed at a time.
1762181
I don't really know, but my guess from using it is that you should get a different grinder to do the flax seeds. I believe that this would not be capable of grinding the flax seeds as small as you would want them.
1682006
I use Royal Wing brand of safflower seed because it is all they sell around here. I works great. I do have to shake it up in my colander first, though, to get the tiny black seeds out. I guess some of the seed breaks during shipping and handling. I give what falls through the colander to the birds and they love it.
1432563
No, this tray does not stop the wind blowing empty hulls all over. The only thing that solves the issue is to use expensive hullless seeds. Be ready to pay several times more for those.
950277
I put about 1/2 of a 40lb bag of sunflower seed for bird feeding in one unit. A finer texture product like flour or rice may take a 25lb bag in one vault. Also this is based on stacking them on top of each other with the opening facing forward, and not having product (sunflower seeds) roll out when you open the top of the vault. If you could use/put the unit on it's back ( with the opening facing up!) you can store more in it, but it is not as convenient to dispense from that way..