Garden Bird Food
Feeding Garden
bird food is becoming increasingly popular. About two thirds
of all households feed garden birds at some point during the
year. It is now common practice to feed birds throughout the
year not just during the winter months. Feeding the birds in
your garden with Garden bird food can be a critical source of
food for birds during the breeding season and winter months.
Birds are probably most in the need of Garden bird food in spring,
just at the point where we are most likely to stop because we
think it is getting warmer.
There are many different
types of Garden bird food on the market. Birds need high quality
sources of protein in their diet. Feeding livefoods is a very
effective way of providing this. Regular mealworms, mini mealworms
and waxworms are becoming increasingly popular. They are an excellent
source of protein and add a totally new dimension to bird feeding
as a far wider range of species are encouraged to visit the garden.
You can be as inventive as you like when you are feeding Garden
bird food but always avoid salted food of any sort as this can
seriously dehydrate birds.
Different birds eat different foods, which is why putting out
a variety of Garden bird food will attract a wider range of species.
Always keep your feeding stations hygienic. Bird feeders bring
lots of birds into contact with each other day after day which
can allow disease to spread. It is essential that you clean feeders
at least weekly with boiling water or a special disinfectant.
As well as feeding Garden bird food you should always provide
water.
You can provide livefoods as Garden bird food all year round,
although they are particularly valuable during breeding season
or during very cold, wet or dry weather. Livefoods should be
fed at the same time each day and in the breeding season offer
the food early in the morning and late in the afternoon. Mini
mealworms are ideal in Springtime as food for young birds learning
to feed themselves.
Livefoods for Garden bird food don't come any fresher than
those supplied by Livefoods Direct. Insects and larvae despatched
on any given day are still feeding and breeding prior to being
packed and despatched. Only a breeder has such total control
over product and is thus able to guarantee both quality and freshness.
Further information including details of how to unpack, handle,
feed and store livefoods for Garden bird food are on the Livefoods
Direct website. It really isn't that difficult and if you
are not yet familiar with the items in the range it is worth
pointing out that they are clean, odourless and not at all unpleasant
to handle.
The retail prices quoted for livefoods as Garden bird food
on the website include the cost of packaging and delivery. What
you see on this site is what you pay! Orders purchased via the
website are 5% cheaper than standard catalogue prices and represent
excellent value for money.
