Feeding birds in winter?

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trekkie0000 · Answer

They should die.

seehundhro · Answer

But if you start it, you have to go through it until spring.

christianklaus · Answer

they need food they don't find so fast

katzenflusterin · Answer

I find this very animal-friendly. In winter, birds don't have easy to get to feed.

jack713456 · Answer

Sure they need food

patchrint · Answer

Even if there was no winter, you should feed. Insects are rough in winter, whether cold or warm. In winter a bird needs enormous energy to survive. The general bird mortality is known, so we give the remaining a chance by feeding. Not for free there are even summer food....

nanomhd · Answer

Sura. But not too much then they become too suspicious and come again and again. Do you want that?

fuchssprung · Answer

My birds are not only fed in winter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8vRIQw4ezk

trekkie0000 · Answer

Yes!

derboy23 · Answer

Sura. What do they think they are? "Oh, I can fly. I am better than you!"

misaanubis · Answer

Why not? There are finished fodder balls that hardly cost anything and you can just hang the balcony (both on the window or a tree on your plot).

liesche · Answer

Even if the winter is very springy, the birds must be fed, the few insects flying around do not suffice for the food of the birds. I also do not leave the feeding completely in other seasons so that the birds know where they can find food in the cold season.

hamburger02 · Answer

Yes and you should feed too far into the spring because there is not so much food at the beginning of the breeding season. If the parents can then take a quick snack for themselves, they have the more time to seek food for the boys.

gregor443 · Answer

In mild winters this is not necessary.

In severe winters and with closed snow cover can be fed, but the lining should always be offered hanging without a support.

In addition, the feed should always be renewed, i.e. always fresh.

This kind of feeding avoids the infection of healthy birds by sick birds.

Because the sick and the weak are the ones who prefer to eat at feed sites and put healthy birds through their excretions.

best regards

gregor443

spiff123 · Answer

Yeah, that makes sense and helps the animals.