Feed Ingredients for Wild Birds

Bird Food Blends

Bird food blends are the easiest and most cost-effective way to attract a wide variety of birds to backyard feeders. We can blend any combination of seed ingredients to produce the ideal mixture for your wild birdseed needs.

Black Oil Sunflower Seeds

We offer black oil sunflower seeds as a wild bird food ingredient. Black oil sunflower seeds have a thinner shell, are meatier than striped seeds and have a higher oil content, which gives birds more nutrients and calories.

Canary Seed

A seed used around the world in bird food mixes. Saskatchewan is where 85% of the world’s supply is grown. Canary seed comes from canary grass. It can be fed alone or used in mixes and blends. It is high in protein and tryptophan and is gluten-free. We offer both yellow and brown hairless canary seed.

Canola Seed

Canola seed is often used to make canola oil but is also used as a birdseed, either fed alone or mixed in a blend. Canola seed is ideal for small birds, including finches, canaries and quail.

Coarse Sunflower Chips

Coarse chips are a mixture of whole kernels and pieces that offer a favorite option for backyard bird feed mixes without the mess and waste of in-shell seeds. Our coarse chips can be sourced alone or added to any bird feed blend.

Cracked Corn

Cracked corn is broken pieces of corn used as wild bird feed and is fed alone or often in birdseed blends and mixes. It is a favorite for doves, sparrows, juncos and northern bobwhites.

Fine Sunflower Chips

Fine chips are the smallest ground option we offer, ideal for smaller bird variety blends. Our fine chips can be sourced alone or mixed in any bird feed blend.

In-Shell Peanuts

In-shell peanuts are high in protein and fat and are used in bird feed blends and mixes. They are a favorite of woodpeckers, nuthatches and jays.

Medium Sunflower Chips

Medium chips are a favorite option for backyard bird feed mixes without the mess and waste of in-shell seeds. Our medium chips can be sourced alone or mixed in any bird feed blend.

Nyjer Seed

Nyjer seed is from the niger plant. It’s a popular seed for finches, sparrows, doves and buntings. It is fed alone or in bird feed blends and mixes.

Oat Groats

Oat groats are the whole, unprocessed kernels of oats that have been cleaned and hulled. They retain the bran, germ, and endosperm, making them a highly nutritious grain. Whole oat groats are used in bird feed blends and mixes.

Peanut Pieces

Peanut pieces give you the same protein and fat as in-shell peanuts without the waste of a shell. Used in birdseed blends and mixes, peanut pieces attract woodpeckers, nuthatches and jays.

Red Millet

Red millet is a warm-season, small-seeded grass grain and is ideal as a bird food as well as a human food ingredient. Used in many bird feed blends, mostly for winter mixes.

Red Milo

Red milo, also known as sorghum, is a reddish round seed and is used in birdseed blends and mixes. It is a favorite for doves, wild turkeys and pheasants.

Safflower Seed

Safflower seed is a high-protein, high-fat seed used in food manufacturing for making oil, food dyes and artificial saffron, as well as a bird seed for wild and domesticated birds. A bitter seed, in bird food it is used as a stand-alone feed or often mixed in birdseed blends. It is a favorite of cardinals and grosbeaks but deters nuisance birds such as grackles as well as squirrels.

White Millet

White millet is a small-seeded grass grain used as a bird seed as well as for human consumption in brewing or milling for breads and porridge. White millet is ideal for diets sensitive to gluten. Used in many bird feed blends, usually in winter mixes.