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[fluffyknickers]

I bought a pecking block from Flyte So Fancy for my three girls. I put it up last Sunday and its nearly all gone already and for £6.20 plus P&P I expected it to last longer.

 

Was it wishful thinking on my behalf - is that how long they last? Or should it last longer?

 

I bought one from Petsmart for wild birds and it was cheaper and lasted a LOT longer (but thought I would try the Flytes so Fancy as assumed was going to last even longer!) so think I will have to go back to these (or try making my own).

 

MIchelle

[Redwing]

I believe that there was a poor batch that crumbled much easier than the rest, as far as I know its back to normal now so maybe you got one of the dodgy ones?

 

How about making your own? I posted a recipe a few days ago that I half-inched from another forum

[fluffyknickers]

Ahhhh could be! The girls are loving it though.

 

I will have to email them and see what they say.

 

Michelle

[Falkor]

I believe that there was a poor batch that crumbled much easier than the rest, as far as I know its back to normal now so maybe you got one of the dodgy ones?

 

How about making your own? I posted a recipe a few days ago that I half-inched from another forum

 

I have been looking for your recipie all day! Can you post gain Tasha pls? Or point me in the right direction at least!

 

Tomorrow is bake day so I will pop it in the oven after the buns are done!

[Redwing]

Ta da!

 

Cut and pasted from another forum

 

You will need a stick of some sort, garden cane works well, cut a piece of cane and drill a hole near one end for hanging it up.

 

Next collect the ingredients you want to add, mixed corn, pellets etc. Crack a fresh egg into a bowl, mix the egg with a few dessert spoons of flour & a drop of water. So that it forms a runny paste.

Cut a long wide piece of kitchen tin foil. Then in the bowl that you have the mixed egg & flour, add the mixed corn etc, mix it all up so the mixed corn & pellets start to stick together. Give it a good mix so that everything is coated.

Spoon the mix onto the tin foil to make a long sausage shape, you can add the stick through the middle at this stage. Then wrap the foil around the ingredients and press firmly so it sticks together to form a sausage like shape. Then put it in the oven at 120 degrees for an hour to let it dry out slowly. Check it's hard, if not leave a bit longer then let it cool and let the birds test it out.

[smithy36]

thanks for this - i will try it... do you bake with the foil on??

[Falkor]

Thankyou!!!!

 

What else should I add? Dried meal worms? pumpkin seeds? Raisons?

 

And what about some honey?

 

I don`t think it will smell as nice as the cupcakes though!

[Egluntyne]

Thanks Redwing.....I'm going to give this a try.

 

Have added it to the Omlet Cookbook. Well it has got an egg in it!

[Patricia W]

I've had a Peckablok for months. It's nibbled round the edges but that's it. They aren't in the run much though so that may be the difference. I must try that recipe though!

[TAJ]

I have to say they usually last my girls about a month, but the last ones they have eaten in a couple of weeks. Also I recommended Flytesofancy to a friend and they have report 4 girls eating a whole one in less than a day! That was after the problem batch, so it looks as though there still is a problem.

 

Tracy

[Janty]

It's interesting that other people have found that they are crumbling. I had one ages ago that lasted weeks. The current batch are lucky if they make a day.

 

I may give them a call.

[Barkisland]

Interesting thread. My first peckabloks lasted for weeks, then I bought some more and each barely lasted a day - I thought it was my girls being greedy, but it looks like I might have had some faulty ones?

I will order some more then - but I agree, they are an expensive treat if they only last a day!

[Cinnamon]

Timely - I bought 2 last week & my 8 monsters destroyed it in a day

[Space Chick]

Then put it in the oven at 120 degrees for an hour to let it dry out slowly.

 

Is that Fahrenheit or Centigrade? Anyone know what Gas Mark I should use?

[redfrock]

I bought 6 at the end of Feb and they have also lasted a very short time compared to my previous batch. I left them all in the box as it was dry and cool in there (they were also boxed in polystyrene foamy stuff which I can't stand ). I took one out a couple of weeks ago and it was covered in thick green mould. The other 2 were fine so I know it is nothing I have done. I am still waiting for a response from the supplier (not FF)

 

Definitely still dodgy batches lurking around methinks

[cathybc]

I recently obtained 4 from Ascott Poultry. One came with instructions on how to get your chooks to use it - the girls must surely know it's food,I thought. However, it has been up for two weeks and the three of them have hardly touched it. I didn't follow the instructions - perhaps I should have done? We shall see if it continues to gradually go down...

[fluffyknickers]

Well, this morning it was bye-bye peckablock after less than a week - totally gone.

 

An expensive treat for my three girls - one that wont get again!

 

Michelle

[quickcluck]

Mine has lasted for months.........

[BocBoc]

I'll try this recipe - thanks

[Surrey Hen]

I bought 2 packablocks ages ago and the first one lasted ages - admittedly it took them a couple of weeks to work out they could eat it. The second one lasted less than a week and I had assumed it got damp in the bad weather and disintegrated. I might try making my own now

[fluffyknickers]

As mentinoed my first lasted no time at all so they kindly sent me another FOC. However only last a few days so i wont be buying these anymore unless the product is changed. Michelle

[saracook31]

Been to stock up on pellets and mixed corn and I'm off to make a block tonight!

 

Its a great idea, so will post again to say how well it goes & if the chooks are impressed!