Hello.I'm just wondering if it's okay to give birds cooked puff pastry?Paul.
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Hi Paul
No worries there. I am sure that giving Puff Pastry will be fine
I give the garden birds Tesco's Scones and they have flour in them,
They are fine, and the birds go mad for the Scones. {smile}
The main thing is not to give birds salty/greasy foodstuffs
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Kathy and Dave
Heron77 said: Hello.I'm just wondering if it's okay to give birds cooked puff pastry?Paul.
Hi Paul, I have read several articles recently on feeding birds scraps and cooked pastry was certainly one mentioned. None specifically said "only shortcrust" so I would assume that puff is okay as well - but I have visions of them making a bit of a mess with it as we humans are prone to scattering flaky bits hither and thither when eating it so the birds may do likewise!
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Hi.Thanks for the answers to my question. I had a feeling it would be okay to give the birds puff pastry but I wasn't 100% sure. So thanks for puting my mind at ease. I'm not really worried about bits of pastry flying all over the place as the woodpigeons and collared doves do a great clean up job, and I'm sure the starlings will enjoy a new treat.Paul.
Hiya Paul,
The birds that visit my garden hoover up any type of baked product, from fruit cake to stale doughnuts!! I always ensure that there is fresh, clean, water available. I also find they like Bananas (peeled) and Apples which are going rotten. The latter I put on the ground then stamp on them to squish them and expose the edible bits.
One of the other responses mentioned, 'as long as it's not greasy', or words to that effect, but what about all of the fat and suet based bird feeding products sold and reccommended for the birds? They are greasy and the birds love them. I always thought that fat and grease, providing it wasn't too salty, was good for birds as it was a high energy foodstuff. I think birds are sensible enough to eat only what's good for them and leave what's not well alone.
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Hi Ian.
Thanks for the answer, and the starlings demolished the puff pastry at a fairly high rate of naughts. :-) It's amazing the amount of products that birds eat, and I think the only fruit I've put out that hasn't been eaten is orange slices. Certainly apples and banans can go fairly quickly. I think the point about certain greasy foods not being safe is probably to do with salt content, as you mentioned. Some fatty foods are good because they're high in fat but have no salt, whereas others can problamatic because of the high salt content. I'm also fairly certain that foods that can be succesptable to salmonella, such as certain poultry fats, shouldn't be given.
Paul.