Do Birds Eat Porridge Oats?

[cameliaheartfelt]

Was about to throw out a large bag of old porridge oats and wondered if the birds would eat them or will it clog them up?

[choux]

Apparently they make a wonderful substitute for slug pellets, being non-toxic to other wild life!

[Svejk]

i'm no expert but i'd have they'd be fine.

[LazyGun]

Experts say fine if uncooked, not so much when cooked.

https://www.rspb.org.uk/advice/helpingbirds/feeding/whatfood/

[jim360]

If you want the answer to this you could do little better than watch hens when the porridge is brought out to them. They go berserk. Seriously. It's finished faster than I can eat it!

[Svejk]

00ps 'thought'^

[pusskin]

Oh yes. Birds do love porridge oats.

Every single day, the two robins in my garden sit on a little ledge right near our patio doors and wait for their porridge!!! (I hate leaving them while on hols)
I put out a teaspoonfull each time and spread the layer, and watch them come down all day till the oats have gone and often top up till it gets dark.
Sparrows come down too, but not as much as the robins.
Keep up the good work and please dont chuck them out, send them onto me please lol

[Svejk]

i've got a couple of buzzards in my garden. so if anyones got some steaks,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,or a nice joint.

[EcclesCake]

I don't like sharing joints.........

[pusskin]

Lol @ Svejk

[Brinjal]

Lol eccles

[wildwood]

When I was a nipper last century, my grandad used to mix laying mesh and oats with some warm water in the winter. The chooks went wild for it.

[wildwood]

*laying mash*

[hairlady]

I put porridge oats every morning ,the blackbirds love it .Unfortunatly ,so do the pidgeons and the blackbirds fly away as soon as the pidgeons appear.

[whirlyhurly]

Please beware as in my experience when I threw out both oats & muesli, my garden was invaded by RATS, which kept my usual birds away.