Millet is cooked the same way as rice, by boiling and steaming, except with more water. Rice is 2 cups of water per 1 cup of uncooked grains and millet is 3 cups of water per 1 cup of uncooked seeds.

(Family Features) While almost all bird seed may look pretty much the same to you, it doesn’t to the birds you’re feeding. Knowing what kinds of seeds different birds like can help you attract ...

In a bird seed mix, millet is the favorite food of small ground-feeding birds like sparrows and juncos. A somewhat larger seed, about an eighth of an inch in diameter, rusty red and dull surfaced ...

Sunflower seeds, millet, thistle seed, suet and cracked corn: Each will draw anything from mourning doves to blue jays to sparrows and finches This guide to seed will keep birds happy through the ...

As mentioned above, cardinals feast on safflower seed, but they also like cracked corn, sunflower seeds and millet. That mix will also bring blue jays to your feeder.

Other ground feeding birds like the rufous-sided towhee and mourning dove also prefer white millet. That Sunday morning one slate-colored junco joined the chipping sparrows feeding on white millet.

“Millet can be provided in another feeder or scattered on the ground. Don’t mix the two types of seed. The birds will pull out the seed they want to eat and knock the other onto the ground. ...

Millet is a favorite seed of ground feeding birds like juncos, indigo buntings, sparrows and doves. You may see other birds sorting through the mix in the feeder and kicking the millet to the ...

Millet, one of the oldest, hardiest and most nutritious grains in the world, is often overlooked in this country.The most common use of millet in the United States is for bird seed and animal feed ...

As nature's bug control, birds are a natural companion to any yard. Make your yard more inviting to birds with a few well-placed feeders filled with the right seeds.

White proso millet is the second most popular seed at the feeding stations. As you become more interested in bird feeding, you may want to use a variety of feeders and locations, each stocked with ...

When birds eat the berries, they drop the seeds here and there, scattering the beginnings of dozens of new pokeweed […] Skip to content. ... PURPLE MAJESTY MILLET LOOKS GORGEOUS AND… Share this: ...