Niger Seed is rich in oil, easily to digest, high in energy and protein, extremely fine and should be fed in a specialist niger seed feeder, which has small slits in the tubing to prevent the seed blowing away on windy days.
Niger seed is sometimes spelt nyjer or njger and is often confused or mis-sold as thistle seed and is part of the compositae seed family that is closely related to sunflower seeds. The small black seeds are very nutritious and appeal to a wide variety of wild birds, but are particularly attractive to Goldfinch, Tits, Siskin and Redpoll.
Due to the high levels amino acids contained in niger seed it is very useful for young fledglings and is also used by breeders of canaries and british birds to prevent egg binding.
Customers that purchase niger seed tell us that more and more goldfinches visit their gardens each year with their fledglings since they started feeding the seed, along with their other wild bird food varieties. Due to requests from our customers, we now sell niger seed in economical 25kg sacks!
Niger Seed is eaten by the following wild bird species: Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Redpoll, House Sparrow & Siskin.
