Cole’s BH05 Blazing Hot Blend Bird Seed, 5-Pound
$21.99
Price: $21.25 - $21.99
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Are you tired of seeing everything BUT birds sitting at your feeder? Do you wish you could create a special oasis for your feathered friends to enjoy without inviting the whole neighborhood to chow down on the good stuff you’re serving? Blazing Hot Blend is a traditional mix of highly desired seeds enhanced with super-hot, food grade habanero chilies. It is a 100% all natural and chemical free way to get more bird visits than ever before. Cole’s line of HOT products are guaranteed to make your feeders an exclusive Birds-Only cafe. Ingredients: Black Oil Sunflower, Sunflower Meats, White Proso Millet, Cracked Corn, Food-grade Liquid Habanero Chili Peppers, Safflower Oil
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
Product Dimensions : 15 x 3 x 7 inches; 4.94 Pounds
Item model number : BH05
Date First Available : November 22, 2010
Manufacturer : Cole’s Wild Bird Products
ASIN : B005DQHHJI
Best Sellers Rank: #4,253 in Patio, Lawn & Garden (See Top 100 in Patio, Lawn & Garden) #51 in Bird Seed
Customer Reviews: 4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 1,698 ratings var dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction; P.when(‘A’, ‘ready’).execute(function(A) { if (dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction !== true) { dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction = true; A.declarative( ‘acrLink-click-metrics’, ‘click’, { “allowLinkDefault”: true }, function (event) { if (window.ue) { ue.count(“acrLinkClickCount”, (ue.count(“acrLinkClickCount”) || 0) + 1); } } ); } }); P.when(‘A’, ‘cf’).execute(function(A) { A.declarative(‘acrStarsLink-click-metrics’, ‘click’, { “allowLinkDefault” : true }, function(event){ if(window.ue) { ue.count(“acrStarsLinkWithPopoverClickCount”, (ue.count(“acrStarsLinkWithPopoverClickCount”) || 0) + 1); } }); });
This is a traditional mix designed to attract a maximum variety of birds and keep them coming back with a fiery bit of spice!
100% All natural and chemical free ingredients
Works well in all feeder types including Cole’s Terrific TubeTM, Mighty MeshTM, and Bountiful BowlTM.
Woodpeckers, grosbeaks, buntings, cardinals, chickadees, bluebirds, goldfinches and more find this mix irresistible.
Customers say
Customers report that birds love this seed mix, attracting various species to their yards. The product receives positive feedback for its quality and effectiveness against squirrels, though experiences are mixed – while some say it keeps them away, others find it ineffective. The heat level and taste receive mixed reviews, with some finding it great while others say it’s not hot enough and describe it as “spicy as hell.” Customers find the product expensive and consider it not worth the money.
Sandy Flores –
Squirrels gone
This feed has kept the squirrels away. And birds are eating it up. My husband wasn’t careful and was overwhelmed by the spicy fumes when filling the feeder. So, be careful when handling.
Doc Gom –
Works so far!
I live in the city and have one of those feeders with the camera and little solar panels. Iâve never had a problem with squirrels jumping on the feeders because they tended to get used to me and prefer to get almonds from me. But this year Iâve been visited every day by a particularly pesky squirrel who has been chewing through the protective guard of the feeder (a thick plastic grate that snaps on over the food tray) and getting the seed. He creates a lot of messes on my balcony and knocks the bird house off kilter, and Iâm worried about him destroying it altogether. I was going through the amusing attempt of trying to train him to run when I play the alarm on the house, but that is quite tedious. Finally, I looked for other solutions, beginning with what seemed like the simplest. I had never heard of this stuff before, and I went with this one over the âhot meatsâ version because it said it would keep the songbirds coming in addition to the other ones. Day after I used this stuff I noticed the house toggled but never saw the squirrel. The food looked to full to have been touched by the squirrel. Today I caught him in action. He jumped up, sniffed it and started looking at the house (you can see the feed in it). He took one lame swipe at the bird feeder roof and then took off! The birds are still all cycling in and eating like crazy. Works for now, but I need to see it work over time, because I imagine a desperate enough squirrel will start eating it anyway.
Stephen –
Birds love it
I love birds, and this feed brings them all to my yard! I have several types of feeders, and the birds canât get enough of this mix. One of the best parts is that the squirrels stay away thanks to the heat, which is a big win. The quality of the seeds is fantasticâunlike other brands Iâve tried, this doesnât arrive cracked or ground into dust. The birds are happy, and so am I. I definitely recommend it!
Amazon Customer –
Mostly works!
It mostly works! The birds still love it but we have less squirrels eating it. A few squirrels still eat the hot seed. Luckily kept away all the raccoons which I’m very thankful for. A lil on the pricey side for the size of the bag.
Joolie –
Seems to work on the northern squirrels (WA state)!
Update: The birds love this food, and there’s very little waste at all. The millet doesn’t sprout, either!! I only have one squirrel that likes this stuff, and she’s kind of insane. She eats everything, literally everything, so I could put peppered shoelaces in the feeder and she’d eat those. Anyway, I stopped giving the squirrels their own food at all since it was attracting rats, and my overall squirrel population in my yard has dropped. A squirrel or two still scavenge at the bottom of the feeder for stuff that has gotten wet and washed off the pepper, but other than that I rarely have problems.It is funny to see new squirrels try it though. I had one freaking out, digging holes and rubbing its face in the holes. Another squirrel’s tail poofed out like a cat’s. Yet another one fell off the feeder in shock.It’s winter now and the birds are loving this food like crazy, the squirrels are mostly at bay and I’m very happy with this stuff! Way less expensive in the long run and much less mess and randomly sprouting seeds.Original review:The squirrels here in WA state definitely do not like this stuff. A couple have gotten into the bird feeder that has it and immediately stop and get off the feeder. Since then, they’ve actually been eating the squirrel ‘kobs’ I’ve put on a bungee for them (heh heh heh) and the feeder is full!The very first squirrel was pretty funny. He got up there, went to eat like normal and just STOPPED. He crawled up to the top of the feeder pole thing and perched there and just sat there. Just… sat there. For several minutes, he just sat and sat. He shook his paw once, and sat some more. I never see them perch up there and just sit like that. Eventually he hopped down and ran off with his tail twitching all funny. Usually I don’t see anything like that unless there’s a cat around, and there was no cat around (and I was watching after the fact on a recording, so he wasn’t reacting to me). It was pretty amusing. Since the four squirrels in my yard are two dads and their sons, it only took two squirrels to try it to get the word out. I haven’t seen any more squirrels try it since those two. And, as I have other food for them, it means they won’t move out of the yard — meaning, no new squirrels will move in (figuratively – they live elsewhere but have claimed my yard as their territory for feeding) so I may be able to go back to normal seed eventually, if these squirrels decide they’re never trying that feeder again.I haven’t been able to see yet if the birds are a fan of it, though. It’s springtime here and the birds have plenty of other places to eat so I get fewer birds. Fewer still since the squirrels invaded a while ago. We’ll see how it goes now that the squirrels aren’t all over the feeder! Maybe my songbirds will come back to eat!
John Baymore –
Oh well. Does not keep squirrels away.
My goal with trying this birdseed was that the hot pepper treatment would deter the 3 squirrels that have discovered our video feeder. I desperately wanted this stuff to be a part (other stuff was tried along with it) of the solution. The squirrels were consuming a LOT of food; costing a lot of $ and keeping birds away. They’d often sit at the feeder on top of a pile of food and munch away for an hour at a time.Given that specific goal, I have to rate this seed as a “failure” for us. The squirrels appear to LOVE this food as much as they love the other non-hot seed mixes I’ve tried. They’ll sit there and munch for an hour with this stuff in the feeder as well. So if you are thinking of using this to deter eastern grey squirrels, it very likely will not work.The birds do seem to like this food, and we did not see any adverse reactions to the hot pepper treatment. SO if you are not using this for that purpose, the birds do like it.
J. Kenneth Grace –
Not cheap, but really keeps the squirrels away
Before we tried this seed mix we had squirrels emptying our bird feeder every day. Since we started using it we havenât seen a single squirrel at the feeder (which has a camera). It almost seems too good to be true, but the results have been amazing for us. I wish it was a little cheaper, since the birds love this mix and usually empty the feeder in two days. Better the birds than the squirrels though! Great product!
Kim Kuhnhein Hatfield –
Squirrels no longer love me.
Raccoons squirrels and chipmunks used to be my regulars at the bird feeder, scaring away most of the birds, and eating like Homer Simpson at an all-you-can-eat buffet. When I got Coleâs Blazing Hot bird seed, that all changed. Now the birds rule the roost, and even bring their fledglings to teach them how to eat at the feeder!