Mr. Bird Flaming Hot Feast Large Wild Bird Seed Cylinder 4 lb. 3 oz.

The birds love it and critters stay away. Lasts about a month for me and I get to see a variety of beautiful birds on it daily.

This is perfect for my bird feeder, which lasts 3 weeks before the wild birds finish them. It holds together well and doesn't disintegrate easily, unlike some birdseed cylinders that crumble when I touch them or become soggy when it snows/rains. An added bonus is that it is spicy, which discourages deer and squirrels. I have been using this type for over 3 years. I do wish that they were not that expensive, though.

UPDATE (April 30, 2023): Mr Bird's hot pepper cylinders are once again consistently in stock in the original recipe. The cylinders in my last two orders were carefully packed and shipped by the seller, and held together extremely well during transport, on the feeder, even in the rain. The birds love these seed cylinders, and squirrels and other critters do not. A very excellent product, highly recommended! ORIGINAL REVIEW (August 6, 2022): Mr Bird's hot pepper cylinders are usually excellent--quality ingredients, long lasting, good value, does a good job discouraging squirrels and other critters. But within the past year or so, the quality has dropped, maybe because ingredients used in the past are difficult to source right now. (?) The cylinders available now contain safflower seeds, which is fine because those are favorites of many birds. But the ingredient used to bind the cylinders isn't sufficient to withstand shipping, and they tend to melt and fall apart when even a little bit wet with rain. That never happened with the original ingredients. I ordered two cylinders recently and they arrived banged up with loose seeds and chunks that fell off when the wrapping was removed. When one of the cylinders was placed on the feeder this morning, it broke in half, and the top half fell apart and couldn't be stacked on the feeder. Mr Bird seems to be doing the best they can with limited resources at present, and I don't fault them for trying to keep their products available for their customers. But they really do need to rethink the binding agent for the hot pepper cylinders. And Amazon needs to do a better job packing fragile products for shipping. The two large cylinders in my last order were rolling around in a box larger than necessary, and had obviously been banging into each other during transport. How hard could it have been to put a little padding between them?

It is doing what I bought it for, which is to keep the squirrels out. I have 2 different types of bird seed. The birds seem to prefer the two that are not peppered. They will eat from it but not to the extent of the other feeders. We have primariy chickadees, and wrens, sparrows and a few doves. I'm not sure if it's the right type of seed for the birds here or the fact that it is peppered to keep out the squirrels.

I don't know what has happened with this company. They used to have a great product. The last two 4lb cylinders I ordered were complete crap and fell apart the moment I took it out of the packaging. At $25-$30 each, there is no excuse for this lack of quality. I will be looking for another brand.

Our daughter told us about this bird seed. We live in windy Wyoming where loose seed would fly all over. Plus we have ground squirrels and we are hoping they will not like this seed if some of it falls to the ground. So far these seeds cylinders are working out well. We got so many birds we set up a second cylinder feeder.

All the birds — especially woodpeckers and titmice — love this seed. And the squirrels hate it and stay away. YAY! I’ve previously only used the smaller size which lasts a couple of weeks. I’m hoping this large (and heavy) seed cylinder lasts a lot longer.

The woodpeckers and other birds love this. Entertainment for days.