How do u make hummingbird mix for the feeder

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Can u help me make food for my hummingbird feeder

Mary Wilson · Answer

Mix 3 cups water and 1 cup sugar.  Bring to boil, cool and pour into the feeder.  Don't put any food coloring in the sugar water.

Tra1962428 · Answer

A good ratio is 4 cups water to 1 cup sugar. Boil and stir. Bring to room temp. Refrigerate leftover till next use, but bring to room temperature before filling. Always wash out feeders thoroughly with just hot water before replenishing. Enjoy these beautiful little creatures.

Diane Rich · Answer

The first recipe is not correct.  It is 1/4 Cup sugar to 1 Cup tap water.  Boil water, then add sugar and stir till dissolved.  Cool before using.  You can go to the Domino sugar site and search for their hummingbird  recipe.  So, I only make 3 cups at a time which is 3 cups water with 3/4 Cups sugar.  Hope this helps and enjoy watching these little loves!

Diane Rich · Answer

Dominosugar.com  Some useful info there.

Lynnda · Answer

We use 4 cups of water and 1 cup of sugar,boil water to dissolve sugar and cool. This is the same as the above recipe we just make more to fill more feeders..

Barbara Goodwin · Answer

1/4 cup white sugar to 1 cup boiling water  dissolved. Do. It use coloring  it's  bad for them

Doje · Answer

Audubon society recommends 4:1 ratio......4 cups water 1 cup sugar, bring to gentle boil with occasional stirring......cool before putting in feeder....refrigerate unused portion

Melanie · Answer

I put 1 cup of sugar in  a 4 cup measuring cup.  Put in some hot tap water and stir until dissolved.  Add more water to the 4 cups and stir more.  Birds don't care if they get more sugar!

Barb in Texas · Answer

If you live in a hot area, dump the sugar water mix everyday, clean out the feeder, and refill the next day.  Bacteria can grow and kill the birds if you just leave it.  Don't use red food dye, it's bad for them and the red on the feeders themselves is enough to attract them.

Che7602122 · Answer

Four parts water to one part sugar. Bring the mixture to a boil so the sugar dissolves.  Cool before adding to the feeder.  Do NOT add food coloring, as it's not good for the birds.

Stephen Spence · Answer

These are all correct and you can store unused solution in a closed container in the fridge for several days.

Abita · Answer

Our preferred method is 1 cup sugar to 3.5 cups water. However, start with the sugar and 1.5 cups of water, bring to a boil stirring occasionally to dissolve all sugar crystals, allow too cool a bit and then add the other two cups of water - cold water - to fast cool it down. Don't add red food coloring as some dyes have ingredients very harmful to the little hummingbird livers. The color of the feeder is enough attraction; especially if you have real live blooms near. Any unused syrup is stored in the refrigerator, tightly closed up.

Kathleen Bingham Steube · Answer

Please, for the health of hummingbirds, ONLY follow this information! Thanks!!

Montoya · Answer

4-parts water to 1-part water. This not only worked for me in Corpus Christi, but for the past 6-years in Pueblo, CO.

Nuclear Nana · Answer

I use water from my Keurig coffee maker to melt the sugar.  Just stir until all crystals are dissolved.  My birds prefer 2/3 cup sugar to 2 cups water.  My feeder holds 16 ounces so this amount  fills it.   We are careful to cool solution on the counter before pouring into the feeder.

Bernice H · Answer

To everyone...do you HAVE  to boil the water? I use 1/4 sugar to one cup water...just water from the tap...I stir every so often,the sugar dissolves...I used to put it in the microwave to heat the water,but one day in a hurry,just used cold tap water,and it dissolved after a few stirrings...so......?

C · Answer

4 cups water, 1 cup sugar.  Boil and stir for 2 minutes to completely dissolve sugar but mostly to prevent bacteria from forming (which can kill them). Don't boil longer or it will turn to syrup! Let cool, fill feeder. NO RED DYE.  Dye is harmful.  They come to feeder without it. I have used this formula for years in California and  get lots of  Hummers fighting over the feeder.

David Dresser · Answer

Public water supplies have chemicals; some places more than others. Those things are bad for the birds. Boiling the water eliminates the problem. You do not have to have hot water to dissolve sugar. 1/4 cup sugar to 1 cup water, NO COLORANT! Ambient temperature best unless it is pretty cold, then slightly warm.

Linda Parrish · Answer

I heat four cups of water in the microwave for four minutes.  After it is heated, I remove water from microwave and immediately add one cup of white granulated sugar.  Stir the sugar water mixture until all the sugar is dissolved and the water is crystal clear again.
Let cool, and than fill and hang your feeders.  Never add red food coloring!.
Enjoy the little hummers that will visit.  Mine visit daily and return every year. It may take a while for the hummers to find your feeders, so be patient.
Here in the south, the hummers arrive mid April and leave in mid September. Be sure to remove all feeder at the end of summer so the birds can migrate to Argentina on time.  Hummers that do not leave or leave late could end up dead, as they can not handle cold winters.
Be sure to clean feeders and change sugar water weekly.
Left over sugar mixture can be stored in fridge.

Donna Krause · Answer

I always put 4 c of water in microwave to boil....1 c sugar dissolves very quickly when added to boiling water.  Allow to cool, I  Colored water is NOT needed.  Hummers are attracted to the red in the feeder.  If you don't have enough hummers to finish this much, you can always just make 2 c water, 1/2 c sugar mixture.

Roylan · Answer

Well I use 3 cups of water to / cup of sugar.    I always boil my water, stir in the sugar, till it's clear, then let it cool to room temp.   I have 2 feeders that hold four cups each.   And my birds drink almost exactly 4 cups per day.   I ALWAYS wash the feeder with soap and hot water between each feeding.   I use wide mouth feeder so I can wash them good. I also scrub the flowers with a tiny brush each time as well.

Linda · Answer

I mix mine the same way if I run out of what I got at the store. Thanks for sharing that on the food coloring. I always put it in mine. I figure if people can eat it, then the birds could to.  I will leave it out from now on.

Jody H · Answer

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Bie7523315 · Answer

I use a 3/1 mixture also. (1cup water and 1/3 c sugar. No red coloring) My feeders are copper wire creations using blood collection tubes as the feeders. The top has a tiny hole drilled in it and the hummers tongue can reach the bottom. Mine love the one I have that has a  perch for them to sit on. Got them from a couple in Texas. I make a batch and fill up bunches of the tubes all at once and keep the extra in the fridge. I live in NW Louisiana so it's hot. They seem to enjoy the cold treat.

Bonnie · Answer

I, also live in Az...and make up 2 cups each  time, but only pour in 1 cup at a time. Keeping the extra cup in the fridge, birdies never run out that way.

Kathy Stoflet Sinotte · Answer

I have a new question , can't get birds to come to feeders, do they like cover of trees, or wide open feeders ?

1mort2deuce · Answer

I use 1 part water to 4 parts sugar and microwave until the sugar is completely dissolved,. Please do not add food color! As long as the feeders have some red(even if its just a red bit of yarn) the Hummers will find it. I have to make a half gallon  every other day, more when the babies fledge. About the cover of trees, the birds like to have some place to escape to during a feeding frenzy. Hope this helps.

Marilyn · Answer

I boil water in teapot, mix 4 parts water to 1 part sugar, mix until sugar dissolves and let cool. DO NOT ADD COLORING! It's harmful to the birds. Change food every 4 days to avoid mold.

Deb6955262 · Answer

We use 1 gallon jugs, 4 cups sugar, fill with hot water... Good to go!  We have like 30 hummingbirds!!  They are little piggies...

Shari Veater · Answer

I boil 4 cups of water with one cup of sugar...don't add red food color, it isn't good for the birds.

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