Easiest, Cheapest, Best DIY Hummingbird Feeder Ever (from Soy Sauce). 

100?. seriously?.that's alot of work.lol

RIGHT ON.

Start selling them! If you can get a steady supply from restaurants, you can make a little business out of it. Start an etsy shop

You are so funny! But, it is true! We are not into Kikkoman soy sauce, but will probably get some more to add to our existing feeder.

@@Sammy-mp9xn He's methed up.

Even though I don't like soy sauce I have one of these empty bottles saved - with the lid. It just looked like it might come in handy some day.

The Dollar Tree has Hummingbird feeders out now. I don't know how much they cost but they had lots of them..........

@Cur M, thanks too for the trivia about the bottle design!

If they are at the Dollar Tree I am sure they are only 1.00..🙄

Now I wish we didn’t recycle ours

Sometimes the homemade items are the most successful. It is surprising how expensive the commercially manufactured feeders cost. I once made a seed feeder for the other birds. I used an empty 2 liter soda bottle upended over a plastic gelatin mold, and connected the two with some wire. The birds really liked it. Later on, I bought a feeder that cost close to $10. I hung it in the same location where the homemade one had been. The visitor census dropped by about 50%.

Does she actually have to hand wash the one she bought from the store? Oh No poor thing. 🙄

They named aerial combat "dog fighting" but it should be "hummy fighting"!

I'm in Kansas. We only get the Ruby Throats. But they are so beautiful to watch. They swoop around me and sometimes startle me into thinking they're here! Lol!

@DExXR 380 Washington state and Oregon have several species of hummingbirds during Spring and early summer while Anna's hummingbirds are year around residents even in the winter if there are feeders for them.

That's amazing 😍💕

Maybe hard to find those in the South. Not much authentic Chinese food here.

So cool!

Do you find that the bees and ants get in??

@@shadowgirl8038 I haven’t had issues with bees or ants… it is hanging from awning on 2nd story deck.

@@jkell42 TY

wow those are a TON of hummers, enjoy !

@@supersleuth3161 Not so this year. I'm now down to 3 feeders, fumble fingers broke one, and only about a dozen birds. I sure enjoy them though!

William Garrett wowza I am gonna try this. That’s a long time you’ve been feeding!

I remember those days when hummingbird feeders were not expensive - 2 or 3 bucks and made in USA. I still cannot figure out since when they have become expensive - 10 bucks to start with and they are all made in China. Last month I had frequent hummingbirds visitors mainly because my succulents were all blooming (the first time). Hummingbirds love those little trumpet like flowers! I def will try this vid idea to attract more hummingbirds!

Not to detract, but the 99 cent store and dollar stores re have very good feeders. I use those with great success.

This is actually really dangerous for hummingbirds.. it makes it so the sugar, water drips in their feathers, preventing them from flying and regulating body temperature and can kill them in hours . it seems like a cool idea, but it’s not.

Please don’t use feeders for hummingbird. Hummingbird is natural. It is nature. Let it be. Please don’t change it’s nature. Please don’t feed them unnatural things. Also please don’t change its natural way of finding its food. Please don’t do anything that changes anything that is naturally going around (also that are natural within you). Don’t encourage petting. Infact discourage petting any animal or bird. Let them be. Don’t feed any natural being with unnatural stuff or even natural stuffs (most of them are genetically modified these days which is causing too many problems to the natural beings’ various systems ranging from digestive system to their cognitive system) which in turn leads to threatening their existence. Let them be. Let’s plant trees everywhere possible. That’s the best thing that we humans can do to animals and birds. 1. Plant trees 2. Reduce plastic garbage. Reuse the plastic bags. 3. Reduce human footprint in forests or natural reserves. Don’t try exploring those places in the name of recreation. Many people throw garbage during these activities which causes harm to their ecosystem. 4. Don’t cut down trees 5. Nurture nature by reducing artificial technologies 6. Save environment 7. Save humans 8. Save the planet 🌏

Please plant flowering plants and trees around to attract birds

​@@rasakumar3850 Take your healing crystal, dope smoking, hippie nonsense elsewhere. I am going to set out at least 4 hummingbird feeders this year.

I've been on vacation for a week and you had me worried for a moment there that I had lost a day!

@@OrigamiMarie I honestly woke up, thought it was Sunday popped on the home theater PC and watched this vid from bed. It wasn't until like an hour later and I went downstairs I realized it was Saturday. I was too lazy to edit my comment LOL.

No kidding. One year we had 2 feeders around the corner of the house from each other. One of the males found a spot in the lilac bush where he could watch both of them. Greedy little bastard wouldn't let anyone drink from either one if he could help it. I couldn't help wondering if he was spending more energy guarding both than he would have if he'd just stuck to one feeder and left the other to whoever else was around.

John Conklin Watching them fly back and forth to have an air battle is half of the fun of putting up hummingbird feeders.

Mama Dragon -

Conk: females can be just as vicious! I've seen one who kept flying in circles bashing another one who refused the leave the perch on the feeder as she just kept drinking the KoolAid. The angered female struck her with an audible noise on each circling pass!

GRACIAS GRACIAS GRACIAS ❤️❤️❤️😇🙏🇨🇱

Your home seems so Beautiful.🌺🌺🌺🌺 Did you ever attract your little hummers?..

​@@Sammy-mp9xn Hi Leah! - Yes, I got 2 adult hummers that were taking turns coming. And then one day, i had a much smaller, slender hummer. It seemed it might be a young adult OR a female. I have my computer within sight of my feeder so on one day, I had 6 visits from the first one that came. Then one day, while I was sitting in my lawn chair on my little patio, reading a book, I spotted SOMETHING out of my right side. When I turned slight to look, it was a HUMMER. I stood perfectly still and it flew right up to my face, about 6 inches away!!! It must have been trying to figure out if I was a giant type of flower .... ha, ha, ha. But then on Sept. 1, the temperature dropped at night to 56, too cold for them. That starts their migration to Mexico and further south in to Honduras and Columbia. I read they can cross the Gulf of Mexico in 20 hours, non stop! They are amazing little birds. I'll take down the feeder in mid September, just in case any of them are still around. Next year, I'm planning to put a second one on a shepherd's hook since I don't have trees. I have enjoyed watching them. One curious fact, they never approached any of my flowers, and I had Bee Balm, petunias, snapdragons and geraniums. But I did see a TON of little bumble bee style bugs that would crawl right in to the flowers. But no hummers. - Thanks for asking. Stay safe.

That is, until all these doodads start to fall apart! Thanks ;)

@@pocket83 I look forward to the hour long ramble about it :p

And I got the entropy joke btw ;)

Great now soy sauce wont even be on the shelves haha

That's a wonderful idea& very thoughtful..🌺🌺

That is fricken awesome. Beautiful

because it is

It is! The harder part if just being creative, but that's not a problem either!

Thank you! These work really well. And don't worry about the bottle; it's become the standard. Oh, you can remove the label with vinegar. Details are in the description ;)

@@pocket83 Wash the inside of the bottle with diluted vinegar in water and that will keep mold (black spots) away. Rinse after cleaning.

This is such a lovely hummingbird feeder. I want to make it but I cannot find that kind of bottle in my area. Which other product comes with a cap like the Kikkoman?

I just found a store that sells the Kikkoman soy sauce in the bottle that you use. Thanks anyway.

Robbe902 We also have kingfishers in northern Michigan in the USA. The ‘hummers’ as we nicknamed them, are quite a bit smaller than the kingfisher. They are amazing to watch. They say they come back to the same place every summer. Ours will come and hover by/in our patio doors and ‘look ’ for us, hovering there. That’s when we know it’s time to get the feeders up!😄

No hummers in Germany? Then again you have the Eisvogel, i too only know this kingfisher from books, encyclopedias and magazines.

@@littledabwilldoya9717 mine will dive bomb me if I walk across the yard. I can make the squeaky noise. When kids little I would make it if I heard them squeaking in a tree. They come out and look for a minute.

When do they migrate?

Jane Knight sometime soon after all the flowers are gone in my area, take a look here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hummingbird

I did not think hummers lived here until just for fun I put a feeder out. Wait a bit. They will find you especially if your area grows flowers. I saw my very first hummer at Mt Lemon AZ.

Do you have to drill holes in the lid for the hummingbirds?

@@TCBLightningBolt No need. The holes are part of the lid/cap pouring design already built in. It will not drip unless tilted so it has to be hung level.

BOHO RUSTICA I’ve used Vaseline for that purpose too.

Using sticky, goopy stuff around birds is not a good idea. It can get on their feathers and they can’t remove it, which means they can’t fly. Using water is a much safer idea.

@@JanisK1953 Janis It won't take much to cause an ant to change there mind and look for other things to eat. I have used the Vaseline treatment for over 20 years it works first time every time. Jake.

@@hipcatwho I use silicone grease far up on the hook away from the birds. Works like magic.

😕 where do you live?

If you are in an area that they pass when they are migrating, put out a feeder and you might have a couple of them stop by for a sip or two.

Yes! If you're in the U.S. put out a feeder! They are more likely 'rare' in the central portion of the country, but they'll be glad to spot your feeder. Put one out this summer - fall, and then spring for the migration periods. If they spot it they'll be back the next year.

@@nyima04011 I'm in North Wales unfortunately :'(

Just wanted folks to see what an *ASSHOLE* this tool is I made a valid response to what home made sugar water is doing to the hummingbirds and his response was that of an *ASSHOLE* here it is *pocket83 Highlighted reply pocket83 5 hours ago Yeah, so? There's nothing here in this video that's misleading. The method shown is tested and safe; it's just sugar, water, and glass. *** take a moment to consider what you trust from this ASSHOLE!!! if he gives two shits about weather or not the hummingbirds die then he gives two shits about anything and does not deserve the following!!! weather or not his idea is successful means nothing his response to something that relies on our honesty to keep it alive does!

At least you wear a mask.thank you!😷

zippy11455 ice cubes and salt will also work. Used to use that to clean the Bunn coffee pots when the coffee got dried and scorched in the bottom of the carafes.

Zippy.....great tip from mom. Texas here.

I use uncooked rice.

Gosh, I would be afraid pebbles would break glass...You've not broken anything in all those 60 years? If not, I'm impressed! Still though, I believe I'll stick with my uncooked rice grains & soap & water.

There may just not be enough flowers they like in your area, you could still try this out, even if there's no hummingbirds the bees will appreciate it

LOL 😂😂😂

@@SkyLightsUXOs best suggestion ever

Telos954x 😄

Checkout 'Robbie and Gary Gardening Easy' videos on tips to attract hummingbirds. If you build (the feeder), they will come!

Ha! It can be a full-time job! Especially if you have squirrels and a birdbath. We have a nest of Junco peepers under our porch right now, and some Bluebird peepers in the box on the grape arbor--so bird-wise, it's been an eventful spring.

Thanks so much for the tip! I was thinking of painting the bottle but this is another great option.

GooGone will also work, or citrus-based cleaners :-)

@@littledabwilldoya9717 Thanks! More good tips. Really want to make a few of these.

Samplexity, did you find Robbie and Gary gardening made easy utube. See the Hummingbird Bath Ball easy DIY.

You have to place the other one out of sight of the first feeder, such as on another side of the house

if you feed them they will stay close. where i live they just wizz around at the speed of sound most of the time.

I've seen the in Seattle, Washington (they visited my scarlet runner bean flowers) and in Northern Minnesota (my grandparents have a hummingbird feeder). They are in a lot of places!

Great! It doesn't take long, does it? It's like they recognize the bottle!

I bet the dollar store has some soy sauce bottles. Or behind a Chinese restaurant