Sunflower Seed Chips are simply broken and small pieces of Sunflower Hearts, which are produced when the husk is taken off the Black Sunflower Seed.
Sunflower Heart Chips
A popular addition to our sunflower seed bird food range, these broken pieces of Sunflower Heart Seeds are oil rich and nutritious just like our Sunflower Hearts
Sunflower Heart Chips are suitable for seed feeders, bird tables and ground feeder. Please note that if used on its own this product can stick in feeders in very damp conditions
Please note that as we have had to increase the price of our Sunflower Hearts, due to a very poor harvest across Europe, the prices in our catalogue are now out of date.
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FAQ Title 1 | What are Sunflower Heart Chips and how are they produced? |
FAQ Content 1 | Sunflower Seed Chips are simply broken and small pieces of Sunflower Hearts, which are produced when the husk is taken off the Black Sunflower Seed. |
FAQ Title 2 | What are the benefits of Sunflower Heart Chips over whole Sunflower Seeds or Hearts? |
FAQ Content 2 | The small pieces of Sunflower Heart mean that certain species of softbill, and notably Dunnocks and Robins, are more easily able to eat the food compared to whole Sunflower Hearts. As with Sunflower Hearts, Sunflower Heart Chips leave far less waste compared to Black Sunflower Seeds. |
FAQ Title 3 | What birds eat Sunflower Seed Chips? |
FAQ Content 3 | All the species which eat Sunflower Hearts will also eat Sunflower Seed Chips, however, Dunnocks and Robins will find it easier to eat the smaller pieces. |
FAQ Title 4 | How do I feed Sunflower Heart Chips to birds? |
FAQ Content 4 | The best way to feed Sunflower Heart Chips is on a table, ground feeder or directly onto the ground. This is because smaller soft bill species which favour the food, such as Dunnocks and Robins, are essentially ground feeders and therefore won’t normally go onto hanging feeders (though Robins sometimes will). The Chips can be fed from a hanging seed feeder for finches, though the small pieces do have a tendency to get clogged in a feeder in damp conditions. Ideally then, it’s best to feed Sunflower Chips in the ways suggested above, then use whole Sunflower Hearts from a hanging seed feeder as well. |
All prices in our catalogue and on our website include delivery; there are no hidden extra costs. Orders received by 3pm Monday to Friday will be dispatched on that day using a next working day delivery service. Therefore an order placed on Tuesday morning should be delivered on Wednesday and an order placed on Friday will be delivered on Monday.
We don't deliver on Saturdays or Bank Holidays. We offer a no sigature delivery service; simply advise us where to leave your bags.
Live food orders and orders less than 1kg in weight will come by Royal Mail.
If you have not received your order within 7 working days please contact us on 01775 630208.
We now deliver to all of mainland UK and Northern Ireland with no extra delivery charge. Please note that some postcode areas that are classed as Scottish Islands and Highlands may take 2-3 working days to arrive. For deliveries outside of these areas a £10 charge will be applied.
Postcode areas affected include HS, IV41 – IV49, IV51, IV55 and IV56, KA27 and KA28, KW15 to KW17, PA20, PA41 to PA49, PA60 to PA78, PH42 to PH44, ZE, Isle of Man
We are unable to deliver to the Republic of Ireland or the Channel Islands.
Anonymous
Very good value.
15/02/2021Mrs c Aitchison
Delivery prompt despite lockdown delays. Most garden birds seem to like the chips just as much as the whole seeds, so happy with my choice.
15/02/2021Vivien Stevenette
Always popular with my local birdies, they can’t get enough. The attraction is so keen, my feeders are rarely without goldfinch, bluetits, greenfinch and chaffinch along with sparrow and the ground feeders who clear up after the little ones.
11/02/2021Mr stephen Hibbard
I find Sunflower Heart Chips the ideal food to offer to most birds all of whom seem to really like them. The only down side is that they do get stuck in the feeder when they get wet or damp so I have to shake the feeder to loosen them up. This is compensated by the fact that there is no build up of husks etc below the feeder.
11/02/2021Sue Welch
Birds love them! Only trouble is they eat them too fast
10/02/2021Anonymous
Excellent service from Vine House Farm
09/02/2021Alan Booker
We get a fantastic collection of birds on the heart chips better than the tv
01/09/2020Colin Upton
Brilliant service from Vine House Farm. Sunflower Heart Chips loved by a wide variety of birds.
31/08/2020Jenny Meer
Very pleased hardly any waste so the pigeon has ceased lurking underneath the feeders
31/08/2020Leonard ross
31/08/2020Frances Philpot
Received promptly and with thanks. The goldfinches asked if there was a deep fried version -cheeky lot!
31/08/2020Elaine Lee
I always use these for my birdfeeders. They are just the right size for little beaks so there is less waste. Vine House Farm delivers promptly
31/08/2020Devinder Paul kapur
4 greenfinches at the feeder as I write this, looks like the Sunflower Heart Chips are proving popular.
01/08/2020Ashley Jones
Excellent value and hardly any active seeds which germinate if they fall. I'm a repeat orderer of these
31/07/2020Derek Garner
I’ve got the happyist bird s in the street
31/07/2020D H preece
Golfinches love them!
31/07/2020Simon Clarkson
The birds love these quality sunflower chips. Quality birdfood at reasonable prices from company who support Wildlife trust. Looking after nature win/win
30/07/2020Anonymous
Excellent quality, the birds love them. Ordering is easy and delivery very quick and efficient.
30/07/2020Carol Leftwich
Excellent. Very good value for money, quick delivery. I can really recommend Vine House Farm Carol Leftwich. Felpham. West Sussex
30/07/2020Dianne Cumming
Goldfinches and Siskins love this!
30/07/2020Anonymous
Our goldfinches love them . Greenfinches , chaffinches and bullfinch visit .
30/07/2020Thaddeus Monk
Bullfinch's favourite.
30/07/2020David Green
The sunflower chips scattered on the ground one day are never there the next.
30/07/2020Anonymous
Overall I have found chips to be the best all round feed. Tits, blue and Great, gold finches and robins. Good because blue tits who will sift through mixed food by throughing it out of the feeder can be very wasteful. But with chips they will take the small piece and sit in the bush and eat it.
30/07/2020Stephen Brian
Always great quality and the birds and other animals enjoy them.
30/07/2020Anonymous
The birds seem to love them (as does the pesky squirrel)
30/07/2020Judy Mcdonell
I have used this product for a number of years and find the chips much better than the whole hearts for the small birds, such as goldfinches and blue tits, which visit our feeders. However, I will not be re-ordering from Vine House Farm for the reason given below.
10/07/2020Randell Moll
The most popular feed for most of our birds. Goldfinches, blue tits, great tits, greenfinches, sparrows, robins, woodpeckers, starlings, are all regular this summer, with blackbirds, jackdaws and a pair of doves on the ground under the feeders. Pigeons of course. Wrens some days and very occasionally a pair of bullfinches.
08/07/2020Cathy Tipple
Great product. Good price. No mess as the birds eat all of it.
01/07/2020Jill Armstrong
Very good site with effecient and speedy delivery. These chips are excellent at attracting gold finches which is what I wanted to see in my garden
30/06/2020Dennis Rice
This attracts 7 species of birds into my garden with the advantage of spillage not germinating.
30/06/2020Anonymous
I’m very impressed with Vine House farm. They deliver promptly every time (next day).
29/06/2020Jane Duckitt
29/06/2020David Ryan
These are very good quality chips, no waste & the birds love them. Great service from the farm & it is cheaper to buy them from there than where i live locally.
29/06/2020Anonymous
Birds like these too.
29/06/2020Anonymous
The sunflower chips are a new one on me, but a good compromise for putting in a feeder as well as on a surface. Also the blackbirds have to work harder to get through a feeding!
29/06/2020Dorothy Moodie
Good quality, fresh seed. The chips flow better than whole seeds in my "My Favourites" lantern-type feeder.
29/06/2020Anonymous
Have been ordering these for years as little mess and the birds love them and recently even our red squirrels have mastered the art of hanging upside down on the feeder to get at them!
29/06/2020Sarah Beadles
Very good product birds
29/06/2020William Chandler
As always, the prompt delivery of the Sunflower Heart Chips meant I could feed the variety of birds that relish them, with considerably less waste than whole seeds.
29/06/2020Paul Holley
Very pleased with these. Good quality, clean sunflower pieces with no dust or waste material and our Goldfinches love them.
29/06/2020Hilary Hodkinson
We swapped from whole Sunflower Hearts to the Chips on the advice of Nicholas Watts, because we had a problem with the amount of mess below the feeder - and it has worked for us - far less mess around the feeding area now!
29/06/2020Keith Godwin
Seems the a large variety of birds love these, I am refilling the two feeders in my garden every three days.
29/06/2020Emlyn Hicks
Spot on!!!!!!!!! Spot on!!!!!!!!!!!
29/06/2020Paul Mathison
These do seem very popular with small birds. Unfortunately, squirrels also seem to love them to the point that I've had to install a squirrel proof feeder.
06/06/2020Jane Connor
this is going down a treat with all the birds which visit my feeders. I have a wide range, including tits, sparrows, gold and green finches, chaffinch, nuthatch dunnocks, blackbirds and thrushes, and even woodpeckers!
03/06/2020Claudine walduck
29/05/2020Gail Addis
29/05/2020Barbara Dye
29/05/2020Nicholas Murphy
Very good product, well packed and speed of delivery after order given in pm was terrific
28/05/2020
Sunflower Heart Chips are suitable for seed feeders, bird tables and ground feeder. Please note that if used on its own this product can stick in feeders in very damp conditions
Please note that as we have had to increase the price of our Sunflower Hearts, due to a very poor harvest across Europe, the prices in our catalogue are now out of date.
All prices in our catalogue and on our website include delivery; there are no hidden extra costs. Orders received by 3pm Monday to Friday will be dispatched on that day using a next working day delivery service. Therefore an order placed on Tuesday morning should be delivered on Wednesday and an order placed on Friday will be delivered on Monday.
We don't deliver on Saturdays or Bank Holidays. We offer a no sigature delivery service; simply advise us where to leave your bags.
Live food orders and orders less than 1kg in weight will come by Royal Mail.
If you have not received your order within 7 working days please contact us on 01775 630208.
We now deliver to all of mainland UK and Northern Ireland with no extra delivery charge. Please note that some postcode areas that are classed as Scottish Islands and Highlands may take 2-3 working days to arrive. For deliveries outside of these areas a £10 charge will be applied.
Postcode areas affected include HS, IV41 – IV49, IV51, IV55 and IV56, KA27 and KA28, KW15 to KW17, PA20, PA41 to PA49, PA60 to PA78, PH42 to PH44, ZE, Isle of Man
We are unable to deliver to the Republic of Ireland or the Channel Islands.
Anonymous
Very good value.
15/02/2021Mrs c Aitchison
Delivery prompt despite lockdown delays. Most garden birds seem to like the chips just as much as the whole seeds, so happy with my choice.
15/02/2021Vivien Stevenette
Always popular with my local birdies, they can’t get enough. The attraction is so keen, my feeders are rarely without goldfinch, bluetits, greenfinch and chaffinch along with sparrow and the ground feeders who clear up after the little ones.
11/02/2021Mr stephen Hibbard
I find Sunflower Heart Chips the ideal food to offer to most birds all of whom seem to really like them. The only down side is that they do get stuck in the feeder when they get wet or damp so I have to shake the feeder to loosen them up. This is compensated by the fact that there is no build up of husks etc below the feeder.
11/02/2021Sue Welch
Birds love them! Only trouble is they eat them too fast
10/02/2021Anonymous
Excellent service from Vine House Farm
09/02/2021Alan Booker
We get a fantastic collection of birds on the heart chips better than the tv
01/09/2020Colin Upton
Brilliant service from Vine House Farm. Sunflower Heart Chips loved by a wide variety of birds.
31/08/2020Jenny Meer
Very pleased hardly any waste so the pigeon has ceased lurking underneath the feeders
31/08/2020Leonard ross
31/08/2020Frances Philpot
Received promptly and with thanks. The goldfinches asked if there was a deep fried version -cheeky lot!
31/08/2020Elaine Lee
I always use these for my birdfeeders. They are just the right size for little beaks so there is less waste. Vine House Farm delivers promptly
31/08/2020Devinder Paul kapur
4 greenfinches at the feeder as I write this, looks like the Sunflower Heart Chips are proving popular.
01/08/2020Ashley Jones
Excellent value and hardly any active seeds which germinate if they fall. I'm a repeat orderer of these
31/07/2020Derek Garner
I’ve got the happyist bird s in the street
31/07/2020D H preece
Golfinches love them!
31/07/2020Simon Clarkson
The birds love these quality sunflower chips. Quality birdfood at reasonable prices from company who support Wildlife trust. Looking after nature win/win
30/07/2020Anonymous
Excellent quality, the birds love them. Ordering is easy and delivery very quick and efficient.
30/07/2020Carol Leftwich
Excellent. Very good value for money, quick delivery. I can really recommend Vine House Farm Carol Leftwich. Felpham. West Sussex
30/07/2020Dianne Cumming
Goldfinches and Siskins love this!
30/07/2020Anonymous
Our goldfinches love them . Greenfinches , chaffinches and bullfinch visit .
30/07/2020Thaddeus Monk
Bullfinch's favourite.
30/07/2020David Green
The sunflower chips scattered on the ground one day are never there the next.
30/07/2020Anonymous
Overall I have found chips to be the best all round feed. Tits, blue and Great, gold finches and robins. Good because blue tits who will sift through mixed food by throughing it out of the feeder can be very wasteful. But with chips they will take the small piece and sit in the bush and eat it.
30/07/2020Stephen Brian
Always great quality and the birds and other animals enjoy them.
30/07/2020Anonymous
The birds seem to love them (as does the pesky squirrel)
30/07/2020Judy Mcdonell
I have used this product for a number of years and find the chips much better than the whole hearts for the small birds, such as goldfinches and blue tits, which visit our feeders. However, I will not be re-ordering from Vine House Farm for the reason given below.
10/07/2020Randell Moll
The most popular feed for most of our birds. Goldfinches, blue tits, great tits, greenfinches, sparrows, robins, woodpeckers, starlings, are all regular this summer, with blackbirds, jackdaws and a pair of doves on the ground under the feeders. Pigeons of course. Wrens some days and very occasionally a pair of bullfinches.
08/07/2020Cathy Tipple
Great product. Good price. No mess as the birds eat all of it.
01/07/2020Jill Armstrong
Very good site with effecient and speedy delivery. These chips are excellent at attracting gold finches which is what I wanted to see in my garden
30/06/2020Dennis Rice
This attracts 7 species of birds into my garden with the advantage of spillage not germinating.
30/06/2020Anonymous
I’m very impressed with Vine House farm. They deliver promptly every time (next day).
29/06/2020Jane Duckitt
29/06/2020David Ryan
These are very good quality chips, no waste & the birds love them. Great service from the farm & it is cheaper to buy them from there than where i live locally.
29/06/2020Anonymous
Birds like these too.
29/06/2020Anonymous
The sunflower chips are a new one on me, but a good compromise for putting in a feeder as well as on a surface. Also the blackbirds have to work harder to get through a feeding!
29/06/2020Dorothy Moodie
Good quality, fresh seed. The chips flow better than whole seeds in my "My Favourites" lantern-type feeder.
29/06/2020Anonymous
Have been ordering these for years as little mess and the birds love them and recently even our red squirrels have mastered the art of hanging upside down on the feeder to get at them!
29/06/2020Sarah Beadles
Very good product birds
29/06/2020William Chandler
As always, the prompt delivery of the Sunflower Heart Chips meant I could feed the variety of birds that relish them, with considerably less waste than whole seeds.
29/06/2020Paul Holley
Very pleased with these. Good quality, clean sunflower pieces with no dust or waste material and our Goldfinches love them.
29/06/2020Hilary Hodkinson
We swapped from whole Sunflower Hearts to the Chips on the advice of Nicholas Watts, because we had a problem with the amount of mess below the feeder - and it has worked for us - far less mess around the feeding area now!
29/06/2020Keith Godwin
Seems the a large variety of birds love these, I am refilling the two feeders in my garden every three days.
29/06/2020Emlyn Hicks
Spot on!!!!!!!!! Spot on!!!!!!!!!!!
29/06/2020Paul Mathison
These do seem very popular with small birds. Unfortunately, squirrels also seem to love them to the point that I've had to install a squirrel proof feeder.
06/06/2020Jane Connor
this is going down a treat with all the birds which visit my feeders. I have a wide range, including tits, sparrows, gold and green finches, chaffinch, nuthatch dunnocks, blackbirds and thrushes, and even woodpeckers!
03/06/2020Claudine walduck
29/05/2020Gail Addis
29/05/2020Barbara Dye
29/05/2020Nicholas Murphy
Very good product, well packed and speed of delivery after order given in pm was terrific
28/05/2020
FAQS
What are Sunflower Heart Chips and how are they produced?
What are the benefits of Sunflower Heart Chips over whole Sunflower Seeds or Hearts?
The small pieces of Sunflower Heart mean that certain species of softbill, and notably Dunnocks and Robins, are more easily able to eat the food compared to whole Sunflower Hearts. As with Sunflower Hearts, Sunflower Heart Chips leave far less waste compared to Black Sunflower Seeds.
What birds eat Sunflower Seed Chips?
All the species which eat Sunflower Hearts will also eat Sunflower Seed Chips, however, Dunnocks and Robins will find it easier to eat the smaller pieces.
How do I feed Sunflower Heart Chips to birds?
The best way to feed Sunflower Heart Chips is on a table, ground feeder or directly onto the ground. This is because smaller soft bill species which favour the food, such as Dunnocks and Robins, are essentially ground feeders and therefore won’t normally go onto hanging feeders (though Robins sometimes will). The Chips can be fed from a hanging seed feeder for finches, though the small pieces do have a tendency to get clogged in a feeder in damp conditions. Ideally then, it’s best to feed Sunflower Chips in the ways suggested above, then use whole Sunflower Hearts from a hanging seed feeder as well.