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About Beardo's
Premium Birdseed

Slingin' Seed Since 1895.

At Beardo’s, we offer all-natural, premium birdseed hand-blended with the finest ingredients. Proudly made in our historic family mill in Julian, NC, we ensure your backyard becomes a favorite spot for local birds. Freshly mixed and shipped daily, we bring the best birdseed straight to your door.

Quality. Excellence. Attention to Detail.

Ingredients

Beardo's Birdseed is crafted from the finest, freshest, all-natural ingredients - zero added chemicals or preservatives. We are committed to top-quality nutrition and taste for the birdos.

Process

Beardo's Birdseed is blended by hand and freshly bagged each day at our historic family mill, guaranteeing maximum freshness, top attention to detail for the perfect mix ratio and premium quality you can trust.

Benefits

Beardo's Birdseed delivers a proprietary seed blend that is unmatched. With over 50 years doing this, we've honed in on the perfect blend for bird health and vitality. You get more active, happy, diverse and vibrant birds to your feeder.

Get a bag or box of our seed today and see the difference that our experience and love for our craft brings to your backyard birds.

Everyone has a story. Ours just happens to be about birdseed.

Our historic mill has been a staple of Julian, NC and surrounding communities since 1895. My grandfather began working at the mill in 30s before buying it 10 years later. And then for the next 50+ years, my granddad turned his friends and neighbors into faithful customers, with my dad Jimmy working right alongside him. And when my granddad passed (may he rest), my dad took over with my brother Neil and me. That's how the family got into slingin' seed.

We've milled, bagged, and sold everything from livestock feed and grain to grass-seed, and then of course, there's our truly one-of-a-kind birdseed, in my humble opinion.

I've studied and sourced, mixed and tested, and what we've landed on is the perfect blend of premium birdseed that has proven to be superior to all others on the market, if what our customers say is true.

We took our birdseed from local shops to retailers across the state to online which allows us to deliver our epic birdseed nationwide.

Our birdseed is bagged fresh daily and shipped directly from our headquarters at the Old Mill in Julian, NC to your front door.

I lead the charge, and personally touch every bag of seed, personally protect our blend and mix, and personally help our customers. If you call us, you'll talk to me.

And beyond our precision and quality, you'll quickly see our commitment to zero hassle and fees. I believe in free delivery, no matter where you are in the US. There's no hidden or additional taxes or fees. I want our customers to have just one affordable price they can rely on for our arguably unmatched bird seed.

Our name? When you see me, you'll know why folks call me "Beardo."

- Eric "Beardo" Horney

Jimmy Horney, 2nd Generation Seed Miller

The Old Mill still serves the Julian and surrounding communities.

The Old Historic Mill - Julian, NC

Eric "Beardo" Horney, 3rd Generation Seed Miller

Beardo's in the news?

Check out the recent spread of O'Henry magazine, featuring Beardo's Birdseed.

From Farm to Feeder

Beardo's Premum blend of black oil sunflower seeds, thistle, corn, millet & oats is locally sourced & proudly hand-mixed in the Beardo historic family-owned mill in Julian, NC.

Shipping daily direct from the mill

to your front door.

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Beardo’s Birdseed is a Business DBA of Vogelfutter, LLC.

Fun fact: “Vogelfutter” is “birdseed” in German.