The 'Nut Shack' Squirrel Feeder | Heritage Farms Steel Squirrel Diner II Powder Coated Squirrel Feeder

The Experience

The Heritage Farms Nut Shack is a powder coated steel squirrel feeder that gives the most determined, resourceful, and frankly unstoppable wildlife residents on your property their own dedicated establishment — a 2-quart seed and peanut reservoir behind clear plastic windows, topped by a hinged roof that squirrels must lift to access their meal, housed in a speckled green powder coated steel shell built to outlast every plastic alternative in its category. The arched front reservoir keeps the full seed supply visible through the clear plastic windows at all times — squirrels can see exactly what's waiting for them, which is precisely why they keep coming back. The hinged roof engages their natural inquisitiveness, requiring the lift-and-hold behavior that keeps them anchored to their own station rather than conducting unauthorized raids on your bird feeders across the yard. A 1-inch lip around the base provides a dedicated standing and dining surface, and the flat back mounts directly to a post or wall via included keyhole screws in minutes. The speckled green powder coat protects the steel shell from rust, UV, and weather exposure season after season without chipping, fading, or requiring touch-ups. At 2 quarts capacity the Nut Shack holds enough cracked corn, sunflower seed, mixed seed, or peanuts to keep the local squirrel population well-fed and reliably entertained for days between refills. Open for business, rain or shine.

Scientific Engineering

• Powder Coated Steel Construction: Full steel body construction with a speckled green powder coat finish provides structural rigidity, chew resistance, and weather protection that plastic and wood alternatives cannot match — rust-resistant, UV-stable, and built to maintain its integrity through seasons of outdoor exposure without treatment or touch-up.
• 2-Quart Hinged Lid Reservoir: A 2-quart arched front reservoir holds approximately 3 lbs of seed or peanuts — providing generous capacity between refills while the hinged roof protects the supply from rain, debris, and overhead contamination. Squirrels must lift the lid to access the food, engaging the natural foraging behavior that keeps them occupied and returning reliably.
• Dual Clear Plastic Viewing Windows: Clear plastic windows on the reservoir front keep the seed supply continuously visible from outside the feeder — allowing real-time monitoring of feed levels from a distance and providing the visual food cue that attracts squirrels on first approach and keeps them coming back.
• 1-Inch Base Lip Platform: A 1-inch lip around the base perimeter provides squirrels a dedicated standing and dining surface — enough real estate for the full squirrel feeding posture without the platform overreach that invites perching birds to compete for the same space.
• Keyhole Rear Mounting System: Keyhole openings on the flat rear panel accept the included screws for immediate post or wall mounting — no additional hardware, no pre-drilling required for standard installation.

Boutique & Conservation Values

• The Dedicated Station Strategy: A squirrel with its own reliable food source, visible from a distance and consistently stocked, is a squirrel with measurably less motivation to dismantle your Chickadee feeder before sunrise. The Nut Shack doesn't manage squirrels — it employs them, directing their considerable energy toward a designated observation point that works in the steward's favor.
• The Hinged Lid Advantage: The lift-to-access mechanism engages the problem-solving behavior that makes squirrel watching genuinely entertaining — each feeding visit becomes a brief performance of inquisitiveness, persistence, and acrobatic commitment that passive open-platform feeders never produce.
• Steel for the Long Game: Squirrels chew. They chew wood, they chew plastic, they chew anything between them and food. Steel doesn't chew — and the Nut Shack's powder coated steel construction ensures the feeder outlasts every material that didn't make it into this design.

Specifications

• Dimensions: 9.5"W x 7.5"D x 7.25"H
• Capacity: 2 quarts / 3 lbs
• Construction: Powder coated steel, clear plastic windows
• Finish: Speckled green powder coat
• Mounting: Post or wall mount, keyhole system, screws included
• Compatible Feed: Cracked corn, mixed seed, peanut chunks, peanuts in shell, sunflower seed, large seed
• Shipping Weight: 4 lbs