These have been tested on the birds, and they don't mind at all that these are small and pre-broken. And, surely, their bodies will appreciate the clean, non-toxic food source. We've grown sunflowers as a cover crop for many years and in large quantities, but this marks our first harvested sunflower crop. These are black oil sunflower seeds. They are crisp, small, and somewhat broken, but, BOY, the flavor is good! The freshness really comes through.