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post #1 of 8

6/28/12 at 1:51pm

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My church had a big party and used watermelon halves as vases. I asked to have the few left over halves, and one of the lady's in charge not only gave me halves-- she also gave me 4 sacks of leftover watermelon meat! I froze it all in smaller bags, and today gave the girls a quart of frozen watermelon. Maybe we'll make it through the 105* heat this weekend.

Anybody with other frozen ideas?

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6/28/12 at 2:51pm

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I use frozen, mixed vegetables. My chickens love them and they are inexpensive. I buy a large bag every week. I also put frozen water bottles in their gallon water jugs, this keeps their water cool throughout the day. if it gets too hot, I will run the sprinkler next to their coop and let the cool water run into the coop. They splash and lay in the puddles.

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6/29/12 at 1:46am

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Lol , Mine got a little taste of vanilla ice cream yesterday. I was sitting outside with a bowl watching the girls and since they are such little beggars for treats, they had to see what I was eating.

I like the frozen watermelon idea!

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6/29/12 at 3:46am

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I chopped up honeydew, grapes, green beans, and added blueberries, tossed them into quart-sized ziplock bags and froze them. Now I pull out a bag and give it to my girls during the heat of the day.

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6/29/12 at 3:55am

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I enjoy putting a bunch of mixed friut in a bowl...filling it with water tjen freezing it....dump it oit in the heat pf the day and they foto town

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6/29/12 at 8:41am

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I cut left over corn on the cob into 2 inch long chunks and froze them. I threw them into the coop and they devoured the corn right down to the bare cob. They loved it.

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6/29/12 at 11:37am

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Wow, you all have some great ideas. I think I can take the kitchen trim I normally give them and put it in a ziplock add some water, freeze that to give too. Thanks for the Ideas! Next...