*Buff Orpington Thread!*

[Wyorp Rock]

I feed mine pumpkins all winter

X2 Mine love pumpkin. I try to grow extra so I have enough to get through winter.

They also like acorn squash, butternut, spaghetti squash, etc., I grow those as well.

 

[OrganicFarmWife]

I feed mine pumpkins all winter

X2 Mine love pumpkin. I try to grow extra so I have enough to get through winter.

They also like acorn squash, butternut, spaghetti squash, etc., I grow those as well.

I tried that last year. But squash bugs killed all of my plants. Those things are awful

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I tried that last year. But squash bugs killed all of my plants. Those things are awful

It's always a battle with some type of bugs. I try to catch as many Japanese Beetles as I can though, the chickens love them.

This year I'm "experimenting", mornings the beetles go in the bucket with fresh greens/veggies for the chickens. On our afternoon walk I take a little container and catch beetles, then put those in the freezer

hoping to have some "frozen treats" for the girls this winter.

 

[Mercys Fight]

X2 Mine love pumpkin. I try to grow extra so I have enough to get through winter.

They also like acorn squash, butternut, spaghetti squash, etc., I grow those as well.

Thank you! I am a first year mom, so I am learning as I go just what they can or cannot eat.

I saw below you freeze. Do you freeze the pumpkin to keep it fresh? Also with apples, I heard they cannot eat seeds or the core..is this true?

Thank you for answers

 

[Mercys Fight]

I feed mine pumpkins all winter

Thank you for the answer

Anything else you want to throw in as far as what you feed as treats would be appreciated

 

[OrganicFarmWife]

I feed mine pumpkins all winter

Thank you for the answer

Anything else you want to throw in as far as what you feed as treats would be appreciated

I give my birds all of my kitchen scraps, melon rind, carrot peels, potatoe peels, I have fed them apple cores they seen to have no issues. The only thing I never give them is any avocado.

 

[new2dotties]

So at twenty weeks this...

Laid this...

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I give my birds all of my kitchen scraps, melon rind, carrot peels, potatoe peels, I have fed them apple cores they seen to have no issues. The only thing I never give them is any avocado.

X2

Never had any problem feeding apples to mine. I hang fruits and vegetables whole in the run for them to pick at and eat. I would think that a single chicken would have to eat a very large quantity of apple seeds for them to become sick.

Most winter squash (pumpkin, butternut, etc.) I usually try to just store as is with out freezing them. If I am overrun, then I may bake some, then freeze for baking later on , if spoilage seems to be an issue. Even a baked pumpkin, butternut, spaghetti squash, I give them the baked outer shell after the pulp had been removed (give them the seeds too). They will pick at the crunchy shell, keeps them busy. A side note, I had a dog that insanely loved the baked shell of spaghetti squash, so I would let it cool, then break into pieces and then give him a piece occasionally as a treat (I froze the shell pieces to keep them longer).

 

[Wyorp Rock]

So at twenty weeks this...

Laid this...

Congratulations!!! A perfect first egg!!

 

[welby1205]

Here's my little buddy Wilma. I have 2 buffs and they love to sit on my lap and shoulders.