can chickens eat pumpkins?

[kimmerjo]

I took my chickens a left over pumpkin from Halloween.. they didn't like it hardly touched it.... I brought out some cooked rice from last nights dinner it was the funniest thing I have seen them do... My rooster took a piece first ate it let out a huge cry of excitement and all the others came running!

 

[mi2bugz]

At what age can chickens have pumpkin seeds? Mine are 9.5 weeks old. They do get grit already.

 

[Carpenter Coop]

My six chickens are around a month old. I have a huge pumpkin vine growing next to the run. They peck at what they can reach.

Today I let them outside the run and they found the vine with leaves even closer.
It was a feeding frenzy, I will have to video next time.

So I will say yes, they Love pumpkin leaves.

 

[CrazyTalk]

Here's a study by Delaware University on pumpkin seeds as a dewormer:

http://www.desu.edu/sites/default/files/Pumpkin Seeds-Worms_DJO.pdf


They fed goats 6oz of ground pumpkins seeds per day per 75lbs, the equivalent of feeding each chicken roughly an 1/2-1 ounce a day of ground seed. There was almost no difference in the control group and the study group. The charts are almost identical.



I wouldn't count on pumpkin seeds to do anything if your chickens have worms.

 

[mark18]

Can I give my chickens a pumpkin if its had a candle in it before

 

[Carpenter Coop]

Just clean out the wax

 

[ChickenRisa]

I just gave my chickens the "guts" after we were done carving our pumpkins. Even if the seeds may not be a dewormer, pumpkin seeds have good fats in them, right? For healthy skin and all that. I'll definitely be giving the girls our pumpkins after Halloween is over! I do give them all my summer squash that gets too big, just slice it in half and put it out there and they love it.

 

[BriardChickens]

Yeah mine just seem to be interested in the guts... not so much the 2 pumpkin halves that have been sitting in the run for a few days now!

 

[N F C]

Our girls love pumpkins, guts and all (especially the seeds!). They love all types of squash. Sometimes I give them a raw one cut in half and sometimes they get leftover baked squash. They go nuts over both, within just a few hours, they will devour an entire huge raw squash all the way to the rind.

 

[Ponyfeather]

My mom feeds my house chicken pumpkin everyday since our dogs get canned pumpkin everyday. She loves it and spoiled my mom feeds it to her on a spoon. One day we need to video it because it is so cute.