Does pumpkin have to be processed?

[cnj-tx50]

I hve been given several pumpkins that were decoration on neighbors front porches and would like to know if I can just cut them open and feed them to the girls?

 

[OpheliaChick]

That's what I did with mine and they LOVED it! At first they didn't know what to do with it so I put some sunflower seeds in the middle to give them the idea.Once they figured it out they went nuts. All that's left of the pumpkins are the skins.

 

[B'villechicken]

We have whole small pumpkins left over from the garden this year. We break them in half and toss them in the chicken run. They love it!!

 

[feathersnuggles]

Check the insides first, before you offer them.

Some of ours got moldy inside -- I think it was from being carved and then sitting outside several days in the damp cold. For the ones that weren't too moldy, I scraped out the gunk, rinsed thoroughly, and tossed to the girls. They pecked them clean.

 

[rainbowgardens]

My girls peck right through the rind to get to the flesh and pulp. I don't have to cut it for them. I found this out last fall when they escaped to the front yard and went at my fall pumpkin display by the door.