feeding pumpkin to chickens?

[Boo-Boo's Mama]

DH called yesterday...he scored big time. He took 2 dozen eggs to the guy who gave him an onion sack full of pie pumpkins last week. The guy told him he was so glad he came back, that he failed to get DH's phone # and his boss had just called and told him to start giving away the pumpkins to get rid of them. They loaded a pallet full of pumpkins on his pickup...he said he could have gotten more but he had picked up a load of laminated flooring from an ad on Craig's List. Told him he could check next week.

Needless to say the girls are going to be very happy.

 

[Mofarmgirl]

My chickens LOVE raw pumpkin, especially the Silkies- very good for them too!

 

[Yay Chicks!]

Wow, you scored big time, Boo-boo's Mama!

 

[midwestchickenwrangler]

I have heard that pumpkins are a more natural dewormer for chickens. Wrong or right, thats what I have heard. My ladies have not had pumpkin yet.

 

[Jx2inNC]

I put out pumpkins from Halloween that had pretty much sat outside and been cold/frozen half the time.
This shouldn't pose a risk, not being "fresh" per se should it?

 

[clairabean]

I chuck them over the fence to break them open. They love them!

If the skin is too hard, cut the squash in half.

 

[clairabean]

I put out pumpkins from Halloween that had pretty much sat outside and been cold/frozen half the time.
This shouldn't pose a risk, not being "fresh" per se should it?

A few of my friends asked if I wanted their old jackolanterns for the chickens. They were frozen solid. I chucked them over the fence and they chickens have been slowly munching on them. A few thaws and frezzes and thaws later and the pumpkins are eaten/melted in to the ground.

As long as they are not rotten, it should be fine.​

 

[PatShea]

So I have a pie pumpkin so should I take out the seeds and clean it out first or just throw it over the fence hope it breaks open ? My Girls are 11 weeks old

 

[dparadise]

The chicks won't care, mine will peck a hole in the side and start eating there or you can cut it in half or 1/4ths and give it to them that way. For the first time, you might want to cut it open.

 

[PatShea]

I cut the pumpkin in half and give it to the girls and they checked it out and walked away, I'm going to leave it out for awhile and see if maybe they'll go back to it, But I did notice some one pecked at it to sample it

Maybe it to late in the evening and almost time for bed