Feeding Pumpkin

[saladin]

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As I understand it; it is the 'coating' that is on pumpkin seeds. Personally, I never really bought into any of it. I feed pumpkin because it is an excellent feed (though low in protein).

 

[pinkwindsong]

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I feed a lot of pumpkins (3000 lbs last year) and this quote represents how I feed mine.

I cant even visualize 3000 lbs of pumpkin..

wow thats alot of pumpkins..

 

[pinkwindsong]

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As I understand it; it is the 'coating' that is on pumpkin seeds. Personally, I never really bought into any of it. I feed pumpkin because it is an excellent feed (though low in protein).

with feeding so much did you notice a drop in parasites? and the low in protein? hum didn't realize that... so is more of a treat/filler type food then? well i guess its good for all the vitamins that it contains...

 

[saladin]

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I feed a lot of pumpkins (3000 lbs last year) and this quote represents how I feed mine.

I cant even visualize 3000 lbs of pumpkin..

wow thats alot of pumpkins..

For your visualization:

 

[saladin]

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As I understand it; it is the 'coating' that is on pumpkin seeds. Personally, I never really bought into any of it. I feed pumpkin because it is an excellent feed (though low in protein).

with feeding so much did you notice a drop in parasites? and the low in protein? hum didn't realize that... so is more of a treat/filler type food then? well i guess its good for all the vitamins that it contains...

I fight parasites all winter. I just up the protein in the regular feed I give; though I give less of it when feeding the pumpkins.

 

[pinkwindsong]

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I cant even visualize 3000 lbs of pumpkin..

wow thats alot of pumpkins..

For your visualization:

http://i410.photobucket.com/albums/pp189/doceverett/halloweenbirds006.jpg

wow how beautiful... al the different colors.. I wonder do the different colors taste different if you were to make a pie with them?
I didnt get my pumpins in the ground this year..

I also wanted to do gourds, but we hit a drought and I had to stop watering the garden the cost was just too high for the water..

 

[saladin]

I'm not sure about taste when cooked; but I'd guess that they don't as pumpkin really has 'no' taste anyway. The texture would be different though.


Chickens love gourds more than they love pumpkin/squash.

 

[pinkwindsong]

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Ill have to get some new seeds this year and try again next year.. any specific kind of gourd that they prefer?

 

[saladin]

I prefer the big gourds (more bang for the buck!).

I grow Zucca Gourds and Bushel Basket Gourds. Pick them while the outside is still soft, but they can be full size. Split them open and the chickens will go nuts. Promise.

 

[sham30]

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I feed a lot of pumpkins (3000 lbs last year) and this quote represents how I feed mine.

That is a lot of pumkins!!! I just broke open another one and they are going right for it - nothing but the shell when they are done, and happy hens!

We have started growing pumkins and watermelons in our manure pile - we have very bad soil so the best spot is the ever growing poo pile (we have horses and goats so poo happens here) and boy does it grow them quick so I can start feeding them to the hens early on in the summer.