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I'm not totally sure...I just go by site on things. I bought quite a few because they are selling them for 3.99 no matter what the size or weight at my job and got first pick...So it I figured I'd rather be safe than sorry half way through the winter. On Kim's reply she mentioned she used just a couple pints of either frozen or canned pumpkin in each batch. I used quite a bit more last year as my chickens went ape for it. I don't cook mine...I heat up everything else in the mash mix....and then shred the pumpkin in my food processor and stir it in the mix. They absolutely love it. last year I had pumpkins a fraction of this size and could get away with about 4 feedings from those...I only feed the warm mix on just the coldest days or when the temps dip really low at night, I'll feed in the late afteroon so they have something warm in their belly for overnight. That's in addition to their regular meal in the morning....I just watch the weather and don't fill their feeders quite as full since I want them to eat up the warm stuff before bed.
I'm sure people are going to laugh at me, but I bought a dozen pumpkins...but I know I am going to have quite a few more than 40 to feed through the winter. Also...it might differ in the amount you feed yours then Kim's because of the differences in temps from the west. It gets downright nasty here sometimes with the cold.
I'm still confused do you just litterally cut a pumpkin into peices and freeze it? I have 3 deepfreezers which I used to keep full until we had a blackout for like 4 days one summer and 2/3 of my stock had to get thrown I made like 20 huge batches of chicken noddles and froze them when the power came back on. So nw I only us one lol. I have 2 almost never been use deep freezers not being used (until I gain enough confidence to use them again)
I don't freeze mine...i'm going to be leaving mine whole and they will go into my fruit/root cellar on the shelves. The hold well there for quite a while since the temp and humidity are controlled. You'd have to ask Kim how she does the freezer thing.
I'm not totally sure...I just go by site on things. I bought quite a few because they are selling them for 3.99 no matter what the size or weight at my job and got first pick...So it I figured I'd rather be safe than sorry half way through the winter. On Kim's reply she mentioned she used just a couple pints of either frozen or canned pumpkin in each batch. I used quite a bit more last year as my chickens went ape for it. I don't cook mine...I heat up everything else in the mash mix....and then shred the pumpkin in my food processor and stir it in the mix. They absolutely love it. last year I had pumpkins a fraction of this size and could get away with about 4 feedings from those...I only feed the warm mix on just the coldest days or when the temps dip really low at night, I'll feed in the late afteroon so they have something warm in their belly for overnight. That's in addition to their regular meal in the morning....I just watch the weather and don't fill their feeders quite as full since I want them to eat up the warm stuff before bed.
I'm sure people are going to laugh at me, but I bought a dozen pumpkins...but I know I am going to have quite a few more than 40 to feed through the winter. Also...it might differ in the amount you feed yours then Kim's because of the differences in temps from the west. It gets downright nasty here sometimes with the cold.
I'm still confused do you just litterally cut a pumpkin into peices and freeze it? I have 3 deepfreezers which I used to keep full until we had a blackout for like 4 days one summer and 2/3 of my stock had to get thrown I made like 20 huge batches of chicken noddles and froze them when the power came back on. So nw I only us one lol. I have 2 almost never been use deep freezers not being used (until I gain enough confidence to use them again)
I don't freeze mine...i'm going to be leaving mine whole and they will go into my fruit/root cellar on the shelves. The hold well there for quite a while since the temp and humidity are controlled. You'd have to ask Kim how she does the freezer thing.
