Pomegranates

[chickenbike]

Usually I take out all the seeds and just give my chickens the seeds only. Is it safe to cut the pomegranate in half and just let them pick at the seeds and connective layer? Will they eat the outer rind (is the rind safe?)?

 

[Linda in San Diego]

That's how we give it to our parrots - they love it. They eat up the seeds and some of the rind - I am sure it would be fine for chickens too.

 

[coffeelady3]

The first time I gave pomegranate seeds to my parrot freaked out! His poo turned bright red! I though I had killed him, until I realized that poo tends to change color depending on what gets eaten. Whew!

 

[chickenbike]

My gang definitely LOVE the seeds! I figured it would be more amusement for them to peck at the whole half like they do watermelon.

 

[RickiHupp]

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LOL happens to kids too (try purple Kool Aide)

 

[Michigan Chickman]

Mine have had pomegranates a couple times rind and all and loved them. No ill effects that I can see!

 

[silkiechicken]

I'd eat those pomegranates myself! They run 3-4 bucks a pop here!!!

 

[piecemaker]

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same here got some at the flea market last month that were bigger than a softball could only eat 1/2 at a time

to the pomagranet god

 

[farmergal]

I give my chickens the whole thing and they have a blast pecking the seeds out of the rind. (I usually give them the ones off the tree that have split in half, that the wild birds would get otherwise.)

It's kinda scary though to look in the coop and see all of their faces/featheres covered with (red) pomegranate juice...

 

[chickens4jojo]

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You have your own pomegranate tree? Ohhh, now I wish I lived in California.