Pumpkin

[Bird Lady]

I just roasted a pumpkin for baking/soups, I know my chickens can eat the flesh, seeds but is it ok for them to eat the shell? Its soft from baking. Don't like waste They free range during the day, with access to grit and other scraps
Thanks for any advice

 

[donrae]

Mine don't eat the actual shell, but they clean it down to the paper-thinnest layer you can imagine, just like a watermelon rind.

Then again, I'm not sure I've offered them cooked shell. Can't remember for sure. I know they love the rest of it!

 

[chfite]

As with any other squash, pumpkin gets eaten down to the thinnest part of the outer layer.

No orange eggs, yet.

Chris