The Watermelon Chickens (pic included)

[newlyweds]

It's sweltering here in south east Texas so for a treat I cut up some watermelon that I stuck in the freezer for about a hour for my gals.

They had a blast eating, slurping, and enjoying themselves.

*Production Red (Tail-feather, and White Rocks (Sally and Pesky)

*Easter Egger (Penny), Buff Orpington (Buffy), and Easter Egger (Hadlee)

Tail-feather chasing off Penny, Buffy and Hadlee

Easter Egger (Charlotte), Hadlee, Penny, and Buffy

Black Australorp (Pumpkin) and Penny the Easter egger.

I also have more pictures of the watermelon feast on my blog. http://www.newlyweds-blog.com/

What do you do to cool your chickens down or treat them?

 

[MareeZoCool]

Your girls are so very pretty! ~ and they sure do know how to enjoy that mellon!

 

[chicmom]

Lovely pics! Beautiful hens indeed! I do that too with the watermelon. What a nice treat for them on a super hot, humid day! My hubby says, "Hey, where's my watermelon!" LOL So I'm careful to make sure I have some for him too!

 

[Three Cedars Silkies]

I love to watch them eat it!! I think I gave it to them too much in a week though.....a few of them got a bit of diarrhea for a day or so.

 

[calicokat]

Such a pretty flock!

I give my girls frozen yougurt & frozen blueberries as a summer treat. Just pop a container of regular yougurt into the freezer overnight or so, then turn it out of the container and they love it. The frozen blueberries I vacuum sealed last year when the store had them SUPER cheap. They weren't sure about them at first, but now they love them!

 

[newlyweds]

Thanks everyone. Great idea on the frozen yogurt and blueberries. My girls also love grapes, they go crazy for grapes its so fun to watch.

 

[awesomefowl]

beautiful girls! what breeds are they?

 

[newlyweds]

awesomefowl- Thanks! I have lots of different breeds but I will go back and list their breeds in the first post.