The Big Crush at work yesterday went well. We crushed 2200 lbs. of eastern WA grapes, starting about noon and finishing up about 3. It's always a good time. We had some wonderful home made italian sausage sandwiches with a marinara sauce and I had made biscotti. Good times.
So, a couple of questions. I didn't have a garden this year, but was thinking there's a possibility I could pick up a pumpkins cheap at the grocery store today. When you feed pumpkin to your chickens, do you slice it for them? Just bust it open and let them have at it? Only give them the seeds? I'd like to give them a new treat to keep them busy during the day.
Also, about the show coming up in December. If a newbie were interested in showing, what would they need to know? Specifically, who is eligible to show? Do you have to have bred your own, or could they be chickens you've hatched from someone else's eggs? Is there an entry fee? Do you need to be a current member of any organization? And is there a website one could refer to that gives you a checklist for readying a chicken for a show? I've never given a chicken a bath, much less a spa day. These are all hypothetical questions, just, you know, thinking.
I have a pretty Salmon Faverolles girl who I love
that makes me ponder such things. Purely hypothetical though.
There are a lot of people with a lot of experience who would be really happy to help you learn
