debbietabby Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Dear all, Am in the process of building a run (held up by the weather) but I dream of chicken ownership. Chopping up a pumpkin (we had a good crop last year) I wondered - can you feed pumpkin seeds/peelings to chickens? Would they prefer it cooked? I wouldn't fancy eating raw pumpkin myself..... Debbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madchook Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 They won't eat the peel but they love pumpkin -or at least mine do. I sometimes cut a bit off a butternut squash -as in to give the access to the flesh and they hollow it out just leaving the skin Whenever we went away and left them in the run I would get one as it is a good enrichment activity for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alih Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 I put the old pumpkins in after halloween and they love the flesh - doesn't take long to decimate it! seeds I don't know and don't imagine they will go for the skin but it's worth a try! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Mine love pumpkin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherryblossom Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 I gave mine some cooked peelings and seeds and they were not interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickcluck Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Madchook, do you put the whole squash in or just the top??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathybc Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Mine have had a mini pumpkin which I cooked and it all went! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cordelia Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 i gave mine roasted pumpkin seeds and roasted butternut squaash seeds..and they loved them, as did the whole family (human) though ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
