Luvachicken Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Can chickens eat the peelings of sweet potato and butternut squash if i cook them or can they eat them raw. Also can they eat the pips ( or whatever they are ) inside the butternut squash ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beulah59 Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Don't see why not! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JS1 Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 I tried mine on roasted butternut squash skin and they loved it. They ate the seeds too, but less enthusiastically! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 I just cut a BN squash in half & gave it to them, it was a shell by the time I got back Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jan246 Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Tried my girls with roasted b/nut squash seeds- not a winner,lol. But they did eat b.nut squash mash Jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clare L Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 Mine had the cooked peelings from my mixed veg mash this evening (including butternut and sweet potato) mixed up with a generous scoop of limestone flour, and it was gone almost before I could put the bowl down I did not think about giving them the middle of the butternut... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikey Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Mine love both when cooked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PickleLilli Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 I also tried our girls on some squash yesterday and they wolfed it down. I also dropped a banana skin on the way to the compost bin and that disappeared too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathybc Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 I also dropped a banana skin on the way to the compost bin and that disappeared too mine like cooked sweet potato ..... I gave them a peeled banana this afternoon, might leave the skin on next time..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna_0 Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 We were growing a butternut squash plant and had tonnes growing on it. One squash was really big..we started with them pecking away at the small ones, and then they devoured half of the big one! They loved squash it never did them any harm! -Pekin- Fleur -Pekin- Little Pickle & Georgie the cat x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
