Dace
Revolution in Progress
Can i feed my chickens our scraps from carving pumpkins or should the scraps be cooked?
Feeding Chickens Fresh Pumpkin
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Blackbird
Goat Whisperer
They won't hurt the chickens, if thats what you are wanting to know. We feed raw pumpkin to the chickens pretty often. Pumpkin seeds are also a good natural de-wormer of sorts.
Wolf-Kim
Lovin' The Homestead
A friend of mine gets a dump truck load of the left over pumpkins brought to her place every year. The hogs, peafowl, chickens, and guineas all have a field day on it.
keljonma
Epicurean Goddess
Lots of vitamin A - beta carotene - means nice orange yolks! 
Quail_Antwerp
Cold is on the Right, Hot is on The Left
I buy several pumpkins and crack one open in every chicken pen and one for the duck pen, too.
They LOVE it. You'd think it was crack or something!
They LOVE it. You'd think it was crack or something!
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Dace
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Thanks everyone. I expected that pumpkins were totally fine, but as I was putting the scraps into the chicken snack bag ( ) I had a sudden moment of 'Hmmm, is this potentially bad?'
So DS was going to Google "can chickens eat raw pumpkin" and I told him to hop on the computer and post here. I knew that you all would have the right info for me.
I guess the girls are in for a treat this morning!!!
BTW...the only things I really avoid feeding them are onion skins, citrus rind, avo skins, and apple cores. Anything else I should be avoiding?
) I had a sudden moment of 'Hmmm, is this potentially bad?'So DS was going to Google "can chickens eat raw pumpkin" and I told him to hop on the computer and post here. I knew that you all would have the right info for me.
I guess the girls are in for a treat this morning!!!
BTW...the only things I really avoid feeding them are onion skins, citrus rind, avo skins, and apple cores. Anything else I should be avoiding?
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Dace
Revolution in Progress
Wow! That sounds like quite the partyWolf-Kim said:
SKR8PN
Late For Supper
http://www.poultryhelp.com/toxicplants.html
This is a website that lists everything that is toxic to chickens and how it effects them.
This is a website that lists everything that is toxic to chickens and how it effects them.
freemotion
Food Guru
My animals get apple cores with no ill effects. A seed or two per bird won't kill them (or mine would definitely be dead by now!). It would be a big problem if you lived near a cider mill and had access to waste that was loaded with seeds.
I hope my load of pumpkins arrives today!
I hope my load of pumpkins arrives today!
