I’m someone who likes to put holidays away as soon as they are over, or as soon as possible. I had no Hallowe’en decorations up because we weren’t home for Hallowe’en. I did purchase one big pumpkin from the Amish down the road for colour in the porch but now it’s November ( we’ve already had Thanksgiving in October here) and it’s time to get rid of the pumpkin.
I carried it back to the chicken coop, put it in their run and chopped it in pieces with the shovel. As soon as I left the run, curiosity took over. Here are some pictures later of the hens enjoying their treat.
It seems like most animals enjoy a pumpkin. I know when my son was curator at the Zoo, a lot of the animals got pumpkins after Halloween.
ReplyDeleteI saw some in a sheep pasture yesterday.
DeleteAre these special pumpkins only for decor? You don't use them for cooking . Or keep the seeds. A very special treat for your chooks
ReplyDeleteThe chooks can't eat all that pumpkin, looks more like a spread for some goats or cattle.
DeleteWe tend to use the small pumpkins ( called “ pie pumpkins “ ) for baking. I suppose I could have taken the time to use this one, too much trouble. It was huge.
DeleteProbably not a good idea to leave all that pumpkin out for too long, or the chickens will have some rat guests soon.
ReplyDeleteSomething different to brighten up their day!
ReplyDeleteOh, they are so happy! I leave mine out till after TG and then do the same in the back of the yard for whomever chooses to nibble (deer? bunnies? who knows!) I didn't get out any Halloween but I may try to pull something together in November for Thanksgiving. Or not. Life is too complicated these days!
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ReplyDeleteMy youngest son cut a chicken sized doorway in a pumpkin..the chooks did the rest!! And it survived the rain as well.
ReplyDeleteIn the dry air of Arizona the pumpkins go bad in 24 hours. In the midwest I would comport them or put them in the woods for the animals to eat.
ReplyDeleteI used to break mine in the compost bin and made a lot of birds and squirrels happy. Probably raccoons, too.
ReplyDeleteQuite the contrast of bright colour against the browness of November.
ReplyDeleteHappy chickens! That's a nice treat for them.
ReplyDeleteVery happy chickens. I didn't buy a pumpkin this year the first time in awhile.
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