Chicken Treat

Last year, we planted some pumpkins.  We mainly used them for carving jack-o-lanterns and for a haunted walk in our backyard.  We toasted some pumpkin seeds for ourselves, froze some to give to the chickens at a later date, and gave any unused pumpkin guts to our goats and chickens.  They couldn't get enough of it.

I was thinking about this during my latest trip to the grocery store when I saw that they had assorted squash for .99.  Since I love making my chickens and goats happy, I grabbed a couple.

The goats gobbled their share up right away (sorry, I didn't get any video).  But here are some of the ladies enjoying their treat:

I have read a lot of claims by blogs that pumpkin seeds play a role in reducing fecal egg counts.  It seems to me that more studies need to be done, as this has not been proven.  Here is one study I found online:
http://www.desu.edu/sites/default/files/Pumpkin%20Seeds-Worms_DJO.pdf



Regardless of whether or not they control worms, squash is a nutritious treat, especially during the winter when the variety of foods is limited.