under ripe watermelon

[NevadaEmma]

Does anyone feed their geese and/or chicken watermelon that is not fully ripe?

 

[CCsGarden]

Does anyone feed their geese and/or chicken watermelon that is not fully ripe?

Yes! Give it to them! They will love it

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

Absolutely they devour it! Mine have it gone in under a hour. With only 5 chickens.

 

[CCsGarden]

Absolutely they devour it! Mine have it gone in under a hour. With only 5 chickens.

With 20 chickens its gone in a minute

 

[NevadaEmma]

I did, and they did! My neighbor had some watermelon that he donated to me for the geese. I did not realize they were not fully ripe. Next, the beautiful apples on his tree and maybe some frozen grapes! All is not lost for their favorite treats, at least for a little while.

Thanks for the replies!

 

[NevadaEmma]

BTW, I ration them out a bit at a time.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Generally, chickens won't eat - certainly not to excess - anything which is of danger to them in the short term unless they have no other choice. Watermelons, being largely water, like cucumber, canteloupe, and similar fruits are even less dangerous than most treats preciesly because of the high water contents.

As long as they always have fresh water and reasonable amounts of a balanbced ration available, the occasional treat is just fine.

 

[NevadaEmma]

Well there is no occassional! They got used to their garden treats and now are very cross with me when they do not get their afternoon ration!