Pumpkin Recipe for Worming your Chickens

This is a quick and easy post. During the Early Summer and part of Spring I find it hard to get fresh pumpkins. I do however get Organic Pumpkin Pure Puree. I found with much time and effort that my chickens do not want pumpkin mush. I could not find anything to mix it with that I could sneak it by them. Needing the real thing nothing dry or dehydrated I made up a little recipe of pumpkin and added different herbs or veggie chopped up super find and freeze it in ice cube trays. Easy and nice to give them during the hot months here in So Cal. 

The ingredients are very simple you will need a can of all natural Pumpkin Puree and some ruffage to add to it. I also use parsley, dill and other herbs from the garden. 

You will need a ice cube tray. These are easily found and purchased at any dollar tree or 99 cent store. I have a few for freezing chopped garlic, ginger, jalapeno the list goes on and on.

Chop your fresh ingredients first. I chopped some fresh carrot's from the garden as well as parsley.

Now get your pumpkin puree into a bowl and add the rest of your ingredients. 

Mix it well 

Then you will put this into your ice cube trays. Gather all your ingredients and your ice cube trays. 

The process is so simple fill the trays and smoosh the ingredients into the trays and then scrape any extra from the top. 

Put them into the freezer once frozen I pop them into a mason
jar and return to the freezer until it is time to use them. I have a couple of chicken that will not touch them but during the time of year when pumpkins are not plenty and also when it is hot they love them.

California Poppies and their seeds

 

Yes this may look like a bunch of useless long thing-a-ma giggers. Nope at our last Seed Swap a women left me a large bag of California Poppy cuttings. LUCKY US !

I got right to work. Let me give you a bit of California Poppy information. Known also as California sunlight, cup of gold, golden poppy, and the list goes on. Grow from the United States to Mexico this flower is beautiful as well as very popular. Although it is illegal to pick poppy plants unless it is on a property you own or know the owner. 

It is an ornamental plant that flowers through out Spring and Summer. It has cup shaped flowers of yellow, orange or red. In the hills of Southern California there is are many beautiful area's near Gorman, Bear Valley and San Luis Obispo where the mountain's light up with Poppies in Spring through Summer. A popular go to destination for many locals as well as visitors. 

This little flower is also used for a garnish on many foods. 

In 1903 it became the official flower of California.

The petals close in the evening and open up the next morning. Although they do not open in cloudy weather. They are self pollinating and come back every year with the right soil and care. 

Here is a picture of the poppies ready to have the seeds released. I took the whole bag one section at a time and threw them into the colander.  

A little shake and smash a bit time consuming but worth the time. I got a load of beautiful seeds to share with all my neighbor's and friends. Plus many for our Little Seed Exchange Library. 

The seeds are tiny and so cute. I do think I will toss many of these little wonders on my hill, below the patio, by the barn. Ok TMI

We have plenty to share out in the Little Seed Exchange Library as well as at our Monthly Events.