can anyone tell me the names of these pumpkins?

[dinahmoe]

i was lucky enough to get around 200 pumpkins this nov from our church after the fall festivals.i give them to my chickens weekly.i have around 120 chickens so it helps.
i wanted to harvest some seeds to plant for the pigs and chickens next year and wanted to know the names of them.i have found a couple online but i still need a few.

#1-the chickens really like this one and it is huge

#2-this smells really good but not many seeds

#3-these hold up really well and last a while

#4-this is like a regular carving pumpkin

#5 -really small and soft
#6-i think the #6 is a munchkin

#7

group shot for size ref.

thanks

 

[Carol Dee]

I am not much help on the pumpkins. But the gourds look like a gourd mix called Gremlins (love that).

 

[dinahmoe]

I am not much help on the pumpkins. But the gourds look like a gourd mix called Gremlins (love that).

thanks,the chickies love them too,i just chop them in half and toss them in.they have alot of seeds in them for their size.

 

[lesa]

Since pumpkins cross pollinate- if you save seeds from those, you are going to get potluck. But, if your intention is to use them for animal feed- what does it matter? I would plant a bunch of them- and let nature take its course. That was quite a windfall- that is a lot of pumpkins! Another fun thing to plant are butternut squash. You can eat them- and share the seeds with the critters. I was happy to learn the chickens would eat the gourds. I felt guilty planting something, just for "decoration"...Still have a box of them, from the fall decoration basket!

 

[dinahmoe]

thanks.
we hauled away 3 big truck loads in exchange for cleaning up the lot at the church.i wanted to plant a field and then let the pigs in for awhile.the chickens love the seeds and then eat all the meat and there is nothing left in a day or 2 but the skin.i have picked out the best ones for that but wanted to read about them.
the pumpkins in the first 2 pics have the best smell to them when i cut them.

 

[cityfarmer]

#3 looks like the super freaks on page 6 of the Jung's catalog. I am jealous that your chickens will eat the pumpkins when you put them out. I have to puree the pumpkins for my spoiled chicks.

 

[ninnymary]

I believe the pumkins are as follows:

#1 - One Too Many Hybrid (Gurney's)
#2 - Marina di Chioggia (Baker Creek)
#3 - Freaky Tom (Thompson & Morgan)
#4 - could be Connecticut Field (Burpee)
#5 - Sugar Pie
#6 - Jack be Little (Baker Creek & Guerney's)

Hope this helps.

Mary

 

[Kassaundra]

#3 looks like the super freaks on page 6 of the Jung's catalog. I am jealous that your chickens will eat the pumpkins when you put them out. I have to puree the pumpkins for my spoiled chicks.

I'm there w/ you, I read all these posts of people chickens loving pumpkin, mine will eat it reluctantly if I chop it in the food processor and mix it w/ other stuff.

 

[dinahmoe]

I believe the pumkins are as follows:

#1 - One Too Many Hybrid (Gurney's)
#2 - Marina di Chioggia (Baker Creek)
#3 - Freaky Tom (Thompson & Morgan)
#4 - could be Connecticut Field (Burpee)
#5 - Sugar Pie
#6 - Jack be Little (Baker Creek & Guerney's)

Hope this helps.

Mary

thank you,will look them up now that i have a place to start.

 

[dinahmoe]

#3 looks like the super freaks on page 6 of the Jung's catalog. I am jealous that your chickens will eat the pumpkins when you put them out. I have to puree the pumpkins for my spoiled chicks.

I'm there w/ you, I read all these posts of people chickens loving pumpkin, mine will eat it reluctantly if I chop it in the food processor and mix it w/ other stuff.

ya'll have some seriously spoiled chickens
my chickens will eat anything that doesn't eat them first.after thanksgiving,i placed the turkey carcass in there and the next morning there was just a skeleton left.i also do the deer ribs during hunting season.it gives them protein and something to work at.i just hope i never pass out in there,


i hope to plant as much food as i can for them next year.trying to get a list so i'll have something all year.also read that the pumpkinseeds are a natural dewormer so thats good.