Chick-or-Treat! Hens Get Ready for Halloween With Tasty Pumpkin Snack

Chickens at a South Carolina farm got into the Halloween spirit when they chowed down on a very festive snack on September 25 — a large pumpkin.

Footage posted by Sara Crystal Poston, who runs a small chicken farm called Sittin’ Pretty Farms in Fountain Inn, shows a number of hens pecking away at the jack-o’-lantern that had been served up to them as a treat.

“As the days get shorter and the temperatures start dropping, we try to give our laying ladies extra treats,” Poston told Storyful.

She said that there are golden comets, Easter eggers, and Orpingtons among the flock, and it was their first time having pumpkin.

“My family and I watched them pecking away for about 30 more minutes before heading back in,” Poston said. Credit: Sara Crystal Poston via Storyful

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