TRICK AND TREAT
TREAT: With Halloween done, the cost of pumpkins has gone down so I got one for the chickens. I got a nice sized pumpkin for just $2.99. Chickens love pumpkins and pumpkins are good for chickens (click the link to find out how) so they will appreciate the treat.
I cut several wedges out of the side. Doing so makes it easier for the chickens to get it started and entices them to peck at it.
The wedges I removed were given to Calvin, the neighbor’s rooster.
TRICK: A cage for Calvin. Calvin still runs from us, but I’ve started to leave him food, hoping to gain his trust.
I’m concerned about him surviving the winter. He runs free all day, wandering between my chicken coop, the woods behind the property, and the neighbors back yard. He goes to the neighbor’s yard at night. There are no other chickens over there to share warmth with and he doesn’t have a structure to stay inside for protection. My newest concern is that there are some neighborhood cats that have taken an interest in him. They have been stalking him!
If I can “encourage” him to let us catch him, I will do an exam to verify that he is healthy and then let him in with the girls.
Today, I took the project to the next level and put out a cage. I put the pumpkin and other food inside.
He was definitely suspicious but eventually went inside to get the treats. Perhaps someday, we will be able to shut the door on him.
Two Chickens Homestead 
Oh I hope you can catch that little man! It’s bad enough the owners don’t treat him right – but I would feel so bad if the cats or foxes got him…he is such a character and I didn’t even mind him waking me up when I was there! Good luck catching him (sooner than later!) XO
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