Here Is Everything You Need To Know About The Chicken Pumpkin Carving Challenge
This Halloween consisted of many activities, and one of them was the chicken pumpkin carving challenge.
Every Halloween, we usually see new traditions come to life and start new trends, whether that involves creating entirely new traditions or modifying some old ones. Regardless, Halloween is an awesome time to visit haunted houses, carve pumpkins, and attend Halloween parties.
This year, 2022, we witnessed a few different trends hit social media around Halloween, but one of our favorites was the chicken pumpkin carving challenge. This is exactly what it sounds like, and it went viral across every social media platform you can think of.
Many people jumped on this trend, allowing their chickens to create the best masterpieces on pumpkins. It's a super clever way to carve pumpkins, and it can be fun for both you and the chickens.
A woman shared that someone in her circle introduced her to a method of carving pumpkins by starting it a little bit and allowing the chickens to eat the rest. She decided to try it, and lo and behold, it worked, leading to the video inevitably blowing up on TikTok.
This inspired others to try the trend instantly, so let's take a look at this phenomenon and see what these chickens created.
This is how she started off the pumpkin, sharing the journey over four days of her chickens pecking at it.
The woman received the tip from someone else in a group she belongs to. Here's how she explained it:
“So, someone in my chicken group on Facebook said if you start a pumpkin just a little bit, the chickens will continue to eat it and carve it.” She continued, “So let’s see what kind of pumpkin my chickens carve. Here we go!”
TikTok | @aguahediondalagoonHere is a look at the original first video as she shares the progress the chickens have made on the pumpkin.
She states that during the first day, not much happened, but she let the chickens continue what they were doing. She shared her progress over four days, and the results were not disappointing.
The method went viral, and people everywhere were trying the pumpkin carving challenge.
She even shared some clips of an attempt she made with squirrels, but the results were not as impressive.
Soon enough, people started coming up with their own types of chicken carving methods.
Someone tried carving larger holes to encourage the chickens to peck, and it seemed to yield better results. People everywhere were sharing their pumpkin chicken carving results.
Many remarked that their skin crawled while watching this. Regardless, there are truly awesome designs that you can have your chickens create for future Halloweens now that we know this trick.
TikTok | @aguahediondalagoonChicken pumpkin carving might become the next Halloween tradition that all chicken owners adopt. It seems pretty fun, and the chickens appear to enjoy it as well.
I definitely wouldn't mind trying it, and it could be a fun activity to do every year. What do you think about this trend, and do you believe it deserved to become so popular?
