Large Animals in Farming | Discover Huge Farm Animals | Hobby Farms https://www.hobbyfarms.com/animals/large-animals/ Rural Living for Pleasure and Profit Tue, 21 Oct 2025 20:46:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://img.hobbyfarms.com/favicon.ico Large Animals in Farming | Discover Huge Farm Animals | Hobby Farms https://www.hobbyfarms.com/animals/large-animals/ 32 32 What to Do With Leftover Pumpkins on the Farm https://www.hobbyfarms.com/pumpkins-leftover-livestock-feed/ https://www.hobbyfarms.com/pumpkins-leftover-livestock-feed/#respond Tue, 21 Oct 2025 07:00:17 +0000 https://www.hobbyfarms.com/?p=48499 Will you have extra pumpkins on your property? Consider giving them to sheep, goats, cattle or horses—and check with pumpkin patches for unwanted surpluses.

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