If you are going to start carving Jack O'Lanterns in September, let's hope you have a lot of pumpkins, or else a lot of resin to preserve them with. That didn't stop Bre Ellis, who has pumpkins and chickens and knows how to use them. Ellis scraped the thin rind off of a pumpkin at strategic spots, unleashing the aromatic lure of the fruit underneath. We know tigers, bears, elephants, and other wild animals love a good fresh pumpkin, and apparently so do chickens. The chickens pecked and pecked at the parts that smelled good until they had eaten their way through. The result was a grinning, glowing Jack O'Lantern!
Sure, Ellis did this so early because she wanted to show you how it's done. When the time comes, you can let your chickens do the carving, or you can take your pumpkin to a farm and give someone else's chickens a treat, while you get your Jack O'Lantern carved by "nature." -via Laughing Squid