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Hungry cattle turn to acorns, face poisoning
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<blockquote data-quote="stocky" data-source="post: 875548" data-attributes="member: 1150"><p>Deer, turkeys, hogs, and cattle love the taste of acorns. Deer, turkey, and hogs will fatten on acorns, while cattle will lose weight. Cattle will lose weight chasing acorns and not eating enough other food and then sometimes become sick and die with what is called "acorn poisoning" around here. Usually, that means the sharp points of the acorns have cut and sliced the stomach wall and infection has set in. They get the scours, lose weight and, many times, die. My cows eat acorns every year and if you keep them enough to eat, they usually keep enough padding in the stomach to protect the lining. During a drought, other food is in short supply and the acorns do not have much cushion and become packed in the stomach and slice it to shreds. I have cut open acorn poisoned cows and they have had their belly packed full of dry acorns and puss and blood from the bleeding and infection. It doesn't matter how much they have to eat, beginning in September and until the acorns have frozen and spoiled, the cows will be under every oak tree waiting for the next acorn to fall. I have way too many oaks to get the cattle away from them, so like most folks, I am at the mercy of the acorns. However, I usually sell the bogger calves or wean them when acorns start falling because they go downhill the fastest</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="stocky, post: 875548, member: 1150"] Deer, turkeys, hogs, and cattle love the taste of acorns. Deer, turkey, and hogs will fatten on acorns, while cattle will lose weight. Cattle will lose weight chasing acorns and not eating enough other food and then sometimes become sick and die with what is called "acorn poisoning" around here. Usually, that means the sharp points of the acorns have cut and sliced the stomach wall and infection has set in. They get the scours, lose weight and, many times, die. My cows eat acorns every year and if you keep them enough to eat, they usually keep enough padding in the stomach to protect the lining. During a drought, other food is in short supply and the acorns do not have much cushion and become packed in the stomach and slice it to shreds. I have cut open acorn poisoned cows and they have had their belly packed full of dry acorns and puss and blood from the bleeding and infection. It doesn't matter how much they have to eat, beginning in September and until the acorns have frozen and spoiled, the cows will be under every oak tree waiting for the next acorn to fall. I have way too many oaks to get the cattle away from them, so like most folks, I am at the mercy of the acorns. However, I usually sell the bogger calves or wean them when acorns start falling because they go downhill the fastest [/QUOTE]
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