Acorns

[Peregrine Falcon]

Worryingly the trees here seem rather full of acorns. Pannage dates have just been released, I hope we don't lose too many this year.

 

[meleeka]

I have loads on some trees and barely any on others. Last year was a good year so I’d guessed they were doing to be bad.

 

[rabatsa]

My trees, all 82 of them are loaded.

 

[windswoo]

I've got three oak trees that border the field that are full of acorns and just caught my big lad lift his head up and take a munch acorn included.
I'm now having a panic that he's been eating them.
I've moved the electric fencing out so that he can't get to them, I just hope he's not ate too many.
I'm just now going to have to keep an eye on him.

 

[HappyHollyDays]

I have one who hoovers acorns up even in a field of knee high grass. Thankfully he’s nowhere near any oaks this year, I’ve just sycamore and horse chestnut to worry about.

 

[dorsetladette]

my acorn addict is staring longingly across the field to the heavily laden oak trees. They seem to be dropping really slowly though. we could do with a few very windy evening to help it along and get it over and done with quicker.

 

[The Fuzzy Furry]

my acorn addict is staring longingly across the field to the heavily laden oak trees. They seem to be dropping really slowly though. we could do with a few very windy evening to help it along and get it over and done with quicker.

I'm sitting at my yard at present waiting for someone, it's breezy, there is non stop falling of acorns which are especially noisy on the stables roofs! Like lots of little guns going off!

 

[Errin Paddywack]

I drove under an oak tree recently, acorn hit my windscreen so hard it put a tiny chip in it.

 

[JackFrost]

On a hack this morning - Friendly neighbour ? shouts
'Hi!?‍ Would your horse like some acorns?'

?

 

[Nudibranch]

Out of 25 goats, only the 2 anglo nubians will eat them. Very annoying as this morning there were loads on the ground.
This is the first year we've had oak trees in the fields (moved house). How much of an issue are they for horses? The Dales is very keen on them so I've moved them into the bottom paddock for now away from the oaks. But that's been resting and is lush and green so not sure which is the worst option!
Next year we will have pigs so that should be the acorns sorted...

 

[meleeka]

This is the first year we've had oak trees in the fields (moved house). How much of an issue are they for horses? The Dales is very keen on them so I've moved them into the bottom paddock for now away from the oaks. But that's been resting and is lush and green so not sure which is the worst option!
Next year we will have pigs so that should be the acorns sorted...

It’s really down to luck I’m afraid. A horse near me nearly died from eating them a few years ago. The same horse has moved fields to a bigger one but still surrounded by oaks and still eating loads of acorns ?. They haven’t affected him since so goodness knows why that year was so bad. I dread to think what his liver looks like.

My pigs love them but I lost a pig a few years ago to a suspected blockage. They seem to be fine eating them as they fall, but he was out in the horses spare field gorging on them the weekend before so it’s something I’m careful not to repeat.

 

[Errin Paddywack]

We have a couple of small oak trees on our boundary. One of my sheep is always to be found under them, hopefully hoovering them all up. The horses don't seem interested thankfully.