How can I avoid acorns from falling into the paddock?Please help!

Question

Ok, so next to my horse's paddock at the end of a steep hill, there is a few trees that drop acorns into my paddock. I am so afraid my horses are going to eat them and colic, its not funny. The option of cutting them down is not an option because of the location, neither is trimming the branches, also because of the location. What can i do about this? Thanks so much!

Answer 1

I don't think the horses will gorge themselves on acorns and get sick.  It's not really a natural part of their diet.  I wouldn't think twice about them.

A net is not a good idea...a net in the paddock has got to be one of the most dangerous things I've ever heard of...

Answer 2

you can put up a net

Answer 3

Make the paddock smaller by adding another fenceline inside the existing one a few feet in so the acorns don't drop inside. That's all you can really do.

Answer 4

You have someone cut the trees down then there wont be a lot of acorns. But your talking about in the fall. It wont last for a long time because there is summer and spring you will just have some leaves that's okay around horses.

Answer 5

Move 'em!

Answer 6

you should put a net up or cut the trees down.

Answer 7

haha this is what we use to collect our macadamian nuts.

You see those things thatgo around dogs necks when they get surgery we'll we made a massive one of those out of cupboard so that when the acorns dropped they feel into the thunnel. Hehe it's pretty kool.

Also you could put chicken wire along the bottom of the fence so when they roll they stop =)

Anyhoo Goodluck

Answer 8

Either A)Move your paddock or B) move your horses. Also, it's rare for a horse to colic on munching on a few acorns unless due to allergies. I have pecan trees in some of my pastures and my horses enjoy crunching on them fallen pecans and the oil is good for their hair.

Answer 9

Mine eat them all the stinking time.  I have over 200 oak trees on my property.  No way to remove them all or keep the horses from them...unless I was to lock them up in a stall all day and night.

If it's just your paddock and you're worried about them...get a leaf rake and rake the paddock area every stinking day.  Other than that...I just let mine eat them.  Not much I can do, and it hasn't caused me any problems yet.

The trouble I had with oak trees, was our gelding got addicted to the bark on the tree.  That caused some problems.

Answer 10

Just put a fence around the area where the trees are.Make sure it's high enough so the horses don't have a random urge to jump it. Lol. (: