Won't Eat Nuts

mikefoxo

Father has a store??(about 20 months old) that won't go near nuts. There's plenty of space but nothing. We've tried nuts on their own, nuts and barley, and a pulp nut but not a dicky bird:( Any ideas why or how we can get him to eat a few. He's a sort of a butty BBX but when he was bought I thought he had the most potential of the lot!!

whelan1

Try some calf crunch

tanko

Put him in a crush gate and hold half a bucket of nuts under his nose. put a few nuts in his mouth, he will soon get a taste for them. you might have to do this for a few days. I have often done it with weanlings to get them started on nuts. Mind his teeth tho, theyre sharp:D

mikefoxo

tanko wrote: »

Mind his teeth tho, theyre sharp:D

As long as he doesn't get a taste for my fingers:eek:

keep going

Couple of bulls I was fattening have given up eating nuts , thought they might be gone stale so bought a couple of new bags but the same story.not over fed, 6or 7 kilos

KatyMac

Would a little molasses help?

Sam Kade

KatyMac wrote: »

Would a little molasses help?

Exactly what I was going to suggest

capslock88

hunger is the best sauce!...leave him in a pin for a day with nothing else but the calf crunch/nuts mix and he shud change his tune!...sometimes they're more likely to eat from a bucket or trough so you could let one of those in the pin with him as well...

RoscommonTom

capslock88 wrote: »

hunger is the best sauce!...leave him in a pin for a day with nothing else but the calf crunch/nuts mix and he shud change his tune!...sometimes they're more likely to eat from a bucket or trough so you could let one of those in the pin with him as well...

This is what j as going to say, if their hungry enough theyd eat stones as my oul fella used say

Suckler

whelan1 wrote: »

Try some calf crunch

Try this or like others said a shot of mollasses. Had a heifer at the same craic, would only eat calf crunch if she got her own bucket. Gradually started to mix in some nuts but she got wise to that after a while and stopped again.

MickeyShtyles

There was a wee calf in work like that last year. Crack an egg or two onto the nuts. Worked for us anyway!

Sharpshooter82

Noticed this today, have a AA bullocks in the shed on ration the last 4 weeks but were on nuts before this. Had a little nuts left over in a bag and said I would treat them. All par one of the bullocks attacked the nuts. The odd one wouldn't touch it, too fond of the ration I'd say

Farrell

Maybe a bit of Company (One that wouldn't bully) would help.
Once they see them eating it may give an insentive. Seen it work

mikefoxo

Farrell wrote: »

Maybe a bit of Company (One that wouldn't bully) would help.
Once they see them eating it may give an insentive. Seen it work

Doubt it would work. He walks up with the rest of them to the feed trough (where there's plenty of space), stands there for a minute, and then just goes off somewhere else. He has put his nose down near them a few times but just doesn't bother himself.

Farrell

Ok. Had that problem with a Weanling, shy eater very fustrating.
Persistance paid off in the end (plus cold wet nights).
Good luck

caseman

keep going wrote: »

Couple of bulls I was fattening have given up eating nuts , thought they might be gone stale so bought a couple of new bags but the same story.not over fed, 6or 7 kilos

What age and weight are these bulls,and what else are they getting along with nuts.