uh-oh!!

[WCB]

Did you know that deer corn can kill your deer if they eat to much corn!!
it has somthing inside it that can kill them! scientist did some research on deer corn. They had 2 doe in a sepret 5 acer pin.one they just put corn and grass and the other they put plant and grass and stuff. after 5 months the doewith just corn and grass died. i dont believe it tho.

Guess I don't have to worry...

[Smart]

they just put corn and grass and the other they put plant and grass and stuff.

Since grass is not a primary item in a deer's diet, I am betting the grass didn't help either...

[systemnt]

I'm trying to kill them anyways

I spit coke through my nose at this ....too funny!

[native_texan]

Since grass is not a primary item in a deer's diet, I am betting the grass didn't help either...

Roger that. Deer need browse and forbs to survive nurtitionally. A deer with a full belly of grass will starve to death. Their systems are designed for SOME grass, but mostly forbs (certain weed-like plants) and browse (food that come from plants that have bark).

http://www.suwanneeriverranch.com/WTinfoCdiet.htm

[Mudslinger]

Deer are not grazers, they are browsers so grass would play little difference in their health except for an extreme drought. Corn is just candy to them so it does not suprise me that a deer would not survive on just corn and grass. Not enough nutrients in those two to support a deer.

[Txhuntergurl82]

Very good post and learned alot thank you!

[Speedgoat]

Anything by itself alone can kill you. Deer are browsers and do not put a huge percentage of their diet on corn. I would not worry about it too much. It kills horses because they will eat until they bust and will finish it all in one setting.

[Harvey]

Corn is a good carbohydrate for deer, but only a small part of their diet. On our country, we will be using prescribed fire to promote more abundance and varieties of forbs (weeds).
Fire is natural and more cost effective than supplement!

Also, they're now linking the decline in quail populations to the aflotoxin in deer corn...in addition to predation and drought.

[DTala]

corn has 6-7% protein..........just sayin.

[Deb]

Scientists a long time ago found out how to synthisize a growth hormone found in a kernal of corn I believe methyl mercaptan is used for production of synthetic methionine as a chicken feed supplement. This supplement is what poultry farms feed hatchlings so they will go from hatchling to your grocery store freezer in six weeks. The chemical effects their liver and causes them to grow freakishly quick to keep up with the demand for supply.

What do you think these chemicals are doing to us when we eat these chickens, makes you wonder.

Glad you posted.

[CastAndBlast]

Anything in excess is bad!