I would strongly suggest getting a pair of Livestock Guardian Dog (my personal preference are Anatolians, but they may not be available in your area. Pyrenees are very common though and will do the job). Coyotes are clever enough to distract the llama (or burro) while other members of the pack kill the stock. If it is a wild cat (I would think an adult ewe would be a bit large for a bobcat, but maybe you have mountain lions in your area?), the dogs are proven protectors against them as well. (The Anatolians are being used in Africa as they have been able to protect goat herds from the big cats).
Good luck! Kerri --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Greetings Everyone; > We have run into a problem and I'm wondering if any > of you are having to > deal with this same issue. Some of you might want to > stop reading here. > This isn't very pleasant to write or read. > We have now lost 2 BB's. One a 3 year old ewe who > had twins and the other > this years ewe lamb about 3 months. When I say lost, > I mean killed. The 3 > year old ewe had a very traumatic death from the > look of thing and the > way the rest of the sheep are acting. The twins were > adopted by the other > mothers so they are just fine. I didn't see the > predator, so I couldn't > stop it. The she was apparently drug quite a bit, > after death. The only > things left were her tail, a small patch of hide, > stomach and intestinal > track. It's so sad. Needless to say the rest of the > sheep were scared. > This happened the middle of May. Last Saturday > morning we went out side > to the sheep restless and one calling. We took a > head count and the one > that was calling had lost her baby. We've moved the > sheep to a more open > field and were are keeping our eyes on the fields. > We have a Llama > running with the sheep, we were told they help run > off predators. We know > in the past he has done this. > We think were dealing with a combination of coyotes > and bobcat maybe even > a cougar. All have been seen here one time or > another. > The sheep are being kill right in day light. So > keeping them in the barn > for night doesn't help, so far all day kills. Our > neighbor has lost he > said half of his lambs this year. Were talking > around 8 to 12 lambs > already. He said his sheep are so scared they wont > leave the barn and he > has to feed them because they wont go out to graze > the grass. > What do you guys do to protect your animals? Is > there another kind of > animal I can run with the sheep to protect them? > I've heard a burro would > help but can't find any around my area. Help!!! > Sandy > > ________________________________________________________________ > The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno > SpeedBand! > Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! > Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up > today! > =============================================== > This message is from the Barbados Blackbelly Sheep > mailing list > (http://www.awrittenword.com/listserv/index.html). > To respond to this message, send e-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe or change your membership options, go > to > http://lists.coyotenet.net/mailman/listinfo/blackbelly > To search the archives, go to http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ =============================================== This message is from the Barbados Blackbelly Sheep mailing list (http://www.awrittenword.com/listserv/index.html). To respond to this message, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe or change your membership options, go to http://lists.coyotenet.net/mailman/listinfo/blackbelly To search the archives, go to http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
