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Check it out! Baby lambs frolicking in the sun. My friend owns this farm. SO cute!
- Thread starter traca
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Yes, eagles are definitely a problem. They have a 6' wingspan and can grab baby lambs.
A few years ago, she got llamas, which tend to help protect them.
I wrote about the farm a while back, and looked up the detail, "180 babies were born at Ninety Farms, but between the eagles and coyotes, they've lost 50." So, at that point, they were loosing 28% of the babies to predators.
A few years ago, she got llamas, which tend to help protect them.
I wrote about the farm a while back, and looked up the detail, "180 babies were born at Ninety Farms, but between the eagles and coyotes, they've lost 50." So, at that point, they were loosing 28% of the babies to predators.
They do have dogs, but the llamas are bigger. I looked up more info. Interesting.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guard_llama
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guard_llama
A friend and her husband had a sheep farm and used a guard llama. He was very
affectionate with the ewes and their babies. At lambing time he
would check every pen with its mom and baby and would "kiss" each of them on the head before carrying on to the next one. So sweet.
Llamas usually only bond with one human and if threatened could disembowel a person or animal. Huge signs were placed around the pasture warning people not to approach the llama.
At night the llama would patrol the fenced in meadow and would mark every post as a warning to predators to stay away.
When the farm had to be sold the sheep and llama went as a package. However, there was a separate price for each. Happily the beasties got to stay together.
affectionate with the ewes and their babies. At lambing time he
would check every pen with its mom and baby and would "kiss" each of them on the head before carrying on to the next one. So sweet.
Llamas usually only bond with one human and if threatened could disembowel a person or animal. Huge signs were placed around the pasture warning people not to approach the llama.
At night the llama would patrol the fenced in meadow and would mark every post as a warning to predators to stay away.
When the farm had to be sold the sheep and llama went as a package. However, there was a separate price for each. Happily the beasties got to stay together.