Lammas and coyotes.

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Ernest II

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My wife keeps telling me that people own 1 or 2 lammas because coyotes will not come around them. SHe has heard that lammas run coyotes off. Is this true?
Daryl P.
 
We actually have some friends that own a llama farm and the coyotes stay away. They do have dogs to watch out for the llamas but more for the lions then the coyotes as the llamas will go after the coyotes very aggressively. He was telling me that some sheep ranchers even use llamas to protect sheep instead of dogs.

So to answer your question it is true.
 
I've got an injured llama in my back pasture as we speak. Killed a coyote two weeks ago that was in the process of making lunch of her for him and his mate.

I always heard that llamas would run coyotes off, but I can't confirm it as of yet.

Chupa
 
We've raised llamas for years.

Llamas hate strange dogs and coyotes with a passion.
They will chase them and if catch up to them, stomp them with
their front hooves.

They can't however take on more then a couple at a time.

Llamas are very protective of their "herds" and herds can be
lots of different things like goats, sheep, etc.

Llamas aren't worth a crap when they try to take on a mountain
lion however. Lost 1 a few years ago that tried that.
 
I had one with my Dad's cows for 5 years with no calves lost to coyotes or wolves my neighbors pasture borders ours and they lose at least 1 cow and a couple calves a year. 3 years ago they lost 4 cows and a dozen calves when a pack of wolves got into them.
 
I've heard the same about Llamas. They use Great Pyrenees around here and they work. I've seen some so aggressive I can't get in the pasture with them. But they were like a lamb around the barn and children. They take their job serious.
 
The sheep ranch I target shoot at used to have a problem with coyotes killing the livestock....until he bought a Llama. No casualties ever since he got that old one-eyed Llama several years ago.

I have also heard that not all Llamas are created equal.....the other sheep rancher I know says his Llamas are about worthless, and wants to know where the other sheep rancher got his.
 
Here in western Oregon my friends that are sheep farmers use llamas to protect the sheep from coyotes...only one llama per field....they say if you put two llamas in the field they will only protect each other.
Also now they are putting up 3 strand hot fence instead of 2. The new strand is very low to the ground, seems to be stopping the coyotes...guess they can't crawl under the fence that way.
 
We have raised and owned llamas for a good 10 years now, and we have only seen 1 coyote near the pastures...long story short, Mr. coyote got a 58 grain lead pill.
 
They will for sure , I have worked predator control on a ranch by my house that will produce 30 to 40 coyotes a year for the last 10 years and he put a lamma in each pasture and this year 0 coyotes called in...
 
personal experience says NO.
a couple years ago i shot 2 coyotes one afternoon. i was working on a hay shed and looked out in the pasture about 1000 yds. there were 2 coyotes harassing the lama. one at each end. i grabbed my rifle and ran down there. the one coyote was "hiding" in the grass at about 50 yards, got him right away. second one had run off to over 400 yards. i took the shot and got him.
the llama was there to protect the alpacas, i guess it did that, but the coyotes sure werent afraid of him.
last summer i watched a coyote that was laying down out in the pasture in late afternoon. the alpacas kept getting closer to the coyote checking him out. the coyote eventually got up and walked off. the llamas (3) didnt even give the coyote a second glance.
 
I was giving a farmer a hard time about the funny looking "cow" he had in his herd. He told me that he got it to help with his cattle and was really surprised how well it was working out. His llama is very protective of the cattle, but gets along with them just fine.
 
For guarding other animals, a single older llama is generally
best. They will bond with their charges. If there is more
then 1 llama, they tend to bond with each other rather then
their charges.

Llamas work good as guards are they are real curious.
They see or hear something, they head to investigate.
They'll stick their faces right down to whatever it is and
that's pretty intimidating. Doesn't work well when they
are investigating rattle snakes, skunks or mountain lions.

A single llama can't take on more then 1 coyote at a time.
Multiple coyotes will come in from different directions and
start ripping them up.

That being said, I watched my 3 female llamas take on 6 wild
dogs at once. Wild dogs were coming over the back gate 1
at a time. As soon as each 1 hit the ground, the llamas
started in on it. They didn't kill all of them but the
rest of the dogs headed back out of the pasture real fast.
 
my neighbours have two llamas and a donkey. If you want your dog to never to return, let him go into that pen.


Even when the coyotes are howling after dark, I look over at the barn and I see the Llamas running around all worked up.


That donkey has killed a few dogs in his life time.
 


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