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<blockquote data-quote="preston39" data-source="post: 104820" data-attributes="member: 1487"><p>hrslvr,</p><p>You may wish to do a search...there is a long thread on this board re this topic with many view points. It is worth looking at. It seems ONE jenny is the way to go. Here is an analysis on Llamas that I thought was very sensible and logical;</p><p></p><p>"the llamas range from 1 1/2 years old to 8 years old. the llamas that are at least 3 are much better at being aggressive with the dogs from what i have seen. i was told that when you first get a llama, pen it in a small pen in the field with the cows for few days, that conditions it to guard those cows. then turn it out with the herd. also, only put one llama in the field if it is a male or you can put as many as 2 females. if you put more in the same field, they bunch up and forget the cows. i dont know if this is true or not, but something is working, it looks like, since i got the llamas---i would guess that cats would overmatch them. </p><p>cats are starting to appear in our area. a guy i know about 7 miles from me had a cow with a beautiful pair of twin calves. when they were a week old one of them disappeared. he never found a trace of the calf. a week later, the other disappeared. he found it hanging in a tree fork about 10 feet off the ground partially eaten. i dont know of anything that would do that other than a cat".............</p><p></p><p>I understand the same approach is applicable to donkeys also. It seems more than two will allow them to herd by themselves and forget the cows/calfs.Jennys seem to be indicated rather than a jack.</p><p></p><p> I know when I was a small guy...a Jack killed a calf right in front of us before dad could get to him...broke the calf's neck with one chomp. The jack never saw sunrise again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="preston39, post: 104820, member: 1487"] hrslvr, You may wish to do a search...there is a long thread on this board re this topic with many view points. It is worth looking at. It seems ONE jenny is the way to go. Here is an analysis on Llamas that I thought was very sensible and logical; "the llamas range from 1 1/2 years old to 8 years old. the llamas that are at least 3 are much better at being aggressive with the dogs from what i have seen. i was told that when you first get a llama, pen it in a small pen in the field with the cows for few days, that conditions it to guard those cows. then turn it out with the herd. also, only put one llama in the field if it is a male or you can put as many as 2 females. if you put more in the same field, they bunch up and forget the cows. i dont know if this is true or not, but something is working, it looks like, since i got the llamas---i would guess that cats would overmatch them. cats are starting to appear in our area. a guy i know about 7 miles from me had a cow with a beautiful pair of twin calves. when they were a week old one of them disappeared. he never found a trace of the calf. a week later, the other disappeared. he found it hanging in a tree fork about 10 feet off the ground partially eaten. i dont know of anything that would do that other than a cat"............. I understand the same approach is applicable to donkeys also. It seems more than two will allow them to herd by themselves and forget the cows/calfs.Jennys seem to be indicated rather than a jack. I know when I was a small guy...a Jack killed a calf right in front of us before dad could get to him...broke the calf's neck with one chomp. The jack never saw sunrise again. [/QUOTE]
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