lost one that way. they were pawing and kicking the baby just as if it was a
predator, my llama has never hurt a foal.
Jennifer From Joyce WA USA
On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 6:55 PM, lauraafana <quiltedpony@att.net> wrote:
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> That is a great idea Nancy. The Llamas. Aren't donkeys the same way about
> predators?
> Laura
>
> --- In haflingerfriends@yahoogroups.com<haflingerfriends%40yahoogroups.com>,
> Nancy Olson <haflinger99019@...> wrote:
> >
> > I too had trouble with coyotes on the farm and the solution for me was
> Llamas. Sounds funny, but they are a natural heard animal and any animals
> you put them in with, they adopt and protect as their own. My Llama killed
> two coyotes when they came after my foals, and I haven't worried since.Â
> Best thing I ever did. They use them in Oregon alot in with sheep for the
> same purpose.I also had a Haffy  mare that aborted due to a very strange
> disease, and she went into a very deep depression. I had never seen one
> before, and don't want to see it again. She was my best driving horse, and
> I didn't use her for 2yrs, 'cause she was not herself/mind wasn't there.Â
> Stood in the stall with head down, always away from my other Haffies.Â
> Finally bought a yearling to add to my heard, and when I got the new one
> home, it was as a light bulb went off, and she started coming out of the
> fog.God always has a purpose. Maybe it was to share your loss with us to
> > enlighten someone else as to what can happen. We don't know. Hugs to
> you. Nancy
> >
> > --- On Wed, 2/24/10, rivervalleyph <rivervalleyph@...> wrote:
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> > From: rivervalleyph <rivervalleyph@...>
>
> > Subject: [haflingerfriends] First 2010 Foal at Rivervalley is tragic...
> > To: haflingerfriends@yahoogroups.com<haflingerfriends%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 5:14 PM
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> > Hi My hafinger friends. I am sad to announce that the first foal for 2010
> at Rivervalley lost life within minutes of birth. Due to my own neglect, the
> mares are up in high country still, this mare was early in foaling, went off
> by the river bed to foal and the d*^m coyotes killed it within minutes of
> birth. What a hard hit. I think I will get the fences fixed NOW and bring
> the girls home asap. None are bagged up other than her, who barely has a bag
> even now. But I want them home and I want the coyotes dead! And the wolves!
> And whatever else wants to eat my foals! I'm frustrated, angry and sad,
> though this was not a planned breeding, I new the mare was bred and it is
> upsetting none the less. I do not mean to bore you with tragidy, just
> feeling stupid and mad at myself for not getting her home earlier. Anyway, I
> loaded the foal in the truck and raced it out of over a mile of pasture
> while mom followed and whinnied and that is a real tear jerker I'll tell
> > ya. I couldn't leave it to be eaten by the nasty as.wh.pes, and have her
> not go to feed at all, so this way maybe she will settle down in a few days
> before I move them home. Not sure what to do with baby. Just want to take a
> 30-30 and shoot the sorry ..... to peices. He even had the nerve to stand
> just off aways and watch me load it! Urrrr. Well, hopefully this will be the
> end of our losses for this year and things will brighten up from here on
> out.
> > I don't mean to sound harsh but in our country tough is as tough gets
> unfortunately. I do regret not getting them home, but even a few years ago
> we had a cat trying to kill our foals right here in our foaling pasture
> close to the house. This life may not be for everyone I guess and sometimes
> I have to dig to find a way to make this work for me too. But, we just keep
> going I guess. Though we will never know why, we will know it wasn't ment to
> be. It sucks and hurts but I don't know how else to look at it without
> bawling. Yes Denny, it was sired by Alto to be this early. Sorry.
> > Thanks for listening my friends....
> > Dawn
> > Rivervalley Ranch
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