Hello.... Were new with the BBB and I wanted to share a experience we've had. We brought our first BBB which included 3 ewes and a 3 month old, one ewe had a 4 day old ram lamb and the other two ewes were suppose to be pregnant. We turned them loose with our Llama who was in need of a job. We had sold our goats and the llama lost his job. The llama excepted the ewes and babies with no problem. After the introduction to his new companions you could tell he had a mission in life again, he was happy. So happy in fact we saw him jumping in the air and having a great time. Well a couple of weeks later we brought a 2 1/2 year old ram in and turned him out with the llama and ewes. I noticed he did not stay with the ewes, I wasn't sure what was going on. The next day I happened to look out and saw the llama look at the ram and run a couple of steps toward him when he tried to approach the herd. The ram turned around and went to the other side of the field in the brush. So I caught the llama and removed him. I put the sheep all together in a smaller field. Then I turned the llama out so he could guard the out side of the fence but couldn't get in to separate the ram from ewes. We left him out for about 4 days, during this time one of the ewes gave birth. The llama was very interested and wanted to be with the ewe. When I would go out to check on him he would turn his back to me and wouldn't look at me. I went out one day and talked to him, he came up to me and I caught him and put him back with the sheep. He has been great, and has excepted the ram with the ewes. What a funny experience. We weren't sure what we were going to do if he didn't except them as a herd. We have serious cougar and coyote problems here. So far we haven't last any, but the neighbor has, he has wool sheep. A cougar came in during the day and killed on of his lambs, took the hide right off of it and licked it clean then took every thing except the hide with it when it left. Feeding the cubs we guess. Has any one had an experience with their guard animal like this? Sandy in Oregon
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