MH1 1,931 Posted June 20, 2020 Report Share Posted June 20, 2020 10 hours ago, jetro said: Aren't llamas used for the same purpose in some countries, security for farm animals? Mules can be nasty beggers, bite you on a heartbeat Atb j Atb j A farm I sometimes go to in my job has 2 llamas roaming about with the sheep, farmer reckoned they kept foxes and badgers away 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 32,431 Posted June 20, 2020 Report Share Posted June 20, 2020 12 hours ago, jetro said: Aren't llamas used for the same purpose in some countries, security for farm animals? Mules can be nasty beggers, bite you on a heartbeat Atb j Atb j I no one chicken farmer that keeps elpachos with his free range hens and claims to have stopped fox predation almost completely, I also no another one that shoots around eighty fox,s a year but accepts an annual loss of 2000 hens a year, both are free range, 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jetro 5,349 Posted June 20, 2020 Report Share Posted June 20, 2020 19 minutes ago, Greyman said: I no one chicken farmer that keeps elpachos with his free range hens and claims to have stopped fox predation almost completely, I also no another one that shoots around eighty fox,s a year but accepts an annual loss of 2000 hens a year, both are free range, That's some loss to be taking yearly, 2000, I'd find 20 to much. Atb j Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 32,431 Posted June 20, 2020 Report Share Posted June 20, 2020 (edited) 8 minutes ago, jetro said: That's some loss to be taking yearly, 2000, I'd find 20 to much. Atb j I was shocked when he told me, I went out for an hour with a mate and shot two Fox’s both had a chicken in there mouth and the hedges around the place were full of bits of chicken, the farmer said it was an acceptable loss for him so I don’t no what sort of numbers he’s rearing but it was a bit of a mad situation especially compared to the place with the alpacas who has simular numbers Edited June 20, 2020 by Greyman 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jetro 5,349 Posted June 20, 2020 Report Share Posted June 20, 2020 1 minute ago, Greyman said: I was shocked when he told me, I went out for an hour with a mate and shot two Fox’s both had a chicken in there mouth and the hedges around the place were full of bits of chicken, the farmer said it was an acceptable loss for him so I don’t no what sort of numbers he’s rearing but it was a bit of a mad situation Have to be some massive set up to be able to take thoes kind of losses, heaven for foxes, well the ones that get away a least lol. Atb j Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 32,431 Posted June 20, 2020 Report Share Posted June 20, 2020 17 minutes ago, W. Katchum said: There’s a few videos online of mules an donkeys killing yotes an mountain lions they hate donkeys here, don’t think they like keeping them near the horses for some reason, daughter wanted one years back an the few farms I asked said fcuk no, get a pony an do what you want but get a donkey an don’t come back maybe that’s why they always sad looking Have seen them kick shit out of horses as well, even when they are trying to breed them to make mules they have to watch the fuckers, used to no of one kept with sheep years ago I got caught by the farmer rabbiting a few times because the thing just went eeyah mental as soon as it seen you and just wouldn’t stop, we almost new we were gripped as soon as we heard it 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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sussex 5,803 Posted June 21, 2020 Report Share Posted June 21, 2020 19 hours ago, Aussie Whip said: I had a donkey, friendly little Jack.When he matured he was a cnt,it killed my staffy and a neighbour's bull terrier and then one night killed about twelve of my sheep.I was just in time to witness it kill the last one with one well placed kick,smashing it's skull.A guy bought him,castrated him and he ended up at carnivals giving kids rides with never a problem. I’d have parted company with it after it killed my dog , the knacker man wouldn’t have needed his humane killer either ... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aussie Whip 4,348 Posted June 21, 2020 Report Share Posted June 21, 2020 I've seen a doco in drought over here, there were dead stock,horses and even almost dead dingos stuck in mud in the dried up dams.While they were filming a herd of feral donkeys trotted past in almost show condition,they are tough as nails and are real survivors in bad conditions.I still hate them, lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
keepdiggin 9,565 Posted June 21, 2020 Report Share Posted June 21, 2020 Years ago there was a video of a press canario killing a donkey Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bangersanmash 5,661 Posted June 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2020 On 19/06/2020 at 08:37, WILF said: Your original post didn’t mention it was for the RDA, maybe if it had lads would have taken a different tone. Sling up the details of her place and I’m sure most would be willing to throw a couple of quid her way It was one of the comments on the thread mentioning the rda which has got nothing to do with this thread what made me abit angry but slept so forgot about. She's not done bad hasn't the old lass bless her target was 5 grand and she's got way more from the good pillow's of the world 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 12,023 Posted June 21, 2020 Report Share Posted June 21, 2020 Dad bought me a jenny when I was a kid kept up his dad's smallholding, not long after he bought it, it give birth to a white jack, had it couple of years till I fell of it lost interest and he sold it. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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