Sheeps are coming before the goats

[moore_farm]

Should I get a lgd or a donkey.
I been looking arounbd I can get a donkey for 200 bucks and ready to gaurd
Lgd cost around a grand for a pup. So is there any bad problems about the donkeys I should know.

[MTDeb]

The donkey we had was great guarding the sheep. The only problem we had with her was that donkeys eat a lot, as much as a horse.

[DocM]

Don't get it unless it has a proven record of guarding livestock AND you have evaluated whether or not you actually need an LGD. My mixed breed family farm dogs protect my livestock as well or better than any spendy LGD, and I sure didn't pay $1000 for any of them.

[HazyDay]

I would never buy a donkey, (only for a pet.) donkeys are known to kill lambs and kids, because they cry to their mothers and it thinks the mother is getting attacked. Go for a Dog. Try the goat fourm alot of people on it will have puppies for sale. I know OzarksJewels will have some puppies ready in a few weeks (I think she was asking $150.OO. Not 100% Sure it may have been cheaper or more.)

[YuccaFlatsRanch]

"Lgd cost around a grand for a pup. So is there any bad problems about the donkeys I should know."

PM me please. I raise Anatolians and a friend whom we sold one to has sold her farm and goats and is looking for a home for one. We are in the Kerrville, TX area. This spayed female is over a year old and has been with goats all of her life.

[flannelberry]

I'm no fan of donkeys for the above stated reasons.

A grand is pretty high. My girl came papered, socialized to stock, excellent, excellent working lines a breeder I couldn't say enough good about, spayed, shots etc. and she wasn't a grand. She wasn't cheap but she wasn't a grand....

As far as a mixed breed - I know this is your favorite debate doc <bg> but some of us have done that and lost a lot of money in stock. Now my poultry free ranges and neither my dogs nor raccoons etc. are getting them.

[Maura]

I've never had my donkeys attack a lamb. One did lick a sick lamb, but that's it. Young donkeys play too rough to be with lambs or sheep, but one that is over three years should be pretty settled.