Quote Originally Posted by Aggie_Ama View Post
We do have coyotes in Texas, my husbands stepfather (and born and bred hill country ranch boy) told me about the llamas scaring off coyotes. I have to say he was suspect but he said that was "the theory".
Oh, it's true! Coyotes are pretty cowardly animals unless they are really desparate. Hell, our dogs have scared them off a few times! (our dogs are both about 70lbs but they are not agressive breeds at all).

Mini versions of many animals are popular when you don't have much land. They can usually live on about a third the space of a full sized animal and usually have a better ROI in terms of what they produce (ie, mini dairy goats give you more milk for what they consume compared to a full sized animal - same with bantam chicken eggs vs feed). We have one mini-fiber goat as a companion for our full size dairy goat and he's really a lot of fun. I wanted a mini-burro, too...but we just couldn't justify the cost when they won't really produce anything (and our land/space is very limited).