I gotta say that is a very nice understanding farmer, not many like that around.

I think part of it is that he's not a livestock farmer...he's got a couple chickens for his own use and a pet goat...but he's mostly crops (like the most amazing strawberries in the world come summer). I'm not sure if he'd be as coyote friendly if he raised livestock, I think the reputation of the coyote alone would be grounds for a dislike of the little fuzzballs if you raised animals, even if these guys don't go after livestock.

What an awesome story.

Well that explains a lot!!!!
Good for Mr. farmer! I'm so glad that he was able to help the poor thing! I'd like to get a hold of those kids though!!!!!!
Most livestock farmers that I know would have been appalled at what had been done to this animal.
We all tend to love animals, and to see an animal suffer is hard to bear.
That's why most of us shoot the coyotes that are preying on our animals instead of maiming them or any one of a hundred stupid ideas that are out there.
I myself have passed on shots that I wasn't sure would have been kills, and this on coyotes that were after the chickens..I didn't want to maim it....
Most of the people I know don't go out hunting them either, We will wait until we know an animal is after the stock before really taking out after it.
I did say I shoot on sight....and I do.....the way our farm is set up, if I see them they are up at the barn,or up to no good.
I hope that makes sense, lots of fields, broad daylight, if I see it, then its way far from the tree line and up to no good involving my chickens.
That said, I've not seen any, or lost any chickens since the Pyrs got old enough to start working...they will be 2 in June. Still not really grown up, but close enough.
I like that solution....Mr Coyote says....hmmm nice fence...2 mad LSGDs ....I'll just mosey on down to the next farm where they don't have all that.

Jamie, your coyote tales are fascinating. Are you in the wilds of Western MA? (Have friends in Lenox who have never seen coyotes.)

I defiantely believe in the "luring" capacity of coyote's.

We had a brand new 8 lane expressway built last year, and of course it took away a tonne of greenspace that was home to quite a few woodland creature's (deer, racoons, possums, rats, mice, coyotes etc etc.) so they were forced towards the city. People then, of course, started to complain about the deer in their garden, the mice inhabiting their homes and the racoons going through their garbage. What did they think would happen when they take away the greenspace they they lived in. All because someone somewhere thought it would be a good idea to make it only a 10 minute trip from the escarpment down to the lake instead of the horrible 12 minute trip it took before.

But, either way, we now have coyote's popping up in places they weren't before, like down at the beach on the trails that Tucker and I use for walking/hiking. One day there was a small teeny tiny little coyote rolling around in a field beside one of the trails. She would roll around on her back then look our way, give a little yip, even go into a play bow and run little circles all the while not taking her eye's off us. All the while getting a little bit closer and closer to us (we had stopped because I wanted to see if she was ok, i thought she was hurt at first) then i realized she was "flirting" with Tucker...and was possibly in heat and figured she'ld give Tuck a shot.
Then i looked past her, into the undergrowth and saw 3 other, larger coyote's also watching the antics. That's when i thought maybe she wasn't in heat, but was more trying to lure Tucker back into those bushes for the other ones to take care of.

Then the newpaper started to print stories of smaller dogs & cats going missing, then one guy said a coyote snuck out of the bushes and snatched his little dog that was on a flexi lead and all hell broke loose.

Im curious to see what will happen down there this year.