I don't know if a llama would scare off a hawk or not...I would think that a llama is more for scaring off bigger predators like coyotes or dogs. Donkeys are good at keeping away predators...A lot of people use them to watch over sheep and goats...If the hawk isn't afraid of a big horse though then it might not be too afaraid of a llama is what I'm thinking...I wonder if the llama would know to scare away the hawks..They may just act like the goats and just graze around on the grass when a hawk comes....We have hawks here too and thats one reason why we haven't let our ducks have babies...They are dangerous...Good Luck!

genny is correct. llamas, as guard animals, are used to ward off larger animals like coyotes, dogs, etc. i have serious doubt that any guard animal, llama or donkey, would be able to "scare" a hawk away from fowl.

we have 2 llamas. they are strictly pets. lovely, sweet animals. however, if you intend to use them as guard animals, you cannot interact with them much. they will become attached to you (petting, treats, etc.) and they will not be much use for guarding a herd.

I love my llama! She's great at scaring off the coyotes (or so I think... zero proof of this), but she doesn't touch the incredibly annoying Canada Geese that land on the pond. Lady the collie or grandpa in his Gator (sight to be seen... gramps at 80 running full speed down the hill toward the pond and the driving like a mad man all the way round the pond laughing all the way... makes me laugh just thinking about it!) take care of the geese.
Llama are pretty cool anyhow. DH has agreed that I can breed Ronali this spring! Very exciting. Mr. Oliver can have a little cria to train (he'll be a whopping 3 when it's born!)... that will be a sight... who's leading who type of thing!
Don't think your llama will touch the hawks.

For the money, a miniature donkey would make a better guardian. So will any large LGD trained around poultry. I don't know if it's their breeding [all show stock] or the interaction with their handlers, but NONE of the many llamas on the farm I work at, would care if a grizzly bear came into the pasture and ate up everyone of the ducks and geese.

My Great Pyrenees dog watches the sky and I have seen him herd "his" guineas into the trees when there was a large red tailed hawk circling! Neat sight.....he kept his eye "to the sky" until the hawk left!

My mini donkey threatens to stomp on the chickens when the go into her area....no guarding of poultry for her! Would think it highly unlikely that a llama would protect poultry.

Good luck!
Judy

My llama and sheep let small birds sit on them while they are grazing, and I've seen no interest in the doings of larger birds by the llama.

I think the theory is that a llama will think the sheep are like him, and want to protect them. I don't think they are likely to feel protective of anything as diffrent as poultry, but I could be wrong.

We have LOTs of coyotes here, I hear them singing almost every night and see them quite frequently. My sheep pasture is far away from the house, thus why we have a llama. So far we have never had a problem with coyotes and the sheep.

I keep my chickens NEAR the house, and we have dogs that are out except for at night. I make sure the chickens have lots of easy to get to cover, and I have not lost any yet to hawks, bald eagles, or coyotes. We used to have a bald eagle nest visable from the house, and still didn't loose any chickens.

However, we do have some otters in the pond/lake that are eating the wild ducks when they can catch them... so far they have left the chickens alone, even though they are only about 100-150 ft from the main pond and only about 25-30 feet from a smaller seasonal spring/pond.