Mini Donks?

[helmstead]

We're considering a mini donkey jack (we would be gelding him immediately).

Altho donkeys are equids...I am only familiar with horses and have a feeling there are some big differences.

Will donkey owners please give some advice? How do they differ from horses? I have heard that they primarily require hay and a little bit of pelleted feed to avoid obesity...is that correct?

 

[DuckyBoys]

They are easy keepers, they are hardy, they don't need pampering, they don't need shoes, they aren't afraid of everything (like a paper bag blowing in the wind) they will kill a coyote, they will chase your dog, they will eat your dog food, they will dig holes in your pasture, they will make a very loud obnoxious EEEEEEEEEEEE-AWWWWWWWWWWW when you come out to give them breakfast, they don't need any grain, they don't need alfalfa (but mine like a half and half mix!) they don't come in out of the rain, they play like children, and last winter they shoveled snow.

They are funny!

 

[Maggie3]

Oh my goodness that is the cutestest face.

 

[Blooming chicks]

Okay Helmstead, I dont know about you, but after Duckyboys description I want one.

 

[tricia]

I just made a post asking about goats sheep or pigs, but maybe a donkey is what I need!

 

[farmgirlie1031]

I love them. They are too cute but I don't think my neighbors would like me to add that noise to all the roosters I have, all the hogs on the hill, and the cattle down the road. Some days you hear roosters, hogs, horses, and cattle going off at once! Oh what a place. At times I think, "and I thought the city was noisy."