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Location: Ohio | I have always wanted a donkey to add to my equine herd and finally got the green light from my husband because coyotes are getting so bad around our place. While my horses don't really need the protection it would be nice to know there is some added security around barn. My question is what size should I look for? My 4 horses range from 14.2hh-16hh and I don't want the little guy/girl to get pushed around too much or be targeted by coyotes (we have been seeing a few different packs of 3-6)... Also, what age range should I look for? I thought about going to an amish sale if I can't find any around my area but figure most will be older, I just want one that is halter broke and has had its feet messed with.
Also, do they do well in electric fencing? I have 3 strands of 2" electric tape at our place, wooded areas have barbed wire with one strand of electric tape for visual reasons and to keep them clear of the fence.
I have never owned one but am so excited. I've heard they can be very entertaining! Please feel free to leave any other advice as I could use all the help I can get on this. 
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | From what I've seen, the jennies are more aggressive to predators, but the boys will still pin ears and chase. Ours is bigger than a mini but smaller than a standard. The horses do pick on him, especially one of my young mares, but he's big enough he hasn't been seriously hurt. As for fencing, he respects the hot wire but will run under the tape. He's bad about escaping given the opportunity, but I've had to chase him back in so many times now, all I have to do is pick up the broom and he will run back in the way he got out. LOL |
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Location: Ohio | Three 4 Luck - 2014-10-26 10:27 AM
From what I've seen, the jennies are more aggressive to predators, but the boys will still pin ears and chase. Ours is bigger than a mini but smaller than a standard. The horses do pick on him, especially one of my young mares, but he's big enough he hasn't been seriously hurt. As for fencing, he respects the hot wire but will run under the tape. He's bad about escaping given the opportunity, but I've had to chase him back in so many times now, all I have to do is pick up the broom and he will run back in the way he got out. LOL
Oh dear, hot wire will def be added then! lol We have a lot of acreage so I can only imagine how many miles my broom would rack up over time! lol I was already leaning towards a jennie so knowing they are more aggressive is good to know. |
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| I found my jenny is less aggressive then my mini jacks.
My mini jacks are very entertaining but they do crawl under all the fences and generally are in the yard, in the hay shed, at the grainery, but generally don't leave the place.
If you have dogs, this can cause two different problems, your dogs can desensitize the donkey so they are no longer aggressive, or the donkey tries to kill the dogs every time they are around
Also my minis are with my horses, no one bosses them or hurts them. They even eat out of the same grain piles as my bully horses.
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| We currently have 3 standard and I love them. We had a mini for 18 years but he passed a few months ago.
They are super fun and personable, and have definitely helped keep the coyotes away. Most of them are easy keepers too, which is a plus! |
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Location: Ohio | Just started looking at for sale ads in my area and most are priced at $300 and only halter broke... is that the normal price? Large standard weanlings/yearlings are $500+ |
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Location: Ohio | rowdy256 - 2014-10-26 1:33 PM
When I saw the title I almost thought boyfriend or husband shopping!! Just kidding!!
lmao! Yeah I already have one of "those" donkeys... if only i could keep him happy with just hay and an electric fence! |
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| GrittyCowgirl - 2014-10-27 12:36 PM
rowdy256 - 2014-10-26 1:33 PM
When I saw the title I almost thought boyfriend or husband shopping!! Just kidding!!
lmao! Yeah I already have one of "those" donkeys... if only i could keep him happy with just hay and an electric fence!
i have the boyfriend version and some days donkey!! Kinda like from Shrek |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | GrittyCowgirl - 2014-10-27 12:22 PM Just started looking at for sale ads in my area and most are priced at $300 and only halter broke... is that the normal price? Large standard weanlings/yearlings are $500+
Wow thats alot to pay for a Donkey, here in Texas they give them away. Heres a jack that was runnig lose and nobody claimed him kept him a few months and found somebody that wanted him for their ranch, so gave him to them.
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Location: Kansas | I saw several on my local craigslist going for $100 to $150 |
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Location: Kansas | Great, I was thinking of getting one just to pick at grass but now I'm picturing a dead Cocker Spaniel in my pasture.
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| Frodo - 2014-10-27 1:03 PM
Great, I was thinking of getting one just to pick at grass but now I'm picturing a dead Cocker Spaniel in my pasture.
Not always the case, my donkies are desensitized to dogs, as I have one shitzu who thinks the donkey is his friend, he sleeps with them, jumps up on them, nips their neck,
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | Frodo - 2014-10-27 1:03 PM Great, I was thinking of getting one just to pick at grass but now I'm picturing a dead Cocker Spaniel in my pasture.
Our donkey knows the difference between our dogs and something that shouldn't be there. He WILL chase our dogs, but he's playing, not serious. BTW, I don't feed him and he's fat. And he was free but not halter-broke or even gentle (I can handle him now). I do deworm him, but his feet trim their own selves. Pretty low maintinence. |
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| They are selling from $300 up here in Phoenix. I guess it depends where you live. |
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| GrittyCowgirl - 2014-10-27 12:22 PM Just started looking at for sale ads in my area and most are priced at $300 and only halter broke... is that the normal price? Large standard weanlings/yearlings are $500+
Yes, that's what we get for them around here. We paid $250 for a weanling mini. We are raising standards now and will probably sell our weanlings for $400. |
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| Wow I paid 15.00 for my mini, and had the other mini given to me. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | cowgirlchic - 2014-10-27 3:07 PM GrittyCowgirl - 2014-10-27 12:22 PM Just started looking at for sale ads in my area and most are priced at $300 and only halter broke... is that the normal price? Large standard weanlings/yearlings are $500+ Yes, that's what we get for them around here. We paid $250 for a weanling mini. We are raising standards now and will probably sell our weanlings for $400.
Dang I need to load up a few donkeys up here and send them up the counry and sell them up there, sounds like we could get some good money out of them.. The sale yards here wont take them, I really dont know why. |
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Location: SE Louisiana | Southtxponygirl - 2014-10-27 5:07 PM
cowgirlchic - 2014-10-27 3:07 PM GrittyCowgirl - 2014-10-27 12:22 PM Just started looking at for sale ads in my area and most are priced at $300 and only halter broke... is that the normal price? Large standard weanlings/yearlings are $500+ Yes, that's what we get for them around here. We paid $250 for a weanling mini. We are raising standards now and will probably sell our weanlings for $400.
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Location: Oregon | Here’s my donkey, Donkey! I have a love/dislike relationship with this donkey. He is personality plus, hilarious, very entertaining, sturdy, looks cute in the pasture, low maintenance – BUT he can be grumpy, he think he’s all that and a bag of chips, he only really loves men, and he will chase my cats and dog. My dog is very donkey savvy and I always have an eye on him when he follows me out where the donkey is, in fact he’ll usually wait at the gate. But, donkey has nearly killed my cats a couple times and will go after other dogs if given the chance so I’m always on the donkey watch when we have visitors. He’s an awesome security system though because I know whenever someone has pulled into the driveway as he stands guard right at the driveway gate and/or will bray if whomever arrived doesn’t pay him any attention. He’s a turd, but we love him. I threaten to send him to the Grand Canyon and sign him up for tourist trail rides when he gets on my last nerve…
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Location: Ohio | I love hearing the stories about everyone's donkeys. Can't wait to get one! Is there anything I should look out for when shopping for one? Any conformation flaws that are red flags? The only thing I wont put up with is a kicker... |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | I have 3 Donkeys, 1 Jenny and 2 are gelded, the jenny's name is Miss Donkay and I have a Herman and a Delbert. They were rescue's that I have had for about 7 years now and they have their own pasture. There is many that needs homes but all I have is room for these 3 in the front pasture... When the Jack came over is was a fight the old man Herman hated the Jack, I was going to geld him but dang it was going to cost a pretty penny so I found him a new home..Here is a few pictures of mine..
Well these pictures are of Delbert, cant find any pictures of the others.
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Location: Ohio | There are maybe 8 donkeys for sale within a 3 hours radius of my place... what I wouldn't give to be closer to you guys down south. Anyone planning any trips to Ohio? You could drop me off a few! lol j/k  |
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Location: Ohio | Southtxponygirl - 2014-10-26 7:03 PM
I have 3 Donkeys, 1 Jenny and 2 are gelded, the jenny's name is Miss Donkay and I have a Herman and a Delbert. They were rescue's that I have had for about 7 years now and they have their own pasture. There is many that needs homes but all I have is room for these 3 in the front pasture... When the Jack came over is was a fight the old man Herman hated the Jack, I was going to geld him but dang it was going to cost a pretty penny so I found him a new home..Here is a few pictures of mine..
Well these pictures are of Delbert, cant find any pictures of the others.
So cute!!! I love the chocolate and grays. I'm wondering how my horses will react to one? 2 of my guys are under 3 yrs old and have never seen anything close to resembling a donkey. I may have to film the first meeting... I'm pretty sure my barrel horse freak the first time he hears it braying, he is a little sensitive. |
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| GrittyCowgirl - 2014-10-27 6:16 PM
Southtxponygirl - 2014-10-26 7:03 PM
I have 3 Donkeys, 1 Jenny and 2 are gelded, the jenny's name is Miss Donkay and I have a Herman and a Delbert. They were rescue's that I have had for about 7 years now and they have their own pasture. There is many that needs homes but all I have is room for these 3 in the front pasture... When the Jack came over is was a fight the old man Herman hated the Jack, I was going to geld him but dang it was going to cost a pretty penny so I found him a new home..Here is a few pictures of mine..
Well these pictures are of Delbert, cant find any pictures of the others.
So cute!!! I love the chocolate and grays. I'm wondering how my horses will react to one? 2 of my guys are under 3 yrs old and have never seen anything close to resembling a donkey. I may have to film the first meeting... I'm pretty sure my barrel horse freak the first time he hears it braying, he is a little sensitive.
My horses have lived with donkies for ever, never had a problem till I bought a black mini.
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | GrittyCowgirl - 2014-10-27 6:16 PM Southtxponygirl - 2014-10-26 7:03 PM I have 3 Donkeys, 1 Jenny and 2 are gelded, the jenny's name is Miss Donkay and I have a Herman and a Delbert. They were rescue's that I have had for about 7 years now and they have their own pasture. There is many that needs homes but all I have is room for these 3 in the front pasture... When the Jack came over is was a fight the old man Herman hated the Jack, I was going to geld him but dang it was going to cost a pretty penny so I found him a new home..Here is a few pictures of mine..
Well these pictures are of Delbert, cant find any pictures of the others. So cute!!! I love the chocolate and grays. I'm wondering how my horses will react to one? 2 of my guys are under 3 yrs old and have never seen anything close to resembling a donkey. I may have to film the first meeting... I'm pretty sure my barrel horse freak the first time he hears it braying, he is a little sensitive.
Thank you, I think they are cute too, I need to take pictures of the others and have them on my computer, my donkey's have their own pasture so I wont have to worry about any body getting hurt, Delbert the one in the picture was raised with horses, when the man got sick and moved away they sold the horses and turned him loose, so he kinda moved in over here, and he is the sweetest one out of the three, Herman was a roping dummie, they used him to practice roping his heels then I came along and got him, hes a bit shy with strangers but a sweet one too. And Miss Donkay will lets just say she dont like being a pet, she'll eat a treat but thats about as far as she will go, dont want to be petted at all. |
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Location: MN | Don't feed them grain! They don't need it. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | dawnb - 2014-10-27 8:22 PM Don't feed them grain! They don't need it.
Yept what she said ^^^^^ I dont grain my donkeys at all, hay and pasture is all they get. |
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Location: Ohio | That was one of the selling points to the hubby! lol No grain required. I know they can founder really easy which worries me about spring grass. I'm assuming I will have be careful about turnout time in our horse pasture and keep it penned in our dry lot when the grass is really lush? |
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| Hi, I just did a Craigslist check there are several in ohio and a lot more in West Virgina. 50 dollars to 400. Not sure where you are in ohio. Most seem to be in the center of the state and in the southeast part. Hope that helps. |
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Location: Ohio | jbhoot - 2014-10-26 9:39 PM
Hi, I just did a Craigslist check there are several in ohio and a lot more in West Virgina. 50 dollars to 400. Not sure where you are in ohio. Most seem to be in the center of the state and in the southeast part. Hope that helps.
Im near Athens, Ohio (southeast)... Didn't see the lower priced ones so I will have to recheck. Also wanted to add that Im leaning more towards standard or mammoth donkeys. There are tons of mini's in my area. I also got the coyote pack numbers wrong... hubby said he has seen as many as 10 running around together at a time! I would think 1 small donkey could be easily overtaken.
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| Can you adopt from the BLM? I know they occasionally have halter broke donkeys available and I think the adoption fee is $75, but I think there is some "housing stipulations" too. |
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Location: Oklahoma | here is our donkey, Shorty...
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | Here's Donkey. He used to have a real name, but I can't remember it.
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Location: MS | You can't give them away here in the South. If you take them to the sale barn you will owe money. We just had two get put in our pasture last week because they were out on the road. Come to find out the pasture they got out of was not their owners. They found them on the road over a year ago, put them in their pasture, and no one ever claimed them. |
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Location: Ohio | TwistedK - 2014-10-27 4:29 PM
here is our donkey, Shorty...
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Location: Ohio | Thanks for all the pics guys! I love seeing them. I didn't even think about the blm... I will have to look into their fencing requirements. |
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