I met this donkey at El Rancho de Las Golondrinas (Ranch of the Swallows) near Santa Fe, New Mexico. It is a large Living History Museum. I was fortunate enough to meet two donkeys there. This one was the leader of the herd. They were both very rugged and muscular.

We have 4 mini donkeys; 1 jack, 1 gelding and 2 jennys. The gelding and jack are only a few months apart in age (the gelding is a few months older). We got the gelding in March of 2021 and the jack in November of 2021, both were around 6 months old when we got them so they have been raised together. They have always gotten along wonderfully and been inseparable best friends. We added the jennys in March of 2023 (one was around 6ish years old or so and the other about 3 years old when we brought them home) and all 4 of them have lived together with zero issues until about a month ago. Now our Jack has attacked our gelding twice in the past month. Since the jack was around 3ish years old when we brought the girls home and the girls were already breeding age (the older one had already had 2 foals before we got her, the younger one hadn't been bred yet), I expected if we were going to have problems it would have already happened. Neither of our jennys have had foals since we've had them despite them all 4 being together all the time. Is this typical for our jack to have such a sudden change in behavior towards our gelding at 5 years old? Especially when they've been together pretty much their whole lives? They're all minis but our gelding is the smallest of the 4. I just hate it because our jack is so sweet towards people! He's halter broke, lead broke, loads in the trailer wonderfully, you can love on him in the pasture, he eats gently out of your hand, hasn't tried to kick or bite a person. He's just had an awful turn in behavior towards our gelding.

Hi! I recently got two donkeys to live with my two cows. The jenny came over and at first she was timid, but over the past two weeks of being here she has gotten mean. She kicks the cows when they get near her and kicks her Jack companion. Has anyone ever seen this? I can’t have her kicking the cows but it doesn’t look like you can separate a bonded pair.

Considering switching from mixed grass round bales to orchard grass ones. My donkeys are pastured with a horse who could benefit from orchard vs our high nsc straw like hay.

Have seen several vids with them. Having a hard time convincing the wife that we neeeeeed (no we don’t) another 4 legged animal around here. Have to ask what the donkey community thinks of them. Info on line is sparse.

I’m getting different answers in my search so I’ll ask the experts!
I have a seven month old, 100 pound mini donkey. How much Essential K with fly control feed should she get in a day? She pasture feeds during the day and has hay at night.

Willie got his hooves trimmed today and was a very good boy, as he always is. He’s such a sweet old boy ❤️

I visited El Rancho De Las Golondrinas (The Ranch of the Swallows) near Santa Fe, New Mexico. And I was fortunate enough to meet these donkeys.

Every time he sees or hears me 😆

It’s my neighbor’s donkey and I’ve never fed him but he’s always by my side of the fence