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If you are looking for something in particular or don't see exactly what you are looking for on this page, please contact us at hickoryhilldonkeyfarm@windstream.net or 936-396-6377, we may have donkeys available that aren't yet on our website!
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We are committed to finding the best home for each and every donkey that we offer for sale. Our little donks have terrific conformation and their personalities can't be beat; they are affectionate, in good health, very social and "love to be loved."
All are on proper schedules for vaccinations and worming, and our farrier visits the farm on a regular basis for hoof care.
Donkeys are herd animals; to avoid undue stress and loneliness and to help ensure a happy, healthy little donkey, it is strongly recommended that they not be kept singly but with another animal, preferably a miniature donkey, as a life-long friend.
To help you with your purchase, we offer a discount on multiple purchases and a convenient six-month layaway plan.
Our goal is to make your ownership experience positive and pleasurable and to ensure that our donkeys are placed in an environment where they will be well cared for, protected, enjoyed and most of all treasured.
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We get asked all the time if miniatures make good guard donkeys, and I always say "no, they aren't big enough," but I guess I'm going to have to change my answer now; they sure can point out a trespassing grandgirl in a hurry! |
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 Hickory Hills Joleen |
 Hickory Hills Lexie Lanier |
 Country Place Julie Ann |
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Maggie is a "newbie" to miniature donkeys; one of her good friends was moving and couldn't take her little 30" herdsire to the new place, so Maggie bought him and has now found the perfect three little jennys for him to romance. Lexie and Joleen will have to get a bit older before they are ready to breed, but Julie Ann is three years old and ready to flirt! |
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 MF Kasey |
 MF Asai |
 Golden's Point Mildred |
 PMF Daisy |
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Susan first saw minis on TV and immediately fell in love! She has chosen these four mature bred jennys to start her herd, and we know that they will bring her lots of love and happiness for many years to come! Kasey, Asai, Mildred (Millie) and Daisy are each bred to a different jack; two will have foals in August and the other two will deliver in the spring, 2009. I'm betting these babies won't lack for attention! :) It is hard on my heart to let my mature jennys move to a new home; they are like good friends and have blessed us with beautiful babies, but Susan has promised to send updates and pictures of the foals when they are born. |
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Date of Birth: 11/21/07 Sire: Green Acres Smokey Star Dam: Viliant Miss Skittles 33 1/2" gray-dun
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Take a good look at
this one! If you are looking for a "pocket pal" or a small
herdsire, here he is! He's nothing short of perfect ........... now didn't you know I
would say that! He is his dad's clone through and through! He
looks like him (straight and stocky), and he has his wonderful, outgoing personality! A real love bug!
He was almost a week old, and we just hadn't found a name that suited him, until Sara Smith (new mom of Stella and Pearl) came over to see him, and immediately thought of Smoke Alarm! We loved it, but we have started calling him "Big Al!" Now that suits him to a tee; when he hears his name, he comes running! He just knows that you have time to give him a few donkey hugs! Grand Dad on his Mom's side of the family is the famous Circle C Desperado! |
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Date of Birth: 10/11/07 Present Height: 27 1/4" Sire: My World Red Alert B-95 31 1/2" Dark Red Dam: Kiterra's Punkin Pie 34" Light Red
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Introducing Rusty
Nail .......... isn't he a beautiful red baby! He is a sweetheart,
and Harv already is dreaming of having him in the show ring! His
legs are outstanding, wide and straight, and he has a nice small head.
All of this, plus his nice round butt and delightful personality
make him a real winner on our scorecard!
Unfortunately, he will be six months old (the minimum to show) two weeks after the 2008 National Miniature Donkey Show, so he will have to delay his debut until late spring/early summer! If you are breeding for sorrel or looking to add an outstanding young jack to your herd, this little guy would be perfect! |
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Update:
Nikki has been weaned now, and she continues to follow in her dad's hoof
prints! I love this little gal! She is a chunk, straight and
square; look for her in the show ring this year! Sweet, sweet, sweet; didn't you just know that's what I was going to say! With both dad and mom full of personality, this little one is a true hip-pocket donkey! She always has a smile on her face and loves to run and play! At less than two months old, Nikki and mom went to a May Fest at our six-year-old granddaughter's church; she did a super job of giving out donkey hugs, and I can't even count how many times she posed to have her picture taken! She was definitely the hit of the day! Nikki has great legs, wide and straight, a nice round little butt and a pretty head, but my favorite thing about her is her disposition .............. it can't be beat! |
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Update: We were
so pleased with this little gal that we bred Hannabelle back to Tangueray,
and we have our fingers crossed for another one just like Emilee; due date
is around April 27.
This little gal was almost our first baby of 2007, but instead, she made her grand entrance on December 29, 2006. Harv went out just before midnight and found Hannibelle up on top of the hill all by herself! But then he looked again, and out of the dark, came this little bundle of black fuzz! She was still damp, but already walking and nursing; we were totally surprised and thrilled! We wean our babies at six months, but with all the rain and bad weather that we've had this summer, I hate to admit it, but Emilee was about eight months before we finally weaned her mom! Hannabelle love being "mom." and it made my heart hurt to see her so unhappy when we try to wean her baby! I keep telling Harv that a little extra time with mom never hurt anyone; of course I told him the same thing when our son started college! :) Emilee is named after our oldest granddaughter, Emily, who with her sister, Katie, was spending some holiday time with us! I had promised Emily that we would name the next little jenny foal after her; we had purchased a bred jenny several years back that was named Katy, so we needed one named Emily for sure! |
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31 1/4" brown/gray & white spotted Dam: Peggy Lou's Marie Ann 31" gray-dun
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Thank you to
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Liberty
is a fantastic little guy; he is built like a little tank ....... wide and
square! He has a laid-back disposition, but he's not the least bit shy; he is all boy and loves to run and play with the other five little guys
in his pasture!
Liberty was born on the Fourth of July, and we couldn't think of a better way to celebrate the holiday .......... a brand new fuzzy baby donkey! He too was born while we were away in Shelbyville last year, and when our donkey sitter called to tell us, she described him as having a good stocky built with a small patch of white hairs on his forehead and "full of himself!" She is right; he is all boy! He runs circles around the nursery and leaves the other babies in the dust! Had he been born on any other day, we would have called him Arnold; he looks like a body-builder, short, stocky and big bones! |
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Show Geldings: We have made a very difficult decision to offer Concho, Buckskin and Chili for sale; at least at the present moment, that's what we have decided to do; "I" could change our minds any time! :) These boys have worked hard and made us proud, and the last two years was so much fun! Be sure to look in the next issue of The Brayer to see our ad showcasing these three great little geldings! Their success has been great advertisement for Pa and Ma's little donkey farm in Flynn, Texas! We have to reduce the number of donkeys that we are showing; we took seven to the two back-to-back NMDA Texas shows last year, and that was almost too many, and now Harv has his eye on showing some of our babies this year! Here's the deal; we need to "share" with perhaps someone that wants to start showing! We would like to keep at least one of the three; we need some experience in the show ring, but it's just doesn't seem fair to put the boys on the shelf while we work with the babies, and they have been too successful not to show! Concho, Buckskin and Chili will all have to show in the same three/four year old gelding class this year, and since we only have one exhibitor (that's Harv) and one behind the scenes "go-fer" (that's me), we can only show one of them at a time! |
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Date of Birth: 01/07/04
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What can I say
............... this little guy gave us the thrill of a lifetime; at 14
months, he was named Grand Champion Gelding at the 2005 Houston Rodeo and
Livestock Show. We were thrilled; well truthfully, we were on top of
the world! We had just started showing our donkeys, and it was a big
class of geldings of all ages; the older gelding that placed Reserve
Champion was at the front of the class lineup and Concho was last in line!
We watched as the judge walked from one end to the other for what seemed
like an eternity, he finally signed and turned in his scorecard! We
waited anxiously as they called out the placings from sixth back to
second; Concho and Harv were still "listening for their back number, and I
was about to have a heart attack ............... then, the announcer
called Concho's name as Grand Champion! The audience cheered, and I
thought Harv was going to skip out of the ring! What a fun, fun day!
We showed him on the Texas show circuit for the rest of that year and several times in 2006; he won other Champion/Reserve Champion and firsts/seconds, but the Houston show will always be one of our best memories ever! Concho worked hard for two years and always did a fantastic job for us in the show ring, and he definitely earned his retirement. I think he really enjoyed staying home with his buddies this year! We just recently purchased a EZ-Entry cart w/harness, and hopefully as soon as show season slows down this spring, we are planning to teach Concho to drive; he has a great disposition, is the perfect size and built like a tank! |
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Date of Birth: 06/28/04 Sex: Gelding Color: Dark Brown Sire: Willow Creek Luigi 31 3/4" - dark brown Dam: Golden Papillon's Precious Peridot 30 1/4" - dark brown
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This little gelding
has been outstanding in the show ring for us! He didn't really get
his opportunity to shine until late 2006 as both he and Concho are the
same age, and we always had to make a choice to show one or the other!
But when we retired Concho, Buckskin stepped up to the challenge! We
couldn't be happier; he has been outstanding! Buckskin filled in
where Concho left off; he has won numerous awards, most recently, he was
named Grand Champion Gelding at the 2007 San Antonio Livestock Show and
Rodeo!
Buckskin has a wonderful, laid-back disposition, but when it's show time .........he is all business; he puts on his game face and stands perfectly for the judge. He is so willing to please, and he too will be "in school" learning to drive! |
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Date of Birth: 10/31/05 Sex: Gelding Color: Dark Red (sorrel) Sire: My World Red Alert B-95 31 1/2" - dark red Dam: 758's Peppermint 33 1/2" - red
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Chili is currently on the show circuit and |
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Update:
Chili was named Grand Champion Halter Gelding at the Fort Worth Livestock
Show - Donkey and Mule Division in January, 2008.
What can I say
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ask for! Chili's first show was in May, 2006; he was seven months
old and won the yearling jack class! We took him to one/two more
shows last year, but we really didn't campaign him until 2007, as we had
another jack that was four months older than Chili, and they had to show
in the same classes in 2006. Our friends couldn't believe it when we
told them that we were going to geld Chili; they thought we had lost our
minds, but actually we think that was one of the better decisions that we
have made ............. Chili has been a winner for us this year showing
as a young gelding; he is always in the top half of the class and most
often either first or second place, and we only anticipate him getting
better as he gets older and matures. Chili won his class and was
named Reserve Champion Gelding at the SDMS Fall Jamboree in November!
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We strongly promote, support and love geldings; they make outstanding show/performance animals and absolutely wonderful family pets. Geldings
are easy keepers; they get along well in a pasture with jennys and other
geldings, and they make
the very best babysitters for young weanlings.
Please don't hesitate to fall in love |
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