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Spring is here, and we are in excitement overload with anticipation of foaling season! As most of you know, we haven't bred more than three/four jennys for several years due to our 2011 Texas drought and the economy, but this year, we stepped out of our safety net and bred several ...................... This spring, we have four red girls bred to Zydeco due to foal in April, and our Czar girl (Annabelle who is a true black) is bred to DJ (red) for a May foal, plus we are expecting another bunch (six) of lawn ornaments out of Ziggy (28 1/2") and his little jenny group! Then in the spring, we have five red girls and one black bred to Andi (30 1/2" red) who belongs to a good friend of ours in TN. These six little jennys are all maiden jennys out of our breeding program, and I can hardly wait! Along with these pasture breedings, we have a few 'planned pregnancies' using DJ, Czar, Red Alert and even a couple out of Wally. In addition, we have our fingers crossed that Aviator (26 1/2" dark brown who is owned by Wayne and Cora) has settled three or four of our maiden jennys! Boys or girls, we don't have a preference; we are just looking for healthy babies and moms!
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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."
Some have asked if the donkeys that we are currently showing are for sale, and the answer is 'yes' they are, but we only accept a deposit, not payment in full until after show season! Reason being, it takes so much time to select, condition and train donkeys for the show ring, and it's so hard to start a new one in the middle of the season. With a deposit on a particular donkey, all we ask is that you sit back and enjoy the shows; we will continue to show 'your' donkey at our expense until show season is over in the fall!
All of our donkeys are on schedules for vaccinations and worming; 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.
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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If you are looking for
something in particular, please don't hesitate to contact us at
hickoryhilldonkeyfarm@windstream.net
or 936-396-6377; we are continuing to downsize our herd in preparation for
retirement (or as Harv says 'old age')
and have several donkeys available that aren't yet on our website, and we sell
some of them before I get pictures posted!
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Sunset Acres Russian Czar
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DOB: 03/13/01
Color: black NLP
Sire: Circle C Black Russian
Grand Sire: Red Lightning
Dam: R&D D&H Molly
Grand Sire: Hartman Donkeys
Trenton
What a great asset Czar would be to an established breeding program or to one just getting off the ground! He has a wonderful, laid-back disposition; treats his ladies with dignity and produces outstanding babies. His pedigree carries black, red and spots, and that's exactly what he has produced for us ............... blacks, reds and spots! We purchased Czar from Frank and Mary Williams (Short & Sweet Donkey Ranch here in Texas) when they retired several years back; he was an asset to their breeding program and did the same great job for us.
We are into our second year of downsizing, and this year, we will be offering donkeys from our breeding program. As many of you know, we are primarily breeding and going with the redheads in the show ring, and that doesn't leave Czar enough girlfriends, and he's just too good to sit on a shelf and grow old. So we have made the difficult decision to offer him to another breeding program where he would have girls to call his own. A good donkey home is a must; he loves his girls, but he loves his butt scratches too!
* SOLD *
Czar has moved to Pine Valley Farm in
Colorado
where Ronnie has a collection of several black/white spotted jennys
just waiting to meet him!
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Hickory Hills Zig N. Along
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 Click on the ADMS logo above to see Zig N. Along's four generation pedigree!
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2013 ACOSA
National Champion Jack
The Great Celebration - Shelbyville, TN
DOB:
02/08/12
Birth Height: 19"
Current Height: 28 1/2" (October
2014)
Registered with both ADMS and ACOSA
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Sire: Hickory Hills Zig N. Bock 28 1/2" - gray/white spot * standing herdsire Grand Sire: My World Red Alert 31 1/2" - dark red *standing herdsire Grand Dam: TRR's Contessa 31 1/2" - gray/white spotted |
Dam: Hickory Hills Sweet Pea 30" - brown/gray/white spotted Grand Sire: Hickory Hills Cocoa Bean 27 1/2" - dark brown *standing herdsire in Australia Grand Dam: Hiview's Sweet Charlie 30" - brown/gray/white spotted |
Outstanding! If you are looking for
quality small genetics, here's your future
herdsire ..............
he's small and very correct;
he has it all in one compact
little package and reminds me so much of his
dad, Hickory Hills Zig N. Bock!
As a baby, Zig N. Along had
some traits of being wooly,
although there are no wooly bloodlines in his pedigree that we
know of, his hair coat was longer/silkier
than most babies,
and his mane laid over much like a
horse! Would he produce wooly babies if bred to a wooly jenny?
Maybe/maybe not, but one thing for sure, this little chunk is going to make someone
an outstanding herdsire!
* SOLD *
and
making his new home in Nevada!
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Hickory Hills Charlie Brown
DOB: 11/03/13
Birth Height: 18 1/2"
Current Height: 27 1/4"
Color: brown
Sire: Hickory Hills Zig N. Bock
28 1/2" - gray/white spotted
Dam: Hauenstein's Lil Miss Debutante
30" - brown/gray/white spotted
Don't let his small size and laid back personality fool you! Charlie Brown is very independent and secure with himself! He's definitely not the biggest, but that doesn't scare him; he considers himself 'one of the boys!' Charlie has good straight legs, nice round him and a pretty little head; very proportional. We think he is definitely herdsire material! In addition to his conformation and disposition, he is out of two spots and could very well produce spotted babies when bred to spotted jennys!
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We gelded Charlie Brown
and he is making his new home in Arizona as Becki's lawn ornament!
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Hickory Hills Pink Floyd
This quick updated picture was taken
March 2014;
I'll post another one when we get him clipped! He's a nice compact little guy!
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DOB:
05/16/12
Birth Height: 19 1/4"
Current Height: 28 1/2" (April
2014)
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Sire: Hickory
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Dam: Bar 3S
Baby Ruth |
Are you
looking for a small bundle of red to compliment your breeding herd genetics?
Take a long look
at Pink Floyd! He's small and straight and all boy! He came into this world
brave, bold and independent
and kept his mom super busy just trying to keep up with him! Now that he is
almost two years old
and maturing, he is mainly interested in talking to the girls instead of running
from them! Again, the
only reason that we are offering Pink Floyd to another breeding home is because
we have his sire and
three other sorrel breeding jacks and just don't have room for another with
basically duplicate bloodlines!
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Pink
Floyd has been gelded
and is making his new home in Natchitoches, Louisiana
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Hickory Hills Pinkston Gem
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DOB: 05/02/13
Birth Height: 19"
Current Height: 29 1/2"
Color: light sorrel
Sire: My World Red Alert
31 1/2" - dark red
Dam: Asspirin Acres Pink Champagne
32" - light red
If you are looking for a
super young red jack, we have one available! This
little guy
has outstanding conformation,
is quiet and mild-mannered and would be an asset
to any breeding program,
especially one breeding for sorrels!
* SOLD *
Pinkston Gem has been
sold and will be
starting his breeding career in Colorado this spring!
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Mature Small Jack
Will breed both mares and
jennys!
Hickory Hills Earle Gray
DOB: 03/24/08
Birth Height: 19"
Current Height: 28 1/2"
Color: dark gray-dun
Sire: Hickory Hills Zig N. Bock
28 1/2" - gray/white spotted
Dam: Hauenstein's Lil Miss Debutante
30" - brown/gray/white spotted
Earle was small/correct and just too good to geld when he
matured, so he has been 'on loan' to a very good friend of ours who manages
the
quarantine facility here in Texas. Sheri rescued a small herd of miniature jennys that could no longer be cared for by their owner due
to his wife's
declining health and borrowed Earle because of his size and laid-back
disposition to run in a pasture with these jennys!
Let's just say 'Earle
was definitely
king of his castle!'
Later on, Sheri put Earle in with several of her miniature mares, and Earle immediately went about taking care of business! He doesn't care if they are redheads, blonds or brunettes ............... mares or jennys; Earle 'gets the job done!'
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Earle Gray has been sold
and will be
breeding both jennys and mares in Colorado this spring!
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BFF Package
Sadie & Coco Kiss
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These two little ones will be making their new home in Arizona!
These two little jennys are like two peas in a pod .............
where you see one, you see the other!
They grew up in the nursery together and picked each other as their BFF!
If you are looking for cute, here they are!
  Sadie DOB:
06/02/12 Sire:
Hickory Hills Zig N. Bock Sadie is a
delightful little jenny; she has a wonderful
laid-back disposition and is full of life.
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  Coco Kiss
DOB: 07/16/12 Sire: GP
Oscar's Lonestar Luke O.K. I do have to admit it when I say we had to take a double look when we saw Coco Kiss running around with Mary Alice ....... this just proves that book genetics doesn't always follow through in the pasture! Both sire/dam are gray/white spotted, but little Coco is definitely a medium 'cocoa' brown, and there's not one single spot to be seen! Coco Kiss is truly as sweet as sugar, hence her name! Actually, her mom, Mary Alice, belonged to my dear friend Marcie who lost her battle with melanoma cancer just four months before Coco was born, so when she was born, I sent Marcie's daughter a picture of the foal, and Cindy named her; I think Marcie would approve because as I remember, Hershey Kisses were one of her favorites!
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Here's four young
geldings ................ they were gelded the end of March and have fully
recovered!
They are all social and friendly as we visit with them in their pasture daily;
geldings make excellent
family pets! Like all of our animals, these guys are up-to-date on
vaccinations, worming and hoof trims!
We don't sell single/only
child donkeys unless there is another equine (preferably another miniature
donkey)
at their new home. Donkeys are herd animals, and without a BFF, they get lonely
and aren't happy campers!
 Robertson DOB: 05/22/12 Color: brown/white spotted
Sire: Sunset
Acres * SOLD * And now living in Bluff Dale,
Texas
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 Downtown Brown (and his buddy, Robertson) DOB: 05/19/12 Color: brown
Sire: Small
Pleasures Zydeco
Downtown's buddy, Robertson, has moved to his new home, but DT is quickly becoming close friends with Five O'Clock Shadow. Downtown is very social and friendly and meets us at the gate; he is a good BFF for Five O'Clock who is a little bit shy in the gelding group! * SOLD * Going to his new home here in Texas with his good friend, Raisin; their new family has three little boys to keep them busy!
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 Five O'Clock Shadow DOB: 03/02/12 Color: black
Sire: Sunset
Acres
Five O'Clock is the smallest and the most shy of our geldings, but Peanut, the older and wiser of the bunch, took him under his guide, and Five O is quickly learned that donkey hugs and butt scratches are a good thing ............... and yes, he was born at 5:00 p.m. :) We held Five O back to help wean our youngest little guy, Smoke-um, and now they have become best of friends, so we are going to offer the two of them together for $1000. |
 Fudge Fox DOB: 03/29/12 Color: red
Sire: LN
Dark Fox
* SOLD * Fudge went to his new home in Stephenville, Texas together with Rudy, a little spotted guy that was a bit younger, but loved running and playing with the older boys!
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Little Geldings Make the Best Ever Family Pets!
We also have two
yearling boys that have been gelded and are now ready for their new home! They
were born two weeks apart and grew up in the nursery together - Harley was born the middle of March,
and Rocky the first of April! They are both social and friendly and love
to run
and play together and with the older boys!
For sale together as BFFs!
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Harley
and his best friend, Rocky, are now living in their new home in Corpus Christi,
TX with the Atkinson family!
We have no worries that they are receiving daily donkey hugs and butt scratches!
 Rocky (left) and Harley on the right! Had to take this picture super fast as they were coming to get a quick brushing and a donkey hug!
These two little boys will provide hours of fun and entertainment; they are full of energy and love to run and play, but they still have time to stop for a donkey hug!
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Harley Harley is a super little guy; good straight legs, nice round butt and a disposition that can't be beat! His sire was the first donkey that we ever took to the show ring, and his mom is absolutely one of the most friendly brood jennys that we have; she will 'back a mile' for a butt scratch! Harley's disposition is the same; he loves to run and play, but will always stop for a donkey hug!
Rocky Rock's registered name is actually Cap Rock Gin (all little boys sired by Tangueray have a gin name), but around the farm, he's always been Rocky! His mom is very protective of her babies, but growing up in the nursery with Harley, he quickly learned how much fun it is to get hugs and butt scratches! Of all the boys, these two would do better going to the same new home together! They have always been together ........ born three weeks apart, grew up together in the nursery, weaned together and gelded together! Most of the time little geldings will quickly adjust to new friends, but Harley and Rocky are very close and I think it might take them several weeks to accept a new friend; they truly are BFF's! |
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Three BFFs; available to a new home together!
We would love to sell
these three little girls to the same new donkey home! They are always
together; side by side in the pasture! They were all babies in the nursery
out of three of my favorite
older jennys, and when it came time to wean them, we waited for the youngest one
to be six
months old, and then we weaned them together!
They are now wonderful
coming three-year-old jennys who are super friendly and very social.
Each of
the three carries a totally
different bloodline, so next fall when they are mature/old enough to breed,
each would contribute
to your breeding program individually, but until that time, what fun it would be
to just
sit back and watch them be teenage girls .............. together!
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These three little
gals are going to be making their new home together in Yoakum,Texas,
and there's a handsome little jack named Gus just waiting for them to arrive!
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Breeding Program Reduction
In addition to
experiencing several years of drought and pasture fires and
increased hay prices here in Texas, old age is gaining
on us,
and we need to start planning for those days when we are no longer able to
maintain our breeding program! We are definitely going to
do our best to 'hang in' for several more years, but we have made the
decision that we will finish up in the
show ring with the redheads!
This means that we now have several black, spotted, brown and gray mature brood jennys
and jacks that we won't be breeding. They would
make fantastic additions to any herd looking to add bloodlines and pedigrees
to their existing stock or the perfect way for someone who is just getting
into miniature donkeys to get started!
We have been
putting our breeding program together for thirteen years, and these jennys and
jacks have
all done a super job
of producing nice quality/healthy babies for us.
While mature, they still have many years of breeding ahead of them.
They are all in good health (up-to-date on vaccinations, worming and hoof
trims)! In addition to being an asset to your breeding program, the
jennys would all make excellent family pets! And if the right pet home
presents itself, we wouldn't be opposed to gelding the jacks and offering
them as pets also! We do not sell jacks (young or mature) as family
pets!
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Available
Mature Gelding
Raisin' Cane
DOB: 10/14/08
Sex: Gelding
Color: gray-dun NLP
Sire: Hickory Hills Zig N. Bock
28 1/2"
- gray/white spotted
Dam: Happy Acres Priscilla
34" -
gray-dun
Raisin belongs to a good friend of ours, but loves to run and play with our boys. He has a laid-back disposition and never meets a stranger; he loves people, but also loves to 'just be a boy!' He is 'best buddies' with everyone!* SOLD *
Going to his new home here in Texas with his good friend, Downtown Brown; their new family has three little boys to keep them busy!
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Mature Barren Jennys
We have four jennys
that we have been unable to settled; we've had them with several
different jacks, and still, no babies.
I don't give up easy, and I'm not
giving up now, but our hay situation requires that we place these
girls in good donkey homes as pets!
They are super friendly/social, up-to-date on vaccinations, worming and hoof trims;
Imogene is a National Halter Champion.
Most of the time they live in the brood jenny pasture, but they have all four been exposed to a jack and could 'possibly' be bred, but we don't think so. In any case, if they do prove me wrong, and you need a breeding certificate, no problem! I will just kick myself because I gave up on them too quick! Our loss will definitely be your gain!
We are selling
them at BFF (best friends forever) prices -
or if you have enough room for all four together
(they would love that, and
we would too),
we would offer them as a group!
 Asai |
 Imogene |
 Sassy |
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DOB: 1998 Asai has had a couple of babies for us and was a good mother, but after her last foal, we haven’t been able to settle her again. She is friendly and
was a big help making Sassy (also listed with
this group) feel secure in our herd when she first arrived. I'm guessing because
Asai had raised
babies, she was able to Asai showed signs of being in season early this spring, and we immediately cross our fingers and put her in with Smoke; so far .... so good!
She raised delightful foals in her younger years, and we are hoping that
Smoke was able to whisper sweet things in her ear and get her safely in foal
again!
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DOB: 1998 Imogene is a one-of-a-kind donkey; she is absolutely gorgeous ............ and did a fantastic job for us in the show ring, but she just didn't like being away from home and her friends. She is happiest in the brood jenny pasture talking to the girls!
Imogene has also been a tremendous help in
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making her new home in Sealy, Texas
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Sassy is a wonderful jennet, but because she A
very good friend of ours rescued Sassy as a yearling jenny, and when Betty's
health began to decline, she worried and stressed about Sassy because no one
would want her as she wasn't as bubbly as the other donkeys, so I promised
if she ever got in a position that she could no longer take care of Sassy,
I would.
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DOB: 2006 Color: brown Height: 33” Ivy is the youngest of the group; if you look closely at her forehead, you will see a few white hairs that I call her ‘beauty mark!’ We purchased her three years ago, and our jacks haven’t been able successful getting her to conceive. Ivy is very friendly and loves people, and I think she would do well as a therapy/teaching donkey or perhaps a nursing home ambassador!
Ivy regularly shows
signs of being in season, but her cycles have never been strong enough to
successfully conceive, but early last spring, just for the fun of it, we
decided to let her visit with Smoke and a group of jennys in a small
breeding pasture for several months ....... wouldn't
it be great if Smoke was able
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making her new home in Buffalo, Texas
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Refund Policy
- Circumstances change, and occasionally a buyer will reserve a specific donkey(s), send a deposit check or even pay for the animals in full, only to
find out they are no longer
able to complete their purchase! No problem; we totally understand and
will cooperate to the best of our ability to 'make it right!' Deposits
are non-refundable; in addition, any special/specific vaccinations that we
do not give routinely, but are requested by the buyer, are non-refundable;
as well as the costs incurred by the seller for Coggins and health
certificates.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation!
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As responsible breeders, we strongly promote, support and love geldings; they make outstanding show/performance animals and
absolutely Geldings
are easy keepers; they get along well in a pasture with jennys and other
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