Donkeys We've Sold
and Their Stories

 

 

These little donkeys have moved to their new homes and are enjoying donkey hugs
and butt scratches with their great new families!

   Emilee Noel

 
 Date of Birth: 12/29/06
 Sex: Jenny
 Color: Black/brown
 Present Height:  32 1/2"
 Sire: Brayers Are Us Tangueray Gin
       31" - black/brown
 Dam: CF Hannibelle
       33 1/2" - brown/slate & white spotted


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Emilee and her best friend, Dottie, have been sold and will be living together at Simply Sweet Miniature Donkeys in Paris, Texas






 

 

 

 


 

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   Jus Smokin

  
  
 Date of Birth: 07/08/06
 Sex:  Jack
 Color: Black
 Birth Height: 21 1/2"
 Present Height:  31"
 
 

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Thank you and Congratulations!
Marty Havran
Yuma, Arizona

   Thunder Bolt & Lickity Split




 

 Date of Birth: 03/01/06
 Sex:  Gelding
 Color: brown/gray & white spotted
 Sire: CSF Major Money Maker
       31 1/4" brown/gray & white spotted
 Dam: Peggy Lou's Marie Ann
       31" gray-dun

 

 
 Date of Birth:  05/13/06
 Sex:  Gelding
 Color:  Brown - NLP
 Sire:  My World Red Alert B-95
        31 1/2" - dark red
 Dam:  Pheasant Meadow's Farm Daisy
        Brown - frosty roan


"Sold"

Thank you to John and Kay Blewster,
and Kay's wonderful mother, Velma
who live right here in Texas!



MF Kasey


MF Asai


Golden's Point Mildred


PMF Daisy


- Sold -
Many thanks to Susan Phillips of Oxford, Mississippi

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.   


Hickory Hills Joleen


Hickory Hills Lexie Lanier

Country Place Julie Ann


- Sold -
Thanks and Best of Luck to Maggie McDonald
in Eros, Louisiana

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! 

  Phebe and Marie Ann

 

Phebe and Marie Ann are two of the sweetest little brood jennys on the place, but although they were bred in Texas, their next foals will be born in France!  Phebe is bred to My World Red Alert and is due to foal late October, and Marie Ann will have her baby next spring; she is bred to little 28" spotted Ziggy!  It was so hard to part with these two; they've both been with us for several years, but I know that Carole will take good care of them, and she's promised to send pictures!

Update:  Phebe had a tiny little jack foal!  Carole says he is "perfect!"  She named him Tiamo which means 'I love you" in Italian!  Here's a few pictures of the little guy that she sent for us to share!

Carole has some great pictures on her website (www.anes-miniatures.com) of her donkeys leaving Texas on their way to their new home in France.
 

Many thanks to
Carole De Koster
   of France

Carole was looking for a couple of smaller, bred gray jennys, and I sent her pictures of three that we could offer her.  She selected Phebe and Marie Ann because the third little jenny has a black nose, and Carole said that she preferred her donkeys not have a black nose.
 
Can you hear me laughing?  Just two short weeks later, Carole sent me this picture of the cutest little black nosed donkey that had just been born at her farm.  After 10 years of breeding minis, for Carole, this was a first! 

You can visit Carole and her donkeys (including the little one with the black nose that already has won Carole's heart) at www.anes-miniatures.com.              


Wildflower Acres Annabelle

- Sold -
and going to France

 

Thank you,
Muriel Bernadou,
and congratulations and good luck on your new sheep and goat farm!

Muriel is the sole caretaker of over 100 animals at her new place and is staying busy, busy, busy in her new job!

 

Annabelle is bred to Smoke, 30" dark brown/gray-dun, for an April, 2008 foal, and Muriel has promised to send lots of pictures of the new foal.

   Stella & Pearl

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Many thanks to
Glenn & Sara Smith
 

These two tiny little girls are Glenn and Sara's first miniatures, but they have a beautiful black standard named Coalie that has no idea what fun these little sisters are going to be! 

 
 

  


 


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Happy Acres Priscilla
- Sold-
 

08/30/90
   gray-dun - 34"
   Sire: Dudley Black Jack
         32 1/2" - brown
   Dam: Ms. Molly McGuire
         33 1/2" - gray-dun 

Here's "granny" Priscilla; she is the most delightful donkey ever; she never has a bad day!  She is in excellent health, foals easily and loves to be a mom!  Her foals are always laid-back and very playful!  She is bred to Ziggy, our 28" spot,
for a spring 2008 foal.

 

Priscilla (Grannie, as we tenderly call her) will be going to live at Molasses Meadows with Stella and Pearl and their BIG sister, Coalie!  Thanks to Glen and Sara Smith for falling in love with Priscilla!  Actually, Priscilla picked them; she follows them all over (and I mean all over) our place whenever they come to visit!

   Ghost Buster ("Boo")

 
 Date of Birth: 10/31/06
 Sex: Jack
 Color:  Gray/White Spotted
 Height:  27"

 Sire: My World Red Alert B-95
       31 1/2" Dark Red
 Dam: TRR's Contessa
       30 1/2" Gray/White Spotted


 

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Many, many thanks to
Rusty and Mic Cotten

 

 

Now this little guy was a "special order!"  He is Ziggy's little brother, and he will be romancing the jennys at Cotten's Half Ass Ranch

   Peppermint Twist & Gypsy Rose

 

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Thanks to
Stephanie Dove
Brayers Are Us Miniature Donkeys
Steph is putting together a nice herd of sorrels and needed to add some of that good old Rosebud bloodline to the mix! 

We have three more sorrels due, and if one of them isn't a great little red jenny like Twist and Gypsy, Steph even said that we could keep one of "hers"
to show next year!

We will be delivering these little ones to Steph's place about the first of the year, and that could be bad for our donkey budget!  We can never leave Karnes City without falling in love with at least a couple of her donkeys!
 

 

  
Twist
 


Gypsy



Solita


Veronica


Punkin
(who now has a beautiful black baby boy named Honey Bear)

      

Slipper     Hope
These little gals are all going to be living near Paris!
 

Cookie

Josephine

Fiona


Chloe
 
Merribelle   Margarita 

Katy


Shirley
We had so much fun the day John Kelley came all the way from Paris (Texas, that is) to meet  our donkeys!  We visited in every pasture, and touched every donkey; there is no better way to spend time than out in the donkey pens! 

John is selling part of his business (Kelley's Honey Farms in Chicota, Texas) and will be spending most of his time out in the pasture with his donkeys!  He told us that he has worked 24/7 for as long as he can remember, and now he is ready to play!  John has a huge heart for miniature donkeys, and we wish him much success and enjoyment in the years ahead!

Thanks again to John Kelley and his family

By the way, the next time you buy honey, look for Kelley's Honey; John gave us a sample, and it is delicious.  You just can't beat biscuits and honey for breakfast!  Kelley's Honey was #1 at the State Fair of Texas!

   Prairie Rose
 

 Date of Birth: 02/28/06
 Sex:  Jenny
 Color: Sorrel
 Birth Height: 23 1/2"
 Sire: My World Red Alert-B95
       31 1/2" dark red
 Dam: 758's Allie
       34" red

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Many thanks to
Itsy Bitsy Burro Company
LaGrange, Texas
 

    

   Don Juan & Royal Russian
               (known around the farm as DJ and Roy)  

 
 
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And many thanks to Sandra Hamilton
of Longview, Texas
for falling in love with these two!   

DJ and Roy will be sharing a pasture with ShaShoney, a 20-year old Shetland pony.  Now don't you know he will be smiling while he is sitting back in his easy chair watching these two run and play!  What a great friend they will have!

 


Roy


DJ

   Norma Jean & Tequila Sunrise
 

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Many thanks to Mic and Rusty Cotten for purchasing Norma Jean and Tequila
and leaving them here at Hickory Hill
for us to show this year! 

Both of these girls were sired by Tangueray Gin, and Norma Jean is a full sister to one of their herdsires, Junipero Gin, and he was very successful for us in the show ring last year, but this year, he is busy at
Cotten's Half Ass Ranch romancing the girls!

 

Update:  Norma Jean made her debut at the SDMS Spring Fling in April and won the yearling jenny class at eleven months of age!  She will be back in the show ring again this fall!

 

 

 

   Bunny & Cindy
 

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Congratulations and welcome to the wonderful world of miniature donkeys to Emily
Gollner!

When Emily emailed that she couldn't find any miniature donkeys in her area, I sent her pictures of several young jennys that we had available, and without hesitation, she selected Bunny and Cindy, the "Barbie girls!"  These two petite jennys are adorable and will be the talk of the town in Woodbine, Maryland.

Emily teaches school and had a busy summer planned that included a honeymoon cruise, but she managed to find time to get her barn "downsized" and ready for her two new girls.

When we got the call that Bunny and Cindy had arrived at their new home safely, you could hear the excitement in Emily's voice; in fact,
she told us "they are perfect!"

 
 

Here's Emily sharing a hug with the girls and telling them that they better go give Brad a donkey hug!

And here are Bunny and Cindy doing just what mom told them to do ................. "charming dad!"
 

   Scrap Iron
  

 
 Date of Birth: 10/13
/05
 Sex:  Jack
 Color: "Fuzzy" Gray
 Birth Height: 19"
 Sire: My World Red Alert
       31 1/2" sorrel
 Dam:
Triple J Ranch Phebe
       30" gray-dun
 

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Many thanks to
Robert and Pam Carter
Little Ass Acres 
Joshua, Texas
 

for choosing Scrap Iron
to stand as one of their herdsires

 

 

First Day of School
two months old

The best part about going to "school" is Dad taking my halter off and giving me a big
donkey hug!


Getting my big-boy hair,
but I'm still short and stocky!

Hickory Hills Long Tall Sally

 Harold and Ellen's little jack was looking for love and found it in Texas!  Sally and her best friend, Bitsy, will soon be "setting up house" with Little Bit at the Cone's donkey farm in South Carolina.
 

Here's Harold and Ellen's little grandson talking to the two new gals from Texas!

 


  
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Many thanks to
Harold and Ellen Cone
in South Carolina

                    Glory B
  

Date of Birth: 04/16/05
 Sex:  Jenny
 Color: Dark Brown
 Birth Height: 21 1/2"
 Sire: Merry-Go-Round's Firebug
       31 1/4" sorrel
 Dam:
AKA Kate
       32" dark brown

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Many thanks to
Laura Russ for falling in love with Glory!  Laura is  putting together an excellent herd of miniature donkeys, and we wish her many years of enjoyment and donkey hugs! 

 



 




Glory

   Red Rover
  

- SOLD -

When Steve asked Beth what she wanted for her birthday, she said something that started with "R" so he guessed a radio for her new truck .................... wrong!  It was Red Rover, and we are excited that he will be staying in Texas; in fact, he will be making his home with Beth and Steve in New Caney along with Cotton, Jake and Magellan. 

Beth showed Red Rover at halter twice for us this year and placed in the ribbons both times; she's planning to show him at halter again next year and then when he is almost three, she is going to teach him to drive.  His disposition is perfect for a driving donkey, and his beautiful sorrel color is a plus!  Look for Beth and Red Rover in the winner's circle!


 


 


 

 Happy Birthday, Beth! 

   Junipero Gin
  

 Date of Birth: 10/17/04
 Sex:  Jack
 Color: Black - No Cross
 Birth Height: 20 1/2"
 Sire: Brayers Are Us Tangueray Gin
       31" black/brown
 Dam: CM's Isabelle
       33 1/2" dark brown

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Many, many thanks to Cotten's Half Ass Ranch in Longview, Texas
for falling in love with our donkeys and for their friendship! 
We have such a fantastic time when they come to visit
and trade donkey stories!

   Little Doc Otis and Carhartt
                            

 
 


 

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Many thanks to Joe Hendrix of Kilgore, Texas

Joe was looking for geldings when he first visited us, but when he got ready to "stock" his new donkey farm, he purchased two older bred jennys and two yearling jennys ............... but then called back to see if our trailer would hold six donkeys!  He just couldn't get these two boys off his mind!  I laughed and told him that he, indeed, had a good case of donkey fever!

   Saber and Bravo
  

 

These are thumbprints;
please click to see larger pictures.


 
 

 

 

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Many thanks to Deer Haven Farm in Santa Maria, California

Dr. Anna Clarke brings over 40 years of veterinary expertise to the miniature donkey field
and a lifelong passion for donkeys that hail from her native Ireland.

Anna P. Clarke of Deer Haven Ranch has formed a partnership with Billie Wollam to raise and breed quality miniature donkeys.  Billie is an experienced horse woman, and presently owns one of Anna’s miniature donkeys, two beautiful paint horses, and two sorrel mules which she keeps on her 40 acre ranch in the same area.  Like the rest of us involved with miniature donkeys she has been bewitched by them and is now anxious to get started in this new venture. 

Congratulations and good luck with the new partnership!
 

   Slow Gin Fizz
  

Kim and Shirley have worked hard with this little guy, and he has been in the ribbons at every show!  They are having so much fun, and we are delighted! 

 

 


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to Lil' Foot Mini Ranch
Many thanks to Kim and Shirley who "just came to visit" and ended up falling in love with Fizz!

 

 

   No Fake Jake & Cotton Gin
  

 

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Love is in the Air!
When these two little guys are old enough to wean, they will be making their home in New Caney, Texas; but until then, Beth and Steve make regular trips to our place to visit, take pictures and share donkey hugs! 

   Magellan Gin
  

 

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And going to live with big brothers,
No Fake Jake and Cotton Gin
at Steve and Beth's new place in New Caney!

 

      

 

   Pocket Change
  

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Many thanks to Cotten's Half Ass Ranch in Longview, Texas for choosing Pocket Change as their future spotted herdsire!  Mic and Rusty are putting together a nice herd of donkeys, and we are thrilled that they added three  of our little spotted donkeys to their collection! 

We think Pocket will produce some fantastic babies when he is mature, but just think of the fun they are going to have watching him grow up! 

These are thumbprints;
please click to see larger pictures.

 

 

 

   Justine Thyme
  

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This gorgeous little lady has been sold and guess where she is going to make her new home when she is old enough to wean ..............right down the road a piece in  Longview, Texas.  Justine used her girly charm on Mic and Rusty, and she will be joining Pocket, Haley, Fran and Sara at Cotten's Half Ass Ranch!  

Best of luck with your spotted breeding program and thanks so much for your friendship and your business! 


 

 

These are thumbprints;
please click to see larger pictures.

   Chisholm Mist
 

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and going to Scottsdale, Arizona
Many thanks to Jim Flaum for letting us introduce him to the wonderful world of miniature donkeys!

This little jenny and her best friend, Red Feather, are the first miniature donkeys for this family, and we know they are already wrapped around Jim's heartstrings  because they have been in Scottsdale for two weeks, and I haven't heard much from Jim!  When I email and ask him if everything is alright, he sends back a note that says all is great, and he is busy sitting out in the pasture with the girls and reading his new donkey books! 

   Peppermint Pattie
  

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and many thanks to Laura Butler of Mingus, Texas
for falling in love with this beautiful little redhead!

We took Pattie with us to the SDMS Grand Finale Show in Corsicana for Laura to see, and I wondered how I would recognize her as she and I had never met in person.  We hadn't been there long before I heard a loud scream; when I turned around there was no mistaking who had made that noise!  It was Laura running as fast as she could to our stall with tears running down her cheeks and squealing "is that my donkey, is that my little red girl?"  It was definitely love at first sight!

Look for Pattie in the show ring next year!  Laura is already planning her new show wardrobe ............... something in powder blue!

 

   Mick E. Lobe
  

 

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and many thanks to Wee Highlands Donkey Farm
in College Station, Texas

Last year, Karon bought donkeys for each of her daughters, but this year she's buying for herself!  She fell in love with Mick when he was just a baby and now has selected him to stand herdsire for a small group of jennys that she is busy collecting! 

Look out!  Karon has donkey fever, and her husband, Larren, is nervous!


 

  Holly
  

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and on her way to France
Many thanks to Elisabeth Sauget
of BBS Miniatures
 

This little jenny is one of less than 125 blue-eyed white miniature donkeys registered in the U.S.A.  I wonder if Holly is the only one living overseas in France? 



 

Hickory Hill's Phoebe


 

Hickory Hill's Lacey


 

Hickory Hill's Cinnabon


 

SWR Blessing


 

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Many thanks to the Nolan Family of Gallipolis, Ohio

To help Santa with his deliveries last year, Nicholas and Celestial slipped down to Texas, purchased these four little girls and hurried back to Ohio in time for Christmas with their very surprised children!  What a great family, and what lucky little donkeys!


JKP Rachel

 

 

 

 


Rhodes' Ginger


Hickory Hill's
Flo Jo

 

 

 

 


Hickory Hill's
Rainbow Jan


Brayers Are Us
Gizmo

 

 

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 Many thanks to Jack and Diane Marino of Hearne, Texas


Recently, a helicopter landed in our pasture and out hopped Jack and Diane; they came to meet our donkeys. After rubbing on donkeys, giving donkey hugs and yes, a few butt scratches ― they had a good case of "donkey fever!"

They selected two older, bred jennys to teach them the "ropes" of donkey ownership and we are delighted that Rachel and Ginger will be staying together.  We know they are good donkey teachers; they taught us!  They also picked out two young jennys, and we will breed them in the fall for their first foals. And last, but certainly not least, they chose Giz, Mr. Personality Plus!  We feel good that these little donkeys have moved to a good home with lots of love!

 

 

 


Rainbow Ranch Punkin
 


Mighty Small Chloe
 

 

 

 

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Many thanks
Kip and Carol Atfield
of Trinidad, Texas

Another good donkey story; these two best friends will be staying together!  They will be great teachers for these new donkey owners!  They gave Carol a good lesson in donkey hugs and butt scratches the day she came to visit our farm!

Punkin and Chloe are both bred for 2004 foals; the fun is just beginning!



 

 


Pierrat's Amanda
 


Hickory Hill's Sugar Sweet


Pieratt's Cassie

 

 

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Thank you to the
Bonczek Family

Jim and Connie selected Amanda, Cassie and Sugar to add to their herd of miniature donkeys in Scenery Hill, Pennsylvania.  This family will treasure the very gentle, sweet personality of these three little blue-eyed ivory jennets, and we know their children will provide plenty of love and daily donkey hugs!
  

When you put children and donkeys together, love is definitely in the air!

 

 

SWR Gabriele

 

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Many thanks to Liz Cole
Satroma Ranch in Lufkin,Texas
 

 This beautiful little sorrel jenny is going to produce fantastic babies; she will be bred in the fall to our little sorrel herdsire, Merry-Go-Round's Firebug, for her first foal.

 

 

Hickory Hill's Blizzard Storm

 

 

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Many thanks to Joe and Kay Allen
 Blessed Assurance Farm
Lewisburg, Tennessee
 

Blizzard has a really big surprise waiting for him when he gets to Tennessee.  Kay has been busy finding him some pretty little girlfriends.

 

 

Hickory Hill's
Casper the Friendly
  


   
                    

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Many thanks to AK Ranch in
 Spicewood, Texas


Al & Kit Viehbeck are putting together a nice herd of blue-eyed donkeys, but until the ivory girls arrive, their daughter, Karly, is getting all of Casper's sweet donkey hugs! 

 

 

Hickory Hill's
Daniel Jackson