We just found out that we are being given a free Dinky Donkey this weekend!! This should be good news…and IS good news but we just moved to our little farm recently and have been busy renovating the farm house and have done nothing to the old fences …most of which were never meant for something so small. The pasture is all grown over like a jungle with lots of saplings and junk from the farm and we can't even get into the barn from tree's grown right up to the door. Looks like we've got our work cut out for us before he (uncut) arrives!!!! It'll be an adventure and lots of hard work but I'm so excited to start on our 'farm journey'! ( thats a pitchfork!)

Fun, fun, fun!

Congratulations!

Flatlander said:

Lucky you …and you have time before winter kicks in, to put a few fence posts in the ground and some shelter.(got an old shed?)

We did a 2 hour fence job for the turkeys…so it can be done…good luck.

Thanks! We have a barn with a lean-to on the side for him…and it faces east so he should  be nice and cozy in there. We haven't gotten into the barn yet as the trees have been allowed to grow right up to the barn door and we've just been too busy to take them out of there. I'm really looking forward to seeing what's inside…it's like an adventure! We hope to get a few turkeys eventually..never tried raising them before but we do have chickens so it can't be too much different I would think. Thanks for the comment!

SarahGrace said:

Fun, fun, fun!

Congratulations!

Thanks!

GeorgiaZ said:

Im guessing a dinky donkey is a small donkey.

You're right! We haven't seen this little fellow yet but the owner says his back is about a man's pocket height. I'll try and get a picture on here if I can figure out how to do it.

52 said:

You could maybe do an electric fence if you're in a hurry ?? They seem to like leaves, so he might help clean up the pasture. We don't really do much for ours—-hoof trimming every other month or so, a mineral salt block, hay if they need it, sweet horse feed once a day, apples if you have them, wormer occassionally, brush if you like.  They tend to roll on the ground and get dusty, so don't be surprised when you see that. Or when he starts braying !! Maybe fly spray if they get bad in hot weather.  And, of course, you have to love them.

THANK YOU for all the information! The people were good enough to give us a bit of time to get the fences ready. We have an area where we can put him that has grass and won't need to do much fencing there to make it safe…while he's enjoying that we'll keep clearning and fencing the other pasture. Hope this little fellow is good natured…we know he's been with 3 other uncut males and they've been fighting. We doubt that he's been handled a lot and I just read that donkey's sometimes don't like dogs…did you find that with yours? We have 2 Shih Tzu's and an Akbash pup so hopefully we don't have any problems there….guess time will tell. Thank you again for your suggestions we appreciate it!

52 said:

Neither of ours seem to pay much attention to the dogs—-big or little—-and vice versa.  The only real aggression I've seen is with Jack, who's down with the sheep.  He's real selfish about the sweet feed we give him in the evening, and circles and kicks at the sheep if they try to steal his. They, of course, have their own, but sometimes finish before Jack gets done with his—–donkeys are kinda slow He likes to just stand beside me and get his ears/face/neck scratched——-

Well that's good to hear…hope ours is like that with the dogs. Hey…he's smart..he's not going to bite the hand that fed him!

Well heck….our little donkey never arrived. The people who own him weren't able to make it on Saturday but hope to be out with him next weekend. We were really looking forward to seeing him but that give us more time to work in the pasture and get a few more things done before he arrives. Should be a fun day!