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Thank you for your reply. They are my first weanlings and you know....they are just like a first baby! I want to do it right and not upset them to much. Thanks, Krista

My two donkey foals are now 7 months old and I know I need to wean them. I have been reading and it suggests that it is best to remove them from their mothers and take them to another farm because they have been known to jump fences, go through fences injurying themselves to get to their...

Thank you for your input. I will start separating them about one month before the Jennies due dates. I just hope he will cope with the separation.

Our Jennies are finally pregnant - we have our fingers and toes crossed. My Jack and the two Jennies have been together all the time. They are bonded at the hips (you can say). My dumb question is - Do I keep them together - (Jennies to foal in the spring) OR do I seperate them into...

My jack and my daughters QH hated each other. Vern (the jack) would wait all day at the fence waiting for the QH to come up to the fence and then lunge at the horse. We sold the QH as my daughter went off to university and things are much quiter out in the pasture. The jack now plays with the...

There has been no change in their water. I have 8 miniature horses as well and there has been no problems with them. My husband and I wormed everyone in the barn in December. Even the mini goats. I just found it strange. I have had problems with the donkeys have the trots in the spring when...

Has anyone had problems with their donkey having the trots. I have one Jack and two Jennys and I have found that the Jennys will have the trots for a week - then they are back to a normal bowel movement. I have not changed their diet. We live in Ontario and the weather has been snowy and...