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Here's info and ideas if anyone's wondering what I'm talking about! Slow Feeders I posted this a little while back, hubby and I are planning on building this feeder for our small crew of minis. Hay Feeder It's 8' long and double sided, and I think would suit them fine, since we have so few...

We have one mini who we usually take trick or treating with us every year. We have taken the cart too, but it's such a hassle, we live in the country and have to trailer everything to a relative's house, prepare there and set off. Last year, I took him just leading him, and we had a better...

We are fairly small scale, we have 2 mini geldings and 3 mini donkeys, who are all kept together. They have a run in, that is a corner of my barn, so at least one of the doors is always kept open. I would really LOVE to have hubby build them their own lean to. I would love to have the extra...

So I've been driving my 36" gelding, Magic, for three years now. Nothing fancy, not competitively, just for fun and pleasure. I did the work myself, and was quite proud of what we accomplished. We've driven mostly on quiet country roads, in the yard, and in fields nearby (flat ones!). He is...

I wanted to add this post here, as I did see the post where problems were caused between mom and baby with body clipping a foal still on mom. I have a 10 month old jennet, so that's not an issue here, however, I have a couple of questions, since this is my first donkey foal experience. How...

Since someone mentioned seeing something, I thought I'd mention...may depend on your time zone, I'm in the central time zone, but Discovery Health has a show on chimeras on right now. "I am my own twin" it's called. Very interesting...I'd seen it before. Since the possible chimera filly came...

So life has its way of sometimes getting away from ya...and driving Magic had been put on the back burner. I hadn't driven him in over a year, until today. He hitched up and drove off like he's been driving regularly in all that time! What makes it feel even better is that I did the training...

As what happens to many, we are now at the point we have more minis than big horses here. I was told it would probably happen...and didn't believe it....and it did! (5 minis, 2 big horses) And I don't plan on scaling down on minis either! My husband does the trimming on the minis, as have...

I plan on keeping our donkey baby, and mom and baby will be together. For those of you in my situation, how long do you keep them separated at weaning time before putting them back together? It has only been two weeks now.... Mom has not been getting any grain/grass, only hay to help her dry...

Let me first say I have weaned several horse babies...we bred QH's here for several years. But last fall, we had our first and only mini donkey foal, we have three mini donkeys and two mini horses kept together. The mini donkey foal, Katie, is 6 months old now, I did not want to wean her when...

Hi, I know it's fairly common in my area for people to throw round bales or large squares out to their big horses. I have done it too, but I reserve it for certain circumstances, if we are going away, or real cold snaps when I want to make sure the horses don't run out, and to help save on my...

Have you made this hay feeder, or modified the plans, for use for your minis? http://www.premier1supplies.com/img/instruction/127.pdf I'd like to try. Double-sided...I have 2 mini horses and 3 mini donkeys. Or have you made something similar you can share photos of? We're looking to make an...

I will include a link to see pics of his "costume". Last year we took one of our minis, Magic, and his cart trick or treating with my son. Was so much fun! My son (who's not so into the animals) got to run from house to house, and I got to sit in the cart and have a ton of fun myself! We had...

Both of my geldings have nice, long tails. My older gelding's tail is nice and thick...my younger one has quite a thin tail, but drags the ground. They get little ice/snow balls in them in the wintertime, and last year I just kept their tails braided...undoing the braid once a week or two, and...

I live in WI...and had a baby born September 1st. Of course she's fuzzy wuzzy.... but I'm wondering if I should get her a blanket for those cool mornings, and for winter especially, or will she be fine on her own? Her mom has a blanket, because last winter we were pretty cold and had record...

Am I supposed to have one of those "slow moving vehicle" triangles on the back of my cart when I drive along a road? If so..... do they make smaller ones, not the huge ones you see on hay wagons and things.... and how do you attach them? Angie

Our mini donkey foal is urinating all over mom's hay....no matter where in teh stall I place it. (on the floor) I have seen some pretty creative ideas for safe hay feeders on here in the past, but can't seem to find them now that I'm looking (and the search feature won't accept three letter...

I have a few questions I'm hoping some of you can help me with. It is a mini donkey foal that will be 10 days old tomorrow. First question....I've only seen her poop once, and that was shortly after birth. I've not caught her in the act since, nor have I found evidence. Possibly the mare...

Here's a couple....I hope you can see why when she was born, I said she was brown, not gray! (mom's a gray dun, dad's a brown). I'm amazed at the difference in color.....wet vs. dry. Anyway, she's doing well! Vet check went well, IgG was great, although she is an active little begger and for...

I didn't get to check her milk last night because of a family emergency, spent most of the night in the ICU. My husband took care of the animals. Tonight, however, I brought Kochia in like normal, and her bag is full and tight. Her nipples are as well. Unlike normal, it was very easy to get...