Preserving the integrity of the Miniature Donkey is the primary objective of our breeding program. Over the past twenty-seven years we have selected or raised top quality jennets and have bred them to outstanding jacks. Our goal is to produce compact, well-balanced examples of the classic Mediterranean Miniature Donkey with their trademark 'endearing' personalities.
We
now have only 10 active brood jennets that we breed approxiamately every other year.
Their heights range from 28¾" to 33¼" with an average
height of less than 31½". We have 2 young jennets (located on our future brood jennet page) that will not be bred until they are, at least, four years of age so that our jennets are not expected to raise foals of their own until they are fully mature at five years of age. If other breeders followed this practice we could possibly keep the donkey market from falling and our donkeys happier and healthier. As our young jennets are
added to our breeding program we will be offering some of our other
jennets for sale to keep our herd at a manageable number. We
want to always be able to give each of our donkeys the individual
attention that they so crave.
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