Braying Hills Acres

12/18/2025

Fireball thinks my 7 am morning checks before work should include treat distributions..

12/15/2025

It was a brisk 0 degrees this morning, but with extra hay thrown out everyone seems plenty warm. Happy Monday! 🥶

12/13/2025

Edit - home pending

Home fell through on these fuzzy ladies due to no fault of their own.

MDR registered spotted Jennets. Both out of my wooly jack.

BHA Chantilly Lace - Mini J’s Lover Boy x BHA Hazel
BHA Lil Sapphire - Mini J’s Lover Boy x My Lil Mini Shami

If you are looking for girls to help your wooly program, here you go! Both are build right, have a good bite, & a nice pedigree. Will mature around 30-32”.

Both are weaned and ready to go!

Senecaville OH

12/09/2025

Makenna, Herbie, and Fireball all checking out that gorgeous sunrise this morning! ❄️🧡

11/19/2025

As a precautionary measure in response to the recent EHV1 virus outbreak in the horse community, our farm will be closed to visitors for the time being to safeguard the health and well-being of my horses and donkeys.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

11/18/2025

This!

The cost of mini donkeys:

The Equine industry has gone through quite a few changes in the last couple of years due to covid and other economic factors. However, miniature donkeys do tend to hold value, and tend to stay expensive regardless. At least within the last 10 years.

Miniature donkeys are the least likely to come into rescue and they are the most likely to be sought after. At least in Colorado. There are very few breeders in this area, and there are many people who want them.

Once people see exactly how much a breeder will charge for a miniature donkey, they immediately come knocking on our door (figuratively) asking if we have any for adoption. They all want young miniature donkeys that are safe around kids.

First off, because the value of a miniature donkey is anywhere from 2-7 k at the moment, the likelihood of a young miniature ending up in rescue is extraordinarily small. We've had that happen once. When we do get miniature donkeys in, often they are older, have been living with horses and are extremely obese with hoof issues, or they are very feral, and likely would not be good for your grandchildren. Not that it won't happen here, but it rarely does, and when we do, I'm able to find them a fantastic home pretty much within a few hours of them arriving.

I have lists upon lists of people who've emailed me wanting miniature donkeys.

Right now, donkeys are actually worth something in Colorado so they're not going into rescue very often. When they do come into the rescue, they usually have some pretty serious issues that need to be resolved before they can be adopted out.

This is the first time going into winter that we haven't had a single intake in now about 2 months. That's incredible. That means that the market for donkeys is very strong. So for those of you seeking, especially miniature donkeys, it's time to start saving up and thinking about potentially having to import from other states. The scammers are are strong on their game knowing that people are seeking out these animals, so never give a deposit before you go to see the animal.

Just food for that!

11/18/2025

We got all the girls moved to the new farm this weekend. More pasture to fence but this will be a perfect winter lot for them.

11/10/2025

Good info on blanketing

...that IS "the question"!!

Blanketing is highly contested within the horse world, and there is a lot of misinformation out there. There are even articles on studies that were never conducted! It's hard to know exactly what information to trust.

That's why I always trust my animals. Blanketing will depend on multiple factors. Age, body condition, coat health and condition, the animal's individual tolerance for temperature change, the type and amount of forage I can feed, and, if I already know the donkey, their individual preference.

I tend to blanket in the winter when any of these factors occur:

-Sudden change from warm to very cold weather, especially if precipitation is involved (donkeys, as desert animals, do not have a water resistant layer of fur like a horse and water can trickle down straight to the skin and freeze).

- The donkey is old, thin, or immunocompromised/sick.

-The donkey is showing signs of being cold, like shivering at the flanks or tightly tucking the tail and hunching up the back with head down.

-Cold plus intense wind. Especially if the donkey is scared of or refuses to go into the shelter.

-The donkey hasn't had time to acclimate, whether that is due to a sudden change in temperature or the animal moving from a warmer climate to a colder climate. Or a drier climate to a wetter climate.

The biggest thing with donkeys is the cold plus the wet. Because they don't slick off water the same way that a horse's coat would, they do tend to get wet easier and in cold conditions, they can get much colder. I'll go more readily to blanketing if they tend to have a finer coat or are older or have shown that they dislike the cold and get cold more easily. Just like humans, all animals have a different tolerance to different temperatures.

Another thing to consider is making sure heated water is easily accessible!

10/13/2025

⚠️ BHA is moving & under construction! ⚠️

Please pardon the dust, crazyness, and slow responces until all the new pastures are done, stud barn is put up, & the herd is moved!

Rory, Gracelyn, Georgia, Maggie, & Dottie moved to the new farm over the weekend.

10/03/2025

SOLD

Kerns Kit Kat Kiss (spotted), & Kerns Kim (NLP)
MDR registered

Kiss DOB 4/3/2010
Kim DOB 6/10/2014

These two are the last of my cut backs. Both very friendly & love attention , especially the spotted.
They lead, tie, stand for farrier, etc.

Both each exposed to one of my jacks the last couple months. I am selling as exposed only. I don’t know a whole lot on the foaling history of these two, I just got them over the summer. I know they had foals years ago, but have not the last couple years.

Located outside of Cambridge OH