Brown Jack w/Small Star
DOB 4/04/10
Sire:
Shorecrests Ivan, 32" Very Dark Brown
Grand Sire: Windcrest
Java, 31¼" Dark Brown
Grand Dam: D.W.E.
Ivy, 33¼" Dark Brown
Dam: Shorecrests Cori's Valentine, Dark Brown
Grand Sire: Shorecrests
Little Buddy, 32½" Light Sorrel
Grand Dam: LDF
Lucinda Marie, 32" Gray
I can safely say that Timmy is the most spoiled and most lovable donkey on our farm this spring. Timmy's mom rejected him at birth, so after she contributed to his well being by allowing us to milk the colostrum from her for him, she was turned back out with the other girls and little Timmy was left for us to bottle feed. Timmy has two surrogate "mom's" though. His 4 legged surrogate mom is an 8 month old jennet who we pulled from our weanling group and paired with him to help show him the ropes. She has been doing an awesome job both entertaining him by playing with him and by teaching him how to eat grain, how to pick at the grass and hay and how to drink from a water bucket.
Timmy's 2 legged surrogate mom is my own mother. She is the only one of us who is home all day, so she fell into the job of bottle feeding Timmy round the clock. Timmy drinks milk replacer from a baby bottle and at 1 month old, we've now started giving him foal-lac pellets which he's taking to quite well.
Timmy is active and social, he loves his people family and he loves the company of his donkey friend as well. When he is old enough to wean away from the bottle feedings and milk replacer, we know that we will have to separate him from his donkey surrogate "mom" and pair him up with another jack foal closer to his age. Although it will be so hard to see him go, we know that we will be looking for the perfect home for Timmy when the time comes. We would like to see him go to a home with a few donkeys, not a huge herd, at least while he's still in his weanling/yearling years. Timmy is so used to round the clock attention, we want his new home to be one that he will be given lots and lots of attention from his new owners.
As with all of our donkeys, we require Timmy to go to a home having at least one other donkey as a friend. Timmy will be given his first round of vaccinations when old enough and will also be registered prior to leaving our farm. If you feel you can offer Timmy the type of home we're looking to find for him, a loving family home, get in touch with us and come visit him in person. Visit
our 'for sale' page for
more information!
Congratulations to
Herb Richards
of Kenneth Square, Pa!
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