Preserving the integrity of the Miniature Donkey is the primary objective of our breeding program. Over the past twenty years we have selected 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
have 29 brood jennets that we breed approxiamately every two years or even less in this economy.
Their heights range from 28¾" to 33¼" with the exception of one 34" jennet. They have an average
height of 31½" including our one taller jennet. We have 8 young jennets that will not
be bred until they are close to or, at least, 4 years of age. As these 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.
Dam:
Windcrest Little Sierra, 33" Black/Roan & White Spot
Grand
Sire: Fisher's Ghost, 30" Fully-frosted White
Grand Dam: Sutherlin's Little
Reba, 33" Smoky Black
Click MDR sticker to see Ch Ching's complete pedigree!
Ch
Ching's name means excellent, fantastic, and is believed to come from the sound falling
coins make. Her color is a dark brown/roan (near black) with white spots. She has two dark eyes
with eyeliner all around. Ch Ching was sold as a yearling to my great friend, Jane Savage, at Flight of Fancy Miniatures in New Hampshire. We just recentely purchased her back when Jane sadly retired from the miniature donkey business so she could travel. This jennet is a full sister to the late and great Half
Ass Acres Mojave who appeared on the cover of Asset Magazine one summer! She is also
a full sister to Half Ass Acres Splish
Splash and a half sister to HHAA Hula Hoop,HHAA Presto and HHAA Pajama Girl.
Ch Ching has been bred to HHAA Black 'n' Blue (Bruise), for a foal due April 20th, 2013, but was pastured with Bruise until 8/10/12. Ch Ching is now under our barn cam for viewing. She is stabled with her best friend, Puzzles in the first stall and paddock. Ch Ching started bagging up on 3/29/13...we excpect her to foal in approx. 6 weeks from this date give or take two weeks.
Teats pointing towards one another..dent inbetween...baby not coming anytime soon!
Ch Ching has a long way to go!
5/07/13
5/08/13
Her teats are starting to spread apart.
5/12/13
5/15/13 pm
The dent inbetween her teats will be gone soon.
You were correct, Sally, Ch Ching's teats have regressed today. Very observant of you my friend! This photo was taken late in the evening and the bag is usually smaller in the evening than in the morning.
5/16/13 am
5/19/13
Her teats are pretty much the same but her bag is getting fuller by touch...hard to tell from the photo. We still have a few days to go. Don't trust her though as she is a maiden.
5/21/13 pm
5/22/13 am
We are only a few days away!
We are days away!
5/23/13
5/24/13 pm
Ch Ching has regressed but let's not let her fool us..she is a maiden afterall.
Ch Ching is back on track..no baby tonight but it will be in the next few days.
5/25/13 am
Not much change from yesterday evening...milk is clear this morning at 7am.
Click MDR sticker to see Bumble's complete pedigree!
How
do we begin…Where do we start?....God has blessed us, yet again,
with another gorgeous red jennet from Glow. Every time I look
at her I have to say, “Be still my heart”, as I take in
all her beauty. Glow is the dam of Little
Whiskey Girl, who was 18 ¾" tall at birth (this was
before we weighed our foals) and Bee
Sting, who was 21½"
tall and 23 lbs. at birth, and now Bumbles. What a trio of beautiful
red foals Glow has had for us. Of course, let’s don’t forget
the contribution made by Firefly with Bumbles and Bee. What a great combination!
Taking pictures of Bumbles was a joy. She already has that show ring
stand down pat and the looks to go right in the ring and say, “Look
at me”, I’m here to win.” She has a perfect 10 score
from us. Bumbles is compact, straight legs, and one of the cutest
heads you’ve ever seen. We love her rich, cinnimon red color
so much and marvel at the way she holds that head up so high using those
gorgeous red ears that look like they are lined with white bunny fur.
Thank you to Dena Wilson for her patience and expert handling of our donkeys during their photo sessions. Without Dena these updated photos would not be possible!
Bumbles was the "2011 High Point Halter Jennet of Tennessee" after her first and only year of showing!
Bumbles has been bred to SparksaFire for a foal due September 27th, 2013, the last time we observed her in season although she was with the jack from 9/27/12 thru 2/14/13.
32¼"
Dark Red Jennet
DOB 6/29/98
MDR #26084
Microchip ID#on file
Sire:
The Fireman, 32½" Dark
Red
Grand Sire: DMF Junior, 33"
Rose-Dun
Grand Dam: Danby Farm Grumpy, Brown/Gray
Dam: MGF Venus Bellana
49, 34" Red Roan
Grand Sire:
The Fireman, 32½" Dark Red
Grand Dam:
Boone's Little Rose Marie, 32" Rose-Dun Roan
Click MDR sticker to see Summer's complete pedigree!
We
purchased Summer from Wit's End Farm. Summer has been bred to Short & Sweet SparksaFire for September 27th, 2013, the last time we observed her in season. She was with Sparks from 9/2712 thru 2/14/13.
Update! Summer is now being offered for sale! Visit our 'for sale' page for more information!
28¾" Very Dark Brown Jennet w/NLP
DOB 9/11/05
Birth Height: 19½"
MDR #46073
Microchip ID#on file
Sire: LUA
Maxx's Little Buckaroo, 30 3/8" Black
Grand
Sire: Spotted Acres Maxx, 32½"
Black, NLP Grand Dam: LUA
Memorial Day's Angel, 31½" Brown
Dam: Heiken's Ark Renee, 31¾" Very Dark Brown, NLP Grand Sire: Heiken's Ark Top Gun, 29"
Dark Brown
Grand Dam: Heiken's Ark Reba, 32¾" Dark Brown, NLP
Click MDR sticker to see Ramona's complete pedigree!
What
a dark little doll she is. Her dam is a very nice 31¾" dark brown daughter
of Top Gun. Her sire is 30 3/8" Little Buckaroo who is drafty and black
with no cross. We purchased Ramona at The Great American Miniature Donkey
Sale in Ohio July 28th, 2007. We are so pleased with her! She is as sweet
as she can be. She is so tiny that we waited until she was nearly 4 years
old to breed her. Ramona has been bred to Bruise for a foal due October of 2013. She was pastured with Bruise from 9/27/13 thru 12/26/12.
Ramona is the dam of one foal:
1) Pull-String Toy, 4/14/10, Dark Brown Jennet w/NLP. (retained at HAA!)
Click here to see more photos of Ramona taken on July
30th, 2007!
HHAA Tease the Boys a.k.a. Flirt Champion Producer
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32¼" Dark
Brown & White Spotted Jennet
DOB 3/26/06 @ 10:00pm
Birth Height: 23"
MDR #45753 ~
ACOSA #SA2144
Microchip ID#on file
Sire:
MGF Primero,
32½" Black & White Spot
Grand Sire: Dewey
Meadows Primo, 32" Black/Brown & White Spot
Grand Dam: MGF Venus Godiva, 32" Dark Brown
Click the MDR sticker to see Flirt's complete pedigree.
Dark spot with a wide blaze and a bull's eye star on her forehead. Two dark eyes
with dark eyeliner all around both eyes. Four dark legs with one back white
pastern. She has a dark band across her nose that makes her look like she
is wearing a halter. She has deep halos around every single one of her spots. One of the most unusual spots we have ever seen! Photos above taken on September 12th, 2010, with the help of my great friends Maria and Katie Randall!
Flirt has been hand bred to Bruise for a foal due on 9/24/13, the only day we exposed her as she had gone out of season the next day and we did not observe her in season again.
Flirt has produced the following foals:
1) HHAA Heza Brick House, 5/30/10, Dark Black/Brown/White Spotted Jack, 5/30/10. (Junior herd sire at Half Ass Acres)
2) HHAA Butterfly Kisses, 6/02/12, Brown & White Spotted Jennet w/Blaze.
Click hereto
see Flirt's newborn photos!
HHAA Kissed by a Rose
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33¼" Dark Red Jennet w/ Large Star
DOB 5/13/07 @ 9:12pm
MDR #50399
Microchip ID#on file
Dam: 758's
Sophia, 34" Red
Grand Sire: 758's Rosebud, 32" Red
Grand Dam: LCR Philamena 79, 33¾" Dark Red
Click MDR sticker to see Rosie's complete pedigree!
Rosie
was born on Mother's Day! She has a huge star, very heavy boned and correct with a perfect
bite. Thank you to my friend, Dena Wilson, for setting up Rosie for these great photographs and videos. Rosie has been bred to SparksaFire for a foal due September 30th, 2013, the last time we observed her in season although she was with the jack from 9/27/12 thru 2/24/13.
Click here for newborn photos of Rosie!
Rosie is the dam of one foal:
Click MDR sticker for Star Struck Annie's complete pedigree!
Annie has show quality conformation...very square, correct
and heavy boned. Photos and videos were taken on August 24th, 2010, with the help of my great friends, Dena Wilson, Marie and Katie Randall. Thank you! Without your help these photos would not have been possible. We are so pleased with them. A big thanks to Shirley Price for letting us purchase Star Struck Annie back after she went out of the donkey business. Annie has been bred to SparksaFire for a foal due October 4th, 2013, the last time we observed her in season although she was exposed to the jack from 9/27/12 thru 2/24/13.
Update! Annie is now being offered for sale! Visit our 'for sale' page for more information!
Click MDR sticker to see Bee Sting's complete pedigree!
Sweet
as honey and twice as nice! This little girl has everyone buzzing at Half Ass Acres including
the bees. Glow and Firefly sure knew what they were doing making this little beauty. She
is so full of personality that she has the entire farm awaiting her grand entrance to the
outside paddock on the first sunny day. You can almost see and hear all the other donkeys
talking about the new GIRL on the farm and wondering what all the buzz is about over this
new foal. She is going to knock their socks off first day out!
Bee has it all….compact
little body, heavy bones, straight legs, perfect bite, heads up attitude, unique cinnamon
color, and a tiny little star.
Check back often for updates on Bee. Watch for photos of her
as she buzzes around playng with all her new friends on our farm. bzzzzz....bzzzzzz......bzzzzzz
Sorry, but Bee is not
for sale! Bee Sting is bff with her half sister, Drama Queen.
If you missed her birth click here
for a replay. Foaling video compliments of a fellow marestarer.
Photos and videos above were taken on September 6th, 2010, with the help of my great friends, Dena Wilson and Maria and Katie Randall!
Bee Sting has been bred to Short & Sweet SparksaFire for a foal due October 7th, 2013, the last time we observed her in season although she was with the jack from 9/27/12 thru 2/24/13.
Click hereto
see photos and a video of Bee Sting as a youngster!
Sunset Acres Lady Slipper
Champion Producer
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enlarge)
31"
Light Red Jennet w/Star
DOB 9/15/96
MDR #19419
Microchip ID#on file
DNA Typed @ Texas A&M University
Sire: Hedrick's JJ, 31" Light Red
Grand Sire: Hedrick's Dapper 42, 30" Light Red
Grand
Dam: Hedrick's Jennet, 32" Brown
Dam: Bell E Acres Red Jubilee, 32½" Red
Grand
Sire:
Lazy N Noah, 32¾" Gray
Grand Dam: Jennie Sam of Bell E Acres, 32½" Red
Click MDR sticker to see Slipper's complete pedigree!
I have
been trying to purchase Lady Slipper from Flight of Fancy Miniatures ever
since I first laid eyes on her and fell in love. She is a grand daughter
of the well known Jenny Sam of Bell E Acres. Lady Slipper is very tiny and
stocky. Somehow we talked Jane out of her along with her 2009 jennet foal,
Aphrodite's Pink Nitie! Nitie is a replica of her mom.
Update! Slippers is now being offered for sale. Visit our 'for sale' page for more information!
Lady Slipper was with SparkaFire from 9/27/12 thru 2/24/13 although the last time we observed her in season was on 10/10/12.
31½"
Dark Red Jennet
DOB 4/22/03
MDR #42865
Microchip ID#on file
Sire:
Arbor Ledge
Little Red, 31½" Red
Grand
Sire: Arbor Ledge Don Quioti, 31½" Gray
Grand
Dam: Arbor Ledge Holly, 33" Gray
Dam: Shawmar's Fatima
of Ass-Pirin Acres, 32¼" Dark Red
Grand
Sire: My World Phoenix, 33¼" Dark Red
Grand Dam:
Kutawa Reba, 34 3/8" Dark Red Roan
Click MDR sticker to see Felena's complete pedigree!
This
little jennet was purchased from the on-line internet sale at The
Labor Day Weekend Donkey Spectacular Sale on September 3rd,
2005. We are excited to add another jennet from 'Ass-Pirin Acres' and
'My World' bloodlines.
Felina has been bred to SparksaFire for a foal due late fall of 2013, although she was with the jack from 9/27/12 thru 2/24/13.
Update! Felina is now being offered for sale! Visit our 'for sale' page for more information!
Click MDR sticker to see Glow's complete pedigree!
Glow
was purchased from Windcrest Acres early in 2005. She is tiny, correct,
and precious! Glow was with SparksaFire from 9/27/12 thru 2/14/13, so we expect her to foal in the fall of 2013.
2) HHAA Bee Sting11/13/07, dark red jennet;(retained at HAA!)
3) HHAA
Bumble Bee (Bumbles), 3/22/09, dark red jennet. (retained at HAA and 2011 Tennessee High Point Halter Jennet)
Photo of Glow's
dam, Sunset Acres Sweet Muffy, compliments of Cedar
Creek Farm.
MGF Venus Mink
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31½" Very Dark Brown Jennet w/NLP
DOB 8/14/95
Registration MDR #19432
Microchip ID#on file
Sire: The Fireman, 32½" Dark Red
Grand Sire: DMF
Junior, 33" Rose-Dun
Great Grand Sire: Untraced
Great Grand Dam: Untraced
Grand Dam: Danby Farm Grumpy, Gray-Dun
Great Grand Sire: Patrick,
Gray-Dun
Great Grand
Dam: Melitta, Gray-Dun
Dam: MGF Venus Hallista 70, 33"
Brown
Grand Sire: LCR
Valintino 50, 32" Dark Red *MSF (masked spotting factor)
Great Grand Sire:
Lazy C Ranch Diamond, Gray-Dun
Great Grand Dam: Lazy C Ranch Philamen 31, Gray-Dun
Grand Dam: LCR Philamena 68, 33" Brown
Great Grand Sire: Lazy C Ranch Valintino 14, 29" Brown
Great Grand Dam: Lazy C Ranch Rosamaria, Gray-Dun
Click MDR sticker to see Mink's complete pedigree.
Mink is a no light point dark daughter of the legendary Fireman! Mink is a very beautiful jennet with a perfect bite, a nice round rump, and a
front end as wide as a mack truck. Mink has been bred to Short & Sweet SparksaFire for October 22nd, 2013, although she was with the jack from 9/27/12 thru 2/24/13.
Update! Mink is now being offered for sale! Visit our 'for sale' page for more information!
Click here to see even more photos
of Mink taken on July 21st, 2006.
~ The Jennets below this point have already foaled
in 2013 and have their foals by their sides. ~
Sunset Acres Sweet Pea
Champion Producer
(Click photo to enlarge images)
33"
Black Jennet
DOB 5/01/01
MDR #51767
Microchip ID#on file
Sire: MGF Homer, 33¼" Black & White Spot
Grand
Sire: Dodge City Jack
of Spades, 31½" Black w/Cross, NLP
Grand Dam: MGF
Venus Immortal, 35" Dark Brown & White Spot
Dam: Sunset
Acres Ms. B, 34" Black
Grand Sire:
NLC Magno Man, 30¾" Dark Brown
Grand Dam:
MGF Venus Blue Star 98, 34" Dark Brown w/Star
Click MDR sticker to see Sweet Pea's complete pedigree!
The photos above were
taken two days after Sweet Pea delivered her second foal. She is such a gorgeous
girl and one of our nicest jennets. Sweet Pea has a beautiful, tiny, wide head
with extra long ears. Her name fits her personality as she is one of the sweetest jennets you will ever meet.
Sweet Pea is now under our barn cam for viewing with our first foal of the season, Sweet Envy.
Sweet
Pea is the dam of the following foals:
1) Wit's
End Hello Poppy, 10/24/07, Dark Brown Jennet;
2) HHAA
Sweet Spotz, 3/18/09, Black & White Spotted Jack;
later sold overseas for $15,000 by his new owners;
3) HHAA Sweet Punch, 4/23/11, Black w/Cross Jennet w/intermediate points;
4) HHAA Sweet Envy, 4/13/13, Very Dark Brown Jennet w/Intermediate nose.
Brasstown Brayer's Black Beauty
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31" Black Jennet w/Cross & Small Star
DOB 7/07/00
MDR #27378
Microchip ID#on file
Sire: Springlake Black Magic, 31½" Smoky Black
Grand Sire: Sky Point Donkeyote, 32½" Dark Brown
Grand Dam: Windcrest Magnolia, 33" Gray-Dun
Dam: Springlake Candy, 32" Brown
Grand Sire: Unnamed Lipps Jack
Grand Dam: Unnamed Lipps Jennet
Click MDR sticker to see Beauty's complete pedigree!
Beauty's name fits her well. She is an exceptional small black jenny with a lovely head.
We are very excited to add Beauty to our herd but very sad that Jane Savage of Flight of Fancy Miniatures has now retired from the miniature donkey business. Jane has been a valuable asset to the miniature donkey world and a wonderful mentor to me. Thank you, Jane, for allowing your best to come and live at Half Ass Acres!
When Beauty arrived she was so much better than I could have ever expected. Plus her personality is as sweet as can be.
Oh, how I love this jennet..she is as sweet as her full sister, Gidget, who we just recently sold to England. I am so happy to be able to replace her with her sister.
Beauty just delivered a dark jack with no light points sired by HHAA Jealous Much on 5/01/13 @ 3:36am. You can see mom and foal now under our barn cam.
Itsy Bitsy Puzzles
Grand National Reserve Champion Jennet
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32" Gray & White Spotted Jennet
DOB 1/03/08
MDR #43268 ~ ACOSA #SA 2394
Microchip ID#on file
Sire:
Happytime
Acres Pep-R-Oni, 30½" Dark Red
Grand Sire: Happytime Acres
Firecracker Red, 32½" Red
Grand Dam: Happytime
Acres Pizzaz, 32" Gray-Dun
Dam: Itsy
Bitsy Lordus, 32½" Gray & White Spotted
Grand Sire: Pope Farm Teaspoon, 33½"
Dark Brown
Grand Dam: Itsy Bitsy Burro Co. Cara, 32½"
Gray & White Spotted
Click MDR sticker to see Puzzle's complete pedigree!
We purchased Puzzles from Itsy Bitsy Burro
Co shortly after her birth. Jerry and Tonnie delivered her to us during the 2008 Great
Celebration Mule & Donkey Show held July 10th thru 12th. Jerry showed her in the NMDA
foal class on Thursday and won 2nd place showing against over 10 other entries. The Wilrich's
had a dog show that Saturday and had to leave so Joe showed Puzzles in the National ACOSA
class and won 2nd in the Two and Under Jennet class and then went on to win Reserve National
Champion Spotted Jennet her second time ever in a show ring and the first time shown by
Joe. We are so very proud of our new little jennet! It was quite an accomplishment for a
six month old baby.
Puzzles has been bred to Bruise for a foal due April 11th of 2013, but was with the jack until 8/10/12. Puzzles is now under our barn cam for viewing and is stabled with her best friend, Ch Ching, in the first stall and paddock. Puzzles definitely started baggin up on 3/16/13 but it then went away which is very common. Puzzles' bag started back up again on 3/29/13. We think she will foal in about four to six weeks.
Click MDR sticker to see Queenie's complete pedigree!
She's
a beauty!! She is compact and square. Just perfect in every way. Thank you to Asta Pinderup
for naming Queenie the perfect name. Asta viewed the birth (which was quite dramatic) at
marestare all the way from Denmark!! Drama Queen is not for sale! Queenie is bff with her full sister, Bee Sting. Photos and videos above were taken on September 6th, 2010, with the help of my great friends, Dena Wilson, Maria and Katie Randall. Queenie is a real ham bone and we are so pleased with her photos!! Queenie has grown 3/4" since her three year old update. We will correct her registration papers very soon.
Queenie has been bred to SparksaFire for a foal due April 4th, 2014.
28½"
Gray Jennet
DOB 7/24/06
MDR #57964
Microchip ID#on file
Sire: Heiken's
Ark Achilles, 27½" Gray
Grand Sire: Ozark Little Red
Ninja, 33¼" Light Red
Grand Dam: DMF Anastasia, 32¼" Gray
Dam:
Engman's Toodles, 31" Gray
Grand Sire: Engman's
Ranger, 29" Gray
Grand Dam: DMF Jerrie, 31" Gray
Click MDR sticker to see Shimmy's complete pedigree.
They
don't come any cuter than this tiny toy tank! Shimmy
was hand bred to Pine
Grove Farm's Peppercorn Jack.
Shimmy has grown one half of an inch since we updated her papers with her height last year. We will update them again soon after we are sure she has stopped growing!
Photos and videos above were taken on October 7th, 2010, three days after foaling her first baby. Thank you to Dena Wilson for her assistance in taking Shimmy's photos.
Shimmy has been hand bred to Heza Brick House for a foal due on April 10th, 2014.
Shimmy is the dam of one foal:
1) HHAA Ten-Four, 10/04/10, gray-dun gelding. (adored mascot at HAA!)
Carousel Garden's Sweet Sensation
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to enlarge)
30¼" Frosted Spotted
White Jennet
DOB 7/08/03
MDR #36295
Microchip ID#on file
Sire: Kritter Korner's D. K. Casper, 31½" White *FSW
Grand Sire: Kritter Korner's February, 31½" Brown & White Spotted
Grand Dam: Kritter Korner's Jackie, 30½" Gray-Dun
Dam:
Adele's Adorable Arabella, 32" Gray-Dun
Grand Sire: Rocky Point Tiny Tim, 32" Gray-Dun
Grand Dam: Adele's Adorable Adelina, 32½" Gray-Dun
Click MDR sticker to see Sweetie's complete pedigree.
Sweetie came to live at Half Ass Acres so she could be reunited with her best friend and half sister, Knock Out. Sweetie has been bred to Black 'n' Blue (Bruise) for a foal due April 14th, 2014.
Body clipped photos & videos of Boo taken on 5/17/11, thanks to Dena Wilson!
Winter time photos & videos of Boo taken on 12/17/09.
31½" Light Gray
& White Spotted Jennet
DOB 9/29/94
MDR #EC13239 ~ ACOSA #SA2623
DNA Typed @ Texas A&M University
Microchip ID#on file
Sire:
Garrett's Cozy Acres Silver Fox, 32¾" Gray
& White Spotted
Grand
Sire: Untraced
Grand Dam: Untraced
Dam:
Shady Acres Muffin, 32¼" Gray-Dun
Grand Sire: Shady
Acres Julio, 29½" Gray-Dun
Grand Dam: Untraced
Click MDR sticker to see Boo's complete pedigree!
Picabo
was owned by our mentors, Ed & Linda Trimnell of Windcrest Acres,
since she was a young foal and Linda considered her to be her best
producing jennet. When Windcrest Acres went out of business due to
health reasons Picabo was sold to Kathy Loudamy at K & K Ranch.
Picabo produced many more champions while owned by Kathy and she would
have never parted with her except that she was the hardest donkey to
catch she had ever encountered. Since Kathy is usually always alone
at the barn she offered her to me since my husband is retired and we
do all of our donkey chores together. I have admired Picabo and her
offspring thoughout all the years I have been involved in donkeys and
I jumped at the chance to own
such a fantastic little spotted donkey. I thought I would have no trouble
training Miss Picabo to easily
be caught.
Day one of owning her: I kept her in a stall and small paddock and
gave her a treat every time I passed her but only if she would allow
me to put the halter on her. I must have repeated this lesson no less
than 50 times that day. Late that afternoon I turned Picabo out in
a larger pasture since I was going to be gone all the next day. About
an hour later I went to her pasture just to see if I could catch her. Well....... she ran like the wind before I
even got within 30' of her!! She was so far away that she could not
have heard me saying 'cookie, cookie' if I had used a megaphone. A
cowboy with a 500' rope could not have lassoed her!! I called Kathy
and told her I wanted my money back. Kathy
promptly told me that Picabo was my 'diet donkey' and she insisted
I keep her so that I would be forced to lose weight. At this rate I
should weigh about
100 lbs
by this time next year. If you are ever this way please stop by for
a visit and help me catch Miss Boo so I can worm her and do her little
hooves occasionally. All help will be so appreciated. Just consider
visiting Picabo and me instead of going to the gym. I will keep you
posted on the continuing saga of "Catch Me If You Can".
"Boo" has
retained her great conformation through nine foals and due to her
refusal to be caught easily. She is square and drafty and she is a
long time producer of show quality donkeys with her same outstanding
build.
Thank you to The Randall Family for their expert assistance in handling Miss Boo during her photo shoot!! Now you can see why I love her even if she is hard to catch sometimes!
Boo has been bred to Bruise for a foal due on April 15th, 2014!
Boo is no longer offered for sale. Someone who loves her is sponsoring her so
that I will keep her and it will be worth the extra trouble that she is to catch!
Windcrest Hoopla
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34" Dark Brown Jennet
DOB: 8/17/01
MDR#31177
Microchip ID#on file
Dam: Pine
Grove Farm's Anise, 31½"Gray-Dun
Grand Sire: Sutherlin's Little Rocky, 32½" Dark Brown
Grand Dam: Pine Grove Farm's Rosebud, 29½" Gray-Dun
Click MDR sticker to see Hoopla's complete pedigree.
Hoopla
is one incredible jennet...her bite is perfect, her legs are perfect, her personality is
perfect. She has a nice, round rear...she is also the sweetest most agreeable thing. Her shiny dark coat takes your breath away
in the summertime. She is sired by Sunset
Acres Hoops, a small, stocky true black jack with no visible cross, and she
is a granddaughter of Circle
C Black Russian. Her pedigree is very long and impressive.
Here is a headshot taken of Hoopla as a yearling.....check out those long ears!!! We owned Hoopla long ago as a foal and we wanted her back since we had sold all of our taller jennets when we were not showing. We have regretted that decision since we feel the taller jennets are usually better producers of performance donkeys. Hoopla has been bred to Jealous Much on April 17th, 2013, and we are hoping for a dark spotted show prospect as the offspring so Dena can finally have her dream show gelding.
Hoopla is the dam of the following foals:
1) Fleur de Lys Madeleine, 10/02/06, spotted jennet;
2) Fleur de Lys Tessa, 6/01/09, red jennet.
Sunset Acres Junebug
Champion Producer
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32½"
Black Jennet w/Cross & NLP
DOB 6/01/97
MDR #28305
Microchip ID#on file
Sire: Circle C Little Motown, 35
1/8" Black w/Cross
Grand Sire: Smith
Herd Oats, Light Red
Grand Dam: Smith Herd Mandy, Brown
Dam: Sunset Acres Zelda, 32"
Black w/Cross, NLP
Grand Sire: B.J. Smokey,
30" Gray-Dun
Grand Dam: Tater's Brighty, 32" Gray-Dun
Click MDR sticker to see Junie's complete pedigree!
We
are thrilled to add Junebug to our herd. She is built like our ideal donkey.
She was Linda Trimnell's very favorite donkey and the very last one she sold
when she dispersed her herd due to health reasons. We are flattered that
she let Junebug come to live at Half Ass Acres. Please, please don't tell the other donkeys but Junebug is my personal favorite! Junebug has been bred to Heza Brick House for a foal due 4/21/14.
Dam: Gladybrooke
Glorianna, 31" Very Dark Brown
Grand Sire:
Gladybrooke Skip, 29" Dark Brown
Grand Dam: Heighmah's
Chloe, 32" Gray-Dun
Click the MDR sticker to see Sailor's complete pedigree.
Sailor is stocky, correct, and so very, very tiny! She measures less than 31" tall every time we measure her. Sailor is a full sister to Bedazzled and Ma Bell.
Sailor is home from Kathy's
after three months of intensive training. She is now a perfect little lady and
will trot beside you on command, side pass, back, etc. Money well spent. Sailor
was shown at two shows while she was away and she placed 5th and 4th in her two
classes and was a perfect little lady. We are very proud of our little Sailor.
Thank you, Kathy, for a job well done! Photos above were taken on October 14th,
2008. Didn't Kathy do a great job of getting Sailor into show condition! Sailor
did not really 'get into' being a show donkey. She is too laid back. You wouldn't
believe how hard it was to get her ears and head up for her new photos. That's
ok...she can live out her life here being nothing but a mom to her beautiful
babies!
Sailor has been bred to Jealous Much for a foal due May 6th, 2014.
Sailor is the dam of one foal:
(1) HHAA Smalls, 5/11/10, dark brown & white spotted jack. (Herd sire in Canada!)
29½" Light
Red Jennet w/Star
DOB 5/05/09
Birth Height: 20¾" ~ Birth Weight: 23 lbs.
MDR #57922
Microchip ID#on file
Sire: Sunset
Acres Matchless, 31" Dark Red
Grand Sire: MGF
RJ, 32" Dark Red
Grand Dam: MGF Venus Double Delight, 32" Light
Red
Dam: Sunset
Acres Lady Slipper, 31" Light Red w/Star
Grand Sire: Hedrick's JJ, 31" Light Red
Grand Dam: Bell E Acres Red Jubilee,
32½" Red
Click MDR sticker to see Nitie's complete pedigree!
We
were so thrilled to add this wonderful jennet to our future herd
jennet band. Her dam, Lady
Slipper, has been one of my favorite jennets
for several years and we were finally able to talk Jane Savage at
Flight of Fancy Miniatures into letting us have them both. They are everything we could hope for. The
Miniature Donkey Registry notified us that Pink Nitie's
name was too long for the new 30 limit rules so her name is now FOF
Aphroditie's Pink Nitie.
This jennet is so very small that we are waiting until she is four years of age to add her to our brood jennet band. She will be bred to SparksaFire this spring for a foal due in 2014. Update! Pink Nitie has been bred to Sparks for an April 27th foal next year!
HHAA Be Dazzled
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30¼" Dark Brown
Jennet w/NLP
DOB: 5/17/03
Birth Height: 20¼"
MDR #35528
Microchip ID#on file
Dam: Gladybrooke
Glorianna, 31" Very Dark Brown
Grand Sire:
Gladybrooke Skip, 29" Dark Brown
Grand Dam: Heighmah's
Chloe, 32" Gray-Dun
Click the MDR sticker to see Bee's complete pedigree.
Bee was sold as a yearling in 2004 and we were happy to welcome her back to Half Ass Acres in August of 2010. Bee is a full sister to Ma Bell, Hey Sailor and Miss HiFalutin. She is a half sister to Paper Tyger.
A big, big 'Thank You' to Dena Wilson who assisted me in Bee's photo shoot in 100 degree weather and never complained! You are a true friend, Dena, and I really appreciate you!
Bee had not had a foal since 2009 for her previous owners. We thought she was a barren jennet and purchased her back just to give her a forever home. She was with Napoleon from 4/22/11 thru 4/27/11. Bee was tested safe in foal by an exterior ultra-sound by a veterinarian on 3/20/12.
Bee has now been bred to Jealous Much for a foal due April 29th, 2014!
Bee is the dam of the following foals:
(1) LN Vu Daz, 2006, black jack;
(2) LN Deja Dazzler, 2007, black jack;
(3) LN Dazzle T, 2008, black jennet;
(4) LN Dazzlerie, 8/12/09, dark gray w/nlp jennet.
(5) HHAA Lady Like, 5/08/12, spotted jennet w/apron face & nlp.
Click here to
see more photos of Be Dazzled as a youngster!
Carousel Garden's Im'a Knock Out
(Click photos
to enlarge)
32¾"
White Jennet
DOB 3/30/03
MDR #36296
Microchip ID#on file
Sire: Kritter Korner's D. K. Casper, 31½" White *FSW
Grand Sire: Kritter Korner's February, 31½" Brown & White Spotted
Grand Dam: Kritter Korner's Jackie, 30½" Gray-Dun
Dam:
Heltzel Mini Farm Norey Ann, 32" Gray-Dun
Grand Sire: Heltzel Mini Farm Morey, 30" Dark Brown
Grand Dam: Heltzel Mini Farm Annie, 32" Gray-Dun
Click MDR sticker to see Knock Out's complete pedigree.
Knock Out just arrived at Half Ass Acres in May 2012 and we could not be more pleased with her. A big 'thank you' to Jerry and Tonnie Wilrich at Itsy Bitsy Burro Co. in La Grange, Texas for allowing Knock Out to come to live at Half Ass Acres! What a sweetheart she is!! Photos and videos were taken on May 14th, 2012.
Hissy Fit photographed above one day after body clipping. She will turn
back to bright red in a few weeks as she is in the unclipped photo below.
(Click photo to enlarge)
29½" Very Dark
Vivid Red Jennet w/Faint Star
DOB 6/05/09 @ 9:11 am
Birth Height: 20¼" ~ Birth Weight: 21 lbs
MDR #57874
Microchip ID#on file
Click MDR sticker to see Hissy's complete pedigree!
Our
foaling season this year has been awesome. With each birth we seem
to have been blessed with unique and absolutely gorgeous foals.
This is Felina’s second baby, her first, Radiance, is now a Junior
Herd Sire here at Half Ass Acres.
Hissy looks exactly like her brother, Ray, except she only has a few
tiny hairs for a star and Ray has a large star. In fact, she looks so
much like him that we would have named her Red Ray if we had not already
used that name.
On June 5th, 2009 Felina started the day out as if she was in early labor
and was placed in a stall. That did not make her happy so as she continued
showing more and more signs of labor we moved her to the birthing
stall. She paced, and paced, and was very agitated to be so confined.
We were unable to put her buddy in the next stall because we had filled
that stall with hay a few days before. I went in her stall to sit with
her and if I tried to leave she threw a fit. Those watching on Mare Stare
were talking about how unhappy she seemed to be and wondered what was
taking place. One person sent me this text message, “Felina is
so spoiled, she even has to have her mom in the delivery room with her.What
a hissy fit she is throwing!" That is when we knew what we would
name this precious new baby.
New photos and videos were taken on 10/05/10, with the help of my great friend, Dena. They were taken on 5/05/12 one day after we body clipped Hissy. She will turn back to her normal deep, dark , vivid red in a few weeks. This jennet will not be added to our brood jennet band until she is four years of age. Hissy Fit has been bred to SparksaFire for a foal due May 6th, 2014.
Knotty
was born on 9/11 and we named her Forget Me Not in honor of the people
who were lost on that date. Knotty was sold as a weanling and we just recently purchased her back from her owners who were having health problems. We are delighted to have another Pepper daughter in our herd. Knotty has been exposed to Jealous Much for a foal due May 13th, 2014.
Sunset Acres Monet´
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32" Black
Jennet w/NLP
DOB 9/04/07
MDR #52003
Microchip ID#on file
Dam: Sunset
Acres Zelda, 32" Black w/Cross, NLP
Grand
Sire: B.J. Smokey, 30" Gray-Dun
Grand Dam: Tater's
Brighty, 32" Gray-Dun
Click MDR sticker to see Monet's complete pedigree!
Monet´
is a half sister to our number one favorite jennet, Junebug, so we just had to have her. Monet' is just as beautiful as her sister. She has the same
short, wide head and super soft nose. She is going to grow up to be even more beautiful than Junebug...if that is possible! Photos and videos above taken June 1st, 2010. Monet' is too closely related to Bruise and Jealous Much so we have had her with Brick all summer trying to get her in foal but Brick just is not mature enough to get the job done this year. We will try again this spring when the weather is warm again.
Update! Monet has been hand bred to Brick on 5/22/13, for a foal due in May of 2014.
30½" Black Jennet w/NLP & Star
DOB 5/25/06
Birth Height: 20½"
MDR #48798
Microchip ID#on file
Sire:
Circle C Main Event, 32½" Black w/Star (Halter Champ)
Grand Sire: MGF
Future Link, 32" Black w/Star (Halter Champion)
Grand Dam: Soderglen's Queenie, 32" Black
Click MDR sticker to see Stardance's complete pedigree.
We fell in love with Stardance when we were in Texas visiting Itsy
Bitsy Burro Co and we just had to have her. She is just as sweet as she
is beautiful! Stardance stays black all year round. She doesn't turn brown even
when left out in the sun! The photos above were taken in November 2011, straight out of the pasture in her shaggy winter coat. She is black as coal in the summertime or when body clipped. She is measuring well under 30½" tall as well! We will take new photos and videos next spring after we body clip her.
Stardance was bred to Jealous Much for a foal due July 25th of 2013, but she does not appear to be in foal...time will tell.
Stardance is the dam of one foal:
1) Tiny Dancer, Dark Spotted Jennet, DOB 7/20/10- DOD 8/02/10
