Some of the Donkeys Who have Called Our Tiny Farm "home"

 

Over the years we have had many donkeys on the farm; up to six at a time.

The two photos above are of Wilma and Clara. They were the oldest donkeys and lived here for about four years. Recently they moved to a farm near Edneyville, NC.

The photo above is of Faith, the mother, and her newborn, Corey Love. They now live with Faith's daughter, Hope, on a farm nearby.

This photo is of Pickles and Waffles. And this past summer they moved to Washington State!

Temporary Donkey Home Available in Western NC

 

If you have always wanted a mini-donkey but don't have a place to keep it temporarily, it might be a good fit at Our Tiny Farm in Henderson county, NC. Miniature donkeys are preferred, but we will consider standards (we have had several here before). 

We are a very small farm and give our donkeys lots of attention throughout the day. We put on fly masks and grazing muzzles (if needed) each morning, carefully weigh out hay, use slow-feeders, and bring everyone into the paddock close to the house each night.

Temporary Home for Your Donkey

 

This doesn't happen very often, but we will have room for two donkeys, probably in late spring. Two of our donkeys are moving away and our donkeys are happiest in a six member herd. If you have donkeys and they need a home, or if you have wanted to own donkeys but don't have your own place to keep them, here is your opportunity. We are located in Henderson County, North Carolina. Contact us through the Contact Us tab in the right side bar, or email us at ourtinyfarmnc@gmail.com.

Our mini-donkeys are stars in this video!

 

Multi-talented book author, blogger, podcaster, and videographer, Laura Camby McCaskill, came to visit us on Our Tiny Farm last summer. She creates wonderful videos on animals, especially those in rescue and sanctuary situations. She heard about our "mini-donkey visit fundraiser" for Veterans Healing Farm and asked if she could do a video on Our Tiny Farm. Of course I said yes, so here is a link to her wonderful video on our donkeys which was released on November 1:

As for those donkey visits, our plan was to offer them as an agritourism business, but it has been a real learning experience on what all that entails. Structuring the business, finding affordable insurance, figuring out how to fit this into our already busy lives, and crunching the numbers to make sure it can be profitable for us but affordable for our guests has been a big effort. So, we are not ready for paying guests! I will let you know if we decide to move forward with it as a business.

 

 

Pause in the Mini-Donkey Visits

 

The mini-donkey visit fundraiser we held last spring for the Veterans Healing Farm was a HUGE success, and now we want to consider making mini-donkey visits a real farm business. But we quickly learned that we weren't really prepared to do that. Presently we are working with a local Small Business Center to structure a business and with our insurance company to provide appropriate coverage for our farm and our visitors. Once we are able to accept paying visitors, if we decide to go that route, we will post it here, on our Facebook page, and on our Google Business page. Thank you for your patience.

Plan a Visit with the Miniature Donkeys-A Fundraiser for Veterans Healing Farm

 

The mini-donkey visit fundraiser is over and we are not currently accepting reservations.

The mini-donkey fundraiser for VETERANS HEALING FARM raised $1,650! It was so successful that we are now considering making it a permanent part of our farm. We need a little time to work out the business, tax, and insurance end of things and will let you know as soon as we have made a decision. Thanks for your support!

Visiting the Donkeys

 

In response to the lovely article in AVL Today about our donkeys, we need to set some times and rules for visiting the donkeys. Please keep in mind, that we are just offering this as a fundraiser for Veterans Healing Farm and educational opportunity on Our Tiny Farm. We are in the beta testing phase to see if this is a good fit for us and the donkeys in the long run.

Presently, we will welcome visitors on Wednesday afternoons and Saturdays only (with the exception of these Saturdays: March 19th, May 14th, May 21st, June 25, July 23, Sept. 24th and the month of October). You must make an appointment at least one day in advance! Please contact us through the contact form in the right sidebar or through ourtinyfarmnc@gmail.com. We might schedule several groups together but will try to not have more than five or six people here at a time. Visits are for an hour.

Dress for being outdoors and on a farm. We do not have a public restroom (we will handle urgent needs, but try to use the restroom before you arrive). Safety is our primary obligation to you and the donkeys, so we will assess each visitor situation to determine how best to have you interact with the donkeys. For example, if you have young children, we will probably separate the donkeys and let the children visit with one donkey on a halter and lead. There are electric fences, poop, mud, dust, and everything else that you would expect to encounter on a farm. There will be hand sanitizer, and a washing station when its warm enough, available that you will be asked to use; especially the children. Please do not feed the donkeys anything except what we provide to you. If it rains, we will meet in the barn. 

Currently we are requesting $10 per visitor which will be donated to Veterans Healing Farm.