Description

Our donkey is called a Jerusalem donkeys so-named because of the dark cross on their shoulders and back (with reference to Jesus riding a donkey to the crucifixion).

Size ~ 15 hands

Weight – 500 lb

Primary Use – Guardian and Pet

Characteristics – Calm, stoical, and protective

“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your king is coming to you;
He is just and endowed with salvation,
Humble, and mounted on a donkey,
Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.” -Zechariah 9:9

Miniature Donkey

Name: Rocket

Description

There are approximately 10,000 of these donkeys in the U.S. today. They have been bred carefully over many generations for size, disposition, and conformation to certain bodily traits. Size is the defining breed trait. An adult miniature donkey cannot measure more than 36 inches tall, measured from the highest point of the withers.

Size ~ 9 hands

Weight – 200 to 400 lb

Primary Use – Guardian and Pet

Characteristics – Calm, stoical, and protective

“Do not be like the horse or the mule, which have no understanding but must be controlled by bit and bridle or they will not come to you” -Psalm 32:9

Hinny

Name: Domino

Description

The hinny is the offspring of a stallion and a jenny or female donkey, and is thus the reciprocal cross to the more common mule foaled by a jack (male donkey) out of a mare. Like the mule, the hinny displays hybrid vigor

Size ~ 13 hands

Weight – 300 to 800 lb

Primary Use – Guardian and Pet

Characteristics – Calm, stoical, and protective

“Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold your King is coming to you, gentle, and mounted on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden” -Matthew 21:5