Birth Announcement!!

[Bayard]

Guess what we woke up to this morning? Baby miniature donkey! We just thought mama Wendy was getting way too fat. Guess daddy Roy got the job done before we had him gelded.

Naming her Piper. Her full sister is Scout.

[Ohiogal]

1. Oh how adorable!

I love donkeys!

[sprinkleeninow]

2. I want one! 🤗

[Merlot]

3. Piper is adorable! What a great suprise to wake up to.

Apparently baby donkeys come out rairing to go, unlike kittens.

[mobeau69]

4. Piper is on of Palin's grandchild. I give that name a second thought.

[tblue37]

6. No, Piper is her youngest daughter. nt

[mobeau69]

10. Yikes! Even worse. nt

[progressoid]

18. No, Piper is Billie Piper.

AKA Rose Tyler of Doctor Who fame...






Or maybe Piper Laurie of Twin Peaks and Carrie fame...

[KT2000]

5. Congrats!!

Just adorable - and what a nice surprise!

[LisaM]

7. I hereby rename DU Donkey Underground

In honor of this momentous occasion.

[Leghorn21]

8. If I woke up to a new baby miniature donkey one fine morning I would just...well, Id

HAVE A COW!!!

Congrats to you and Mama Wendy whose weight gain FOOLED TF OUTTA YOU, Bayard!!!

Please give baby big hugs from DUville!!!

[LisaM]

9. I know, I'd be happy too.

I have nowhere to put a real donkey so I have a stuffed one
His name is Sam Wainwright. Hee haw!

[ailsagirl]

11. HOW CUTE!!!!!!!!!

[kimmylavin]

12. What an adorable surprise!

Congratulations to Mama Wendy.

[american_ideals]

13. Crazy that 1 day old donkeys can stand

So cute. Congrats

[Heartstrings]

14. Too sweet! nt

[BobTheSubgenius]

15. Beyond cute!

Friends of mine used to have miniature horses, and pygmy goats. Cutest little farm you ever saw. The goats, full-grown, were about the size of a small border collie.

[Duppers]

16. Adorable is the right word.

We all agree, Piper's adorable.

Congrats again, my friend.

Please post more pics of her as she grows.

[catbyte]

17. What an awesome and adorable surprise! What a wonderful little family.

[colorado_ufo]

19. Awwwwwww!

[Roland99]

20. 1...2...3.... Awwwwww

[calimary]

21. Yay!!!!! Happy news!

Mighty cute happy news, at that!

[question everything]

22. Aww... Can't think of a better way to celebrate Spring

when the snow is finally receding

[DesertRat]

23. Awww!

[ToxMarz]

24. Congratulations and condolences to Roy.

[BumRushDaShow]

25. Wow.

That's a big baby!

Congrats to you and the mom!

[renate]

26. OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG

They are both too adorable for words!!!

Congratulations!!!

[rocktivity]

27. You didn't know she was pregnant? You had no reason to believe she was pregnant?

Last edited Sun Apr 22, 2018, 10:51 PM - Edit history (2)

The grandparents ARE always the last to know. Well, she's sure made an ass out of you guys...but at least you know who the father is...


rocktivity

[Maraya1969]

28. How adorable!!!!

[Lunabell]

29. Beautiful!

Thank you for posting. The cuteness is to die for. Congratulations!

[Bayard]

30. More Piper Pics

Piper is a rambunctious baby. She'll boing boing boing around, then come back to eat. She has discovered that petting and scritchies are wonderful, and has started following me around some--much to mama Wendy's dismay.

These pics don't really show how tiny she is. I'm thinking about 40 lbs-- a third the size of one of my dogs. Vet is coming Tue. to give both of them tetanus shots.

Weird thing about all this.....I lost my last Pygmy goat last week. She was pretty ancient. A few days later, and Piper is born. As the old saying goes, in the midst of death, there is life.

Thanks for all the well-wishes!

[raven mad]

31. How absolutely adorable!

[Neema]

32. That's achingly cute.

OMG, I love donkeys anyway, but baby miniature donkeys?!! Come on! I can't take it!

[csziggy]

33. Piper is adorable!

Glad mama had an easy delivery and the baby is doing great.

[femmocrat]

34. So cute!

Thanks for sharing. Brightens up a dreary morning!

Our neighbor had three donkeys.... they were very sweet.

[Duppers]

35. Folks, show some Love for Bayard. She lost Piper...

For baby Piper.

🌈 for baby donkey.

[haele]

36. Oh, so sorry. For you and the baby.

It looked as if she was a happy baby with a happy momma.

Haele

[Rhiannon12866]

37. Oh, I am so terribly sorry! What an adorable baby...

[MissMillie]

38. what an ass! (pun, of course)

Welcome to the family, Piper!

[Bayard]

39. Sorry to say,

We are now losing Piper's 2 yr. old sister, Scout, to the same thing today. Vet's can't figure out what's going on, even the specialist. Everyone has the proper vaccinations. It is probably a rare form of botulism, that has no vaccination. The really evil thing about botulism is it slowly creeps up their body with paralysis, until it cuts off their respiration.

We are devastated. Trying to decide if we should move the parents to another pen, in case there is something in the soil there.