For some of us a very l..o..n..g… day. Been up every hour checking on Fancy Face, our miniature donkey getting ready to foal, at least we hope so soon! Got up to check on her and she’s down and stayed down. She had contractions yesterday, maybe her baby was turning. It’s now 4:01 and she is up eating and looks fine. Wish I could go back to sleep but since I’m getting up and down so much why bother, most donkeys ( at least I’ve read this) have their babies at night or early morning hours so ( YAWN) guess I’ll stay up! This will be our first mini donkey to be born here at our farm. If it’s a girl we will keep her, if it’s a boy, we already have a waiting list of buyers. It is quite and ordeal just getting to the barn during the night to check on her, as I go out the back door Iam greeted by at least two of our four cats. I try to go down by the light of the barn light because if the donkeys in the other pasture see you they start yelling up a storm. I’m sure our neighbors just love that! Usually Fancy just looks at me as if to say “You again, what’s up?” If she hungry, and she’s always hungy these days she lets out a yell or two if I’m not fast enough giving her a snack. I think she has me well trained. LOL. I usually don’t turn on the barn lights as not to wake the other 8 llamas, 2 donkeys and 7 goats who stay in that barn with her. it’s a really big barn with room to spare. I try not to get the dogs up in the garage barking either. It’s always an adventure here. I am always walked down to the barn and back by Max and Olivia. Olivia is the cat pictured on the top of this page and she and Max are the favorite’s here at the farm. They have the sweetest, most loving personalities. When we first brought Max here from the other farm he disappeared for over two months ( after just a week here) and everyday we searched and went to animal control to look for him. We had adds and poster everywhere here. We were beside ourselves, Sara and Matt especially. One day, here is Max sitting on the back porch, saying hello! Someone nearby must have thought they found a wonderful cat and kept him indoors because he looked great. Max doesn’t go too far now from home. Time to go back to the barn. Be back soon.
