THE ELMS FARM is pleased to offer quality, registered miniature Mediterranean donkeys for breeding, show, pets, companions, driving or just for enjoyment.  Let us show you how a mini donkey can improve your life.  We hope you will consider us as your source for miniature donkeys.

WE CONCENTRATE ONLY ON MINIATURE DONKEYS

We have reduced the size of our herd and now have two breeding programs. We have a small group of black and dark spotted jennets to breed for black and white spotted donkeys. Our other program is breeding wooly donkeys, with the goal of improving the quality of the long haired trait, and increasing the time that the wooly donkeys express the trait. Currently, many wooly donkeys do not maintain the trait into adulthood. In addition, in general, the wooly lines are closely related. We have spent some years developing our out-cross blood lines with the wooly trait and the sought after longevity, to breed to our wooly jennets.

Our breed stock has been carefully selected after studying each donkey’s conformation, pedigree, color, disposition, and hair quality. This allows us to work with genetically desirable donkeys, representing strong, unrelated, diverse pedigrees. Each mating is carefully planned to strengthen the genetics contributed by the parents. Using this approach, we strive to continually improve the miniature donkey breed.

We have selected a very genetically diverse herd to work with. This diversity in bloodlines allows us to select the jennet and jack to improve conformation and produce the most desirable colors. Our vision is to breed donkeys with straight legs, square and balanced builds, well muscled, with perfect teeth. Temperament is important, and our donkeys are gentle and friendly. We are working towards this goal primarily with rich colors of brown, sorrel and black.