Miniature Donkey Brood Jennets at Ravenwood Farm in Hartsville, Indiana.

Our Brood Jennets

In 2002 we adopted a "Jennets First" breeding program. Our jennets are now not bred until they are mature adults of about 4 years and are only bred every 2 to 3 years.

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"Windcrest Foxy Lily"

32" Spotted Jennet
D.O.B. 3/01/96

Sire: Garrett's Lazy Acres Silver Fox, 32.75" Spotted
Dam: Windcrest Lily, 32.75" Gray-Dun

Foxy gets her 32" height honestly since both her parents are around 32" tall. A very stocky spot with a great rear who passes it on to her progeny. She has produced three herd sire quality jacks the past three foals:

Fabian in 1999.

Ravenwood Dakota in 2001.

Ravenwood Cherokee in 2002.

Foxy and Zeus II produced a great jennet foal, Ravenwood Victoria, in 2004.

Ravenwood Skye, blue roan jennet in 2006.

miniature donkey brood jennet, Ravenwood Brown Sugar (8260 bytes)

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"Ravenwood Brown Sugar"

33" Brown Jennet
D.O.B. 6/5/99

Sire: Ravenwood Pancho Villa, 31" Brown
Dam: Sha-let's Swiss Miss

Sugar has overall balance in her proportions and has straight legs with a stocky build. Sugar foaled Ravenwood Anna on 7/24/02, sired by Flight of Fancy Logan. On April 1st, 2005, Sugar foaled a brown jack with a star, Ravenwood Omega Star, sired by LA Wilber.

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"Ravenwood Silver Dollar"

32.5" Gray-Dun Jennet
D.O.B. 4/12/99

Sire: Ravenwood Pancho Villa, 31" Brown
Dam: Sha-let's Shiny Nickel

Dollar has an excellent topline and has the straight stocky legs and build to make an excellent brood jennet. She was not bred until she was 4 years old and foaled at five years of age.
She had a dark brown jack, Ravenwood Sawyer, in 2004. She had a gray-dun jack, Ravenwood Houdini, in 2005.

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"Highland Meadows Whinney"

DOB 6/20/93
33.5" Gray-Dun Jennet

Sire: Clark Gable, 33" Gray-Dun
Dam: Highland Meadows Peanuts, 35.5" Brown
Grand Sire: SFP Tuffy, 33" Gray-Dun

Whinney has good rear width and produces very good foals.

Her 2001 foal is a gray-dun jennet named Highland Meadows Princess.

Her 2003 foal is a gray/brown jack named Ravenwood Buckwheat.

Her 2005 foal is a gray-dun jennet named Ravenwood Josie.

Her 2007 foal is a light sorrel jack named Ravenwood Don Diego.

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"Ravenwood Cheyenne"

Slate/Gray Jennet
D.O.B. 4/29/2001
Birth Height 23"

Sire: LA Wilber, 32.25" Dark Gray
Great Grand Sire: EA Toby, a beautiful BLACK jack

Dam: Highland Meadows Esther, 33.5" Smoky Black

Cheyenne has a steel gray color with a lot of muscle. She is out of two show winners and Susie's pet jenny so she will stay at Ravenwood. Cheyenne has been bred to Zeus II for a spring 2007 foal.

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Cheyenne has won Model Donkey 1 time

She produced Ravenwood Wyoming in 2007.

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"Windcrest Miss Callie"

32.5" Gray/White Spotted Jennet
DOB 4/26/95

Sire: Zeus II, 33" Brown
      Grand Sire: L (Lipps) Zeus, 31.5" Brown
      Grand Dam: Unnamed Miniature, 34" Dark Brown

Dam: Clear View Farms Sissy, 32" Gray/White Spotted
     Grand Sire: Clear View Farm's Pepsi Pop, 30.5" Gray-Dun
      Grand Dam: Clear View Farm's Sonata, 32.5" Brown/White Spot

Callie is a small spot with great conformaton from our Sr. herd sire, Zeus ll. .

Callie foaled a red roan spotted jack, Ravenwood Chief Quanah, May 24th, 2006.

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"Highland Meadows Princess"

Gray-Dun Jennet
D.O.B. 9/10/01

Sire: Ravenwood Pancho Villa, 31" Brown
Dam: Highland Meadows Whinney, 33.5" Gray-Dun

Princess is a very correct jennet that has that good rear from both her parents. She has a sweet personality and is very gentle and loving. Princess has been bred to Zeus II for a spring 2007 foal.

In 2007 she produced Ravenwood Phoenix.

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"Ravenwood Patsy"

DOB 4/29/93
33" Gray-Dun Jennet

Sire: Big John
Dam: Ethel
Patsy has produced some very dark and spotted foals. In 2000 she produced Ravenwood Cynthiana, who we retained in our brood jennet herd. In 2003 she produced a very dark colorful jennet, Ravenwood Apache. Two years before in 2001 she produced a nice spotted jennet, Ravenwood Whitney.
In 2006 she had a red roan jennet, Ravenwood Polly.
In 2008 she had a light red jack, Ravenwood Jag.

Patsy has good proportion and great hindquarters.

~ Our Future Brood Jennets ~

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"Ravenwood Victoria"

Light Sorrel
D.O.B. 7/05/2004
Birth Height 21.5"

Sire: Zeus II, 33" Dark Brown/Red
      Grand Sire: Zeus, 31.5" Brown
      Grand Dam: Zena, 34" Dark Brown

Dam: Windcrest Foxy Lily, 32" Gray-Dun Spot
      Grand Sire: Garrett's Lazy Acres Silver Fox, 32.75" Spotted
      Grand Dam: Windcrest Lily, 32.75" Gray-Dun

Blue ribbon winner and Reserve Model Donkey at the Montgomery County Show!

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"La Bahia Trail Consuela"

30" Dark Brown
D.O.B. 3/02/2005

Sire: I.B. 1/2 Teaspoon, 30.5" Dark Brown
      Grand Sire: Pope Farm Teaspoon, 33.5" Dark Brown
      Grand Dam: Lucy, 30.25" Gray

Dam: Sunset Acres Contessa, 33.25" Brown
      Grand Sire: R&D Cinder
      Grand Dam: E.N.E. Martini, 33" Dark Gray

Consuela has a very sweet and loving personallity to go along with her great conformation. We expect beautiful foals when bred to our herdsires. She was Model Donkey at Coldwater, Michigan and Reserve Model Jennet at the Kentucky Mule & Donkey Championship Show.

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"Ravenwood Athena"

Dark Red Bay Jennet
D.O.B. 3/24/2005
Birth Height 23"

Sire: Zeus II, 33" Dark Brown/Red/Bay
      Grand Sire: Zeus, 31.5" Brown
      Grand Dam: Zena, 34" Dark Brown

Dam: Ravenwood Sabrina, 34.5" Smokey Black
      Grand Sire: L.A. Wilber, 32.25" Dark Gray-Dun
      Grand Dam: J&S Sarah, 33" Gray-Dun

A dark red bay jennet that we expect to produce dark foals when she is mature and bred. She is a good conformation jennet that likes lots of love and attention.

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"Ravenwood Skye"

31.5" Blue Roan
D.O.B. 6/20/2006

Sire: Zeus II, 32.5" Brown
      Grand Sire: Zeus, 31.5" Brown
      Grand Dam: Zena, 34" Dark Brown

Dam: Windcrest Foxy Lilly, 32" Spotted
      Grand Sire: Garrett's Lazy Acres Silver Fox, 32.75" Spotted
      Grand Dam: Windcrest Lilly, 32.75" Gray-Dun

Skye is another beautiful jennet from L Zeus ll and our great producing jennet, Windcrest Foxy. She has a beautiful deep hindquarter and topline. She has been first in her class at numerous shows and was Reserve Model Jennet at the Kentucky State Mule and Donkey Championship Show.

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Ravenwood Farm
Jerry & Susie Patterson
6128 S. 1100 W.
Hartsville, Indiana 47244
Telephone: 812-546-6128

Email: donkeys@hsonline.net