The gestation period is 11.5 to 13 months insuring a prospective breeder a more stable market due to limited numbers. The investment potential is very attractive, assuming you can part with them. Gray-dun is the predominate color, but miniatures can be found in black, brown, spotted, and sorrel. But there are many things that we have enjoyed doing with our donkeys. They are easy to train to lead and pull a cart.
Donkeys bring families together, children with parents, grandchildren with grandparents.
They teach us that family play time is more fun than TV or playing video games. We learn to relax as we laugh and observe their comic ways. They open a door to a magical and joyful world that we would never have entered without them. The best answer to that difficult question is found in the response one new miniature owner gave us. At last word, they are doing both.