Rural Gardening: I have a donkey question, 1 by terri_emory

terri_emory wrote:
About two years ago we accepted three rescued donkeys. They were in good health and we had a "free range" dog pack problem. The jack immediately went to work and now we rarely see a stange dog on our property and the coyotes have been staying clear too. Well, our little herd grew to six and we gave the two jacks to an acquaintance who has the same problem at his place. His future wife is terrified of coyotes and is very happy to have the two guys. We now have two jennies with babies.

My question is: How old does the baby jack need to be before I call out the vet to geld him? We have a vet in the area, and his receptionist says he does geld donkeys but she doesn't know how old the little has to be. I'm sure several of you have donkeys and Dave's is the first place I thought of when I hung up the phone from that call. Does anywone know?

Here's a photo of my youngest baby. Her momma didn't want her at first, but I convinced her and now both are out on the pasture and doing well.