La Drôme Donkeys

31/05/2026

🔵Ce soir, la pleine lune bleue va tout changer pour ces 4 signes astrologiques 😱 🌔 👇Voir plus

31/05/2026

Nata, the jealous unicorn, has had enough of those baby Baudet du Poitou cousins getting all the attention !

Do you think Nata is beautiful, too???

The Trait Poitivin is also critically endangered. You can support her project by booking a holiday in one of our gîtes, donating or becoming a Patreon Sponsor. Thankyou for following and caring.

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31/05/2026

Et la jalouse Nata licorne ne supporte plus d'être ignorée suite aux 2 naissances des cousines Baudet du Poitou !



La Drôme Donkeys

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30/05/2026

Hard work at the mo, with 2 foals being kept apart but just next door. Various medications for the foals and constant poo picking ....
With the others in 2 different places...
And the gîtes. And it's so hot, even at night.

It is all worthwhile to see baby Quilla on the move.

Quincelle, 4 weeks old, looks enormous already!
These Baudet du Poitous fedons grow in front of your eyes!!!

Could not feel more thankful but after over 2 months of surveilling one or another.... I just need some sleep!!!!

Please support this Poitou Preservation Passion by booking a stay in one of our gîtes, donating or becoming a Patreon donkey godparent. Thankyou for following and caring ❤❤

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30/05/2026

Anissou du Vern présente sa dernière fille, Quilla de Barret, par le brave Acredite des Genets....

Née minuit entre le 24 et 25 mai, le lundi de Pentecôte.

Quilla veut dire plume et aussi la Déesse de la Lune...

Elle était née avec les jambes trés longues mais très fine et pas de muscles ..... elle a pris presque 3 jours pour apprendre comment se lèver. Encore elle se lève par les genoux comme une vache mais elle arrive et elle est curieuse, saute et trotte!

Elle grinçait depuis sa naissance donc la Véto a prescrit Kéal et Pepticure pour une semaine, une ulcère gastrique ... et très rapidement elle allait mieux. Plus un syringe de vitamines chaque jour cette semaine...

Le syringue de colostrum à la naissance aide bien et elle tétait seule dans ube heure et demie sauf on a dû le mettre débout. Les fédons ont toujours mal a têter et le syringue aide les bons réflexes pour mâcher et avaler, je trouve. Plus 2 biberons du colostrum de mère et ça donne du temps pour l'apprendre têter plus tranquillement.

La mise-bas était vraiment facile, Anissou va bien et elle est tellement fière de sa belle.Colostrum testé avec Snapfoal, bon.
Anissou est la Matriarche du groupe, incroyablement intelligente et gentille.

Acredite et Anissou était vraiment proche et je suis certaine qu'il surveille ses deux dernières merveilles de son étoile.

Anissou et Acredite sont rare génétiquement donc cette belle va bien aider sa race...

Anissou a 2 filles nées ici. Quilla et la belle Lumière.

Encore une semaine compliquée mais quelle joie sur 4 sabots et quel cadeau merveilleux, Quincelle et Quilla.

On ne sait jamais comment ça va finir avec le Baudet du Poitou. Jamais. Malgré tout ce qu'on fait...Donc je suis très consciente de cette bonne chance.

Merci Anissou et Kismet... surtout merci tellement, Acredite, mon beau.



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29/05/2026

Awwww.....

There are bonds that don’t end… even when everything else already has.

She is asleep. The world around her has gone quiet. But somewhere between silence and dreams, doors open — the kind you never see during the day. And that’s where they come back… the ones who are no longer here, yet never truly left.

He doesn’t knock. He doesn’t frighten her. He simply appears — softly, like a memory. Like a touch that once was real. His mane flows like smoke, his presence like a whisper of wind. And yet… it feels so painfully familiar.

This is not just a dream. This is memory finding its way back.

They say time heals. But the truth is different — it only teaches us how to live with the emptiness. How not to search for a voice that can no longer be heard. Not to wait for footsteps that will never return. And still… in the quiet… they come back.

Not in body. Not in sound. But in feeling.

He is not there to stay. He is there to remind her: love never disappears. It only changes form. It becomes light in the darkness. It becomes calm when it hurts. It becomes something you can’t explain… but can’t help but feel.

Maybe she will wake up and remember nothing. But her heart will feel warmer. Lighter. As if someone had been there.

Because someone truly was.

And if you listen closely… you’ll understand: some souls never leave. They just wait for you to fall asleep… so they can come back again.

28/05/2026

Presenting Quilla de Barret....finally up and about. Day 3. Born at midnight, between the 24th and 25th May...Pentecôte Monday! When the Holy Spirit was sent down to the Apostles.

Quilla means feather. It also means moon goddess..

Seeing her like this, with her big sister Quincelle de Barret (3 weeks old tomorrow) just makes me cry with joy and relief. The last daughters of their bravest of brave father, Acredite des Genets....Who arrived in a truly sorry state. He gave his all to help save his critically endangered breed. It cost his own life, aged 16. I only belonged to him for 2 and a half months. He was here 15 months. I did my best but it was already too late for him. Watching him die is the hardest thing I have ever done.

But he has gifted these last two precious girls. And we have collected frozen semen, hoping it will be approved especially as Acredite has no male offspring approved for breeding. Wait and see. .

And this dear little soul looks so much like her father. She even has his eyebrows and moustache!

It has taken 3 long days to get this little one going. She is perfect but arrived as light as a feather, at midnight as the moon changed.
Her legs are incredibly long but she had no muscles to hold them up. Now, she is out exploring in the park next to their house. This will help her muscles. Importantly, she can now get up to feed on her own.

Anissou is the most glorious mum and she could not be prouder or more protective. She gave birth easily and has lots of milk. The colostrum was tested and was good. Perfect girl. Ani carries a deep sadness and fear, despite being here since 2019...so it is especially touching to see her so pleased with herself.

Anissou and Acredite are genetically rare so baby Quilla has an important job ahead to carry on these precious genetics.

Anissou has blessed us with Lumière and Quilla. She is the matriarch and has a strong maternal instinct and so this last baby will make her very happy.

The Baudet du Poitou is critically endangered and their reproduction is complicated.

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27/05/2026

Overjoyed and absolutely exhausted....

Anissou du Vern présents her very own baby Q, born at midnight of 24th and 25th May. Pentecôte. By the brave Acredite des Genets.

This is his last female offspring, pure race, Livret A. His genetics were quite rare.

Anissou's genetics are very rare and so her daighters Lumière de Barret and now her very own baby Q are especially important to help save their race and diversify the genepool.

I adore Ani, who arrived in a truly terrible state, with Dobble, in 2019. Both with chronic conditions which we manage carefully and constantly.

Anissou is the Matriarche of the group and is such a glorious, attentive mum. Intelligent and kind.

The birth went easily, she did it on her on. Again, whilst I was present! Laying down. Easy.

But we have had a really complicated 48 hours. This fedon has very long legs but is wafer thin. We got her feeding in an hour, thanks to advice and help from good friends and the replacement Vet.

But after 2 days she still cannot get up without help. She has just started to be able to get up unaided some of the time and she is starting to look bigger. So we are now on the right track.

This breed is fragile and their reproduction is complicated. Otherwise they would not still be in danger. Finally getting there....

23/05/2026

Maybe we are standing on the edge of a change that should have happened long ago.

Today, in Italy, a conversation is unfolding that makes us question everything:
have we truly treated those who trust us with their lives the way they deserve?

This is about horses.
About those who have stood beside humans for generations.

They worked.
They carried us.
They helped us survive.
And often… they simply became our friends.

A new proposal is calling for something simple, yet powerful:

To stop seeing them as a resource.

To stop labeling them as livestock.

And finally recognize what has always been true —
they are not products.

They are living beings.

With feelings.
With memory.
With trust.

Supporters of this change speak clearly:
a horse can love, fear, bond, and suffer.

It does not just exist next to us.

It feels us.

And because of that, it deserves more than a place in a system of use.

Of course, this idea brings debate.

Some think about economics.
Others about tradition.
Some fear the consequences.

But there are those who look deeper.

Who understand that this is not about money.

It’s about how we define the value of life.

Are we ready to accept that not everything exists for our benefit?

That there are beings who deserve the right to live…
not to be used?

This law has not yet been passed.

But already, it has become something greater than a proposal.

It has become a question for all of us.

Not about politics.
Not about a country.

But about conscience.

Because maybe real progress is not in new technology.

But in the ability to feel another’s pain
and say: “enough.”

And if we learn to see not their use, but their soul…

Maybe the world will become a little more humane.

What do you think? Do they deserve to be seen not as a resource, but as a companion?