Our property seems to be a place the stray livestock come to visit and now I'm apparently watering two donkeys. We've been seeing them off in the distant for a few weeks but couldn't get close enough to tell if they were wild or livestock, well yesterday they showed up on our property and were the sweetest things and I was finally able to see that one was branded so I guess I'll be calling the livestock commissioner to see if he can contact BLM to figure out who owns them.

The brand is a BLM brand and she's 6 years old but we can't figure out the rest of the symbols which say what state and area she came from. We're thinking the light one might be her adult baby. I gave them water yesterday and refilled a bucket today in the same spot and when I got home from dropping my husband off for a work trip the bucket was pretty much empty with more hoof prints around it. I'm kind of sad I missed them, they were so sweet and just wanted pets yesterday. I'm really hoping that they've escaped and not dumped, though dumping a branded animal just seems stupid. If they are dumped I've already have a new home for them with some friends who will spoil them.

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The beginning of a great story - keep us updated!

They look happy to meet you in the pictures.

They are super sweet, they came for three days but haven't come back for the last three. Hoping they're just hunkered down from the rain.

Chapter two: Where have they gone?

I’m hooked! 🤓

We're in open range so who knows but we do have water for them so hoping they come back. Particularly if we have fencing up and they aren't claimed after we talk with the livestock commissioner.