It’s not copy pasta, all of this took place in the late 80’s - early 90s, in my preteen years.
I think the donkeys left the chickens alone when they were together, but I could be wrong about that. I know foxes were a bigger concern for the chickens, and I remember the foxes were eventually chased off by coyotes.
The horses were my uncle’s, named Silver & Chestnut. He also had a pig, named Alex.
I grew up on farm & we had two donkeys, Honeybun & Buttercup. Buttercup was older & eventually passed away, leaving Honeybun solo amongst the chickens, cows & horses.
Honeybun became ornery as all get out, just mean as hell. He’d started to bite anything close enough to be bitten. These weren’t little nips for attention; he’d draw blood given chance.
It got bad enough my grandfather carried a potato soaked in hot sauce to deter the donkey from biting. Grandpa would try to shove the potato into the donkey’s mouth when Honeybun went in to bite.
I know some donkeys get along well with horses. Honeybun did not. He bit those horses, went after chickens that wandered into his area, & likely would’ve done the same to cows if we’d let him.
I don’t have any specific advice for you, but I do believe donkeys get lonely & need some measure of companionship.
Thanks for the follow up! New to Lemmy & still working to understand the impact of defederation, so I honestly do appreciate the expanded viewpoints.
We were not allowed to play kickball at daycare because I accidentally broke the teacher’s face. We only had a soccer ball to play with & I kicked it right back at her head.
Then we got a rubber ball a month or so later & kickball was back on. For all of 20 minutes…
I kicked the ball over the fence & hit a moving car, almost causing an accident.
Oblivion . Didn’t know anything about it going in, went to go see it with the attitude that if it was going to be worth watching the theater experience would help it.
Not saying it’s in my top 50, or likely even top 100, but it’s a perfectly serviceable afternoon nap movie.
excellent!