UNICORNER FARM
Miniature Horses and Tunis Sheep
Welcome to our farm's website!
We have been raising Miniature Horses here in Central Texas for over eighteen years. Minis are a delightful and intelligent breed, and we highly recommend the purebred American Miniature Horse for any horse lover. We chose the miniature horse breed because we love horses but don't ride as often as we did when we were younger. Most people don't realize you can do anything with a miniature horse that you can with a big horse except ride. And riding isn't out of the question for small children and grandchildren.
Here on our website we have put together some photos and articles about mini horses for your entertainment and to help you understand why they are such a special breed of horse.
Latest News
4-26-12
What a beautiful spring we are having. I spent some time
with the herd enjoying the grazing and taking some photos.
Check the new pictures of the fillies!
4-21-2012 Thanks to the Hardin family of Minden, LA for purchasing our sweet "Poison Ivy" and a starter flock of Tunis sheep! We really enjoyed your visit!
3-12-12
We chose our beautiful palomino overo mare, Locket, to be
bred for 2012. As responsible miniature horse breeders we
understand the glutted market and choose to breed a very
limited number until the demand increases.. She gave us this
precious blue-eyed bay filly. Isn't she a cutie, even with
the mud, which after last year's drought we wouldn't
complain about.
10-31-11 Thanks to Dale Herring and Shelbi and James Stephenson of Rafter H Ranch for purchasing several of our miniature horses! We hope that you enjoy the group and wish you much success with them.
10-20-11 Praise the Lord for the cooler weather, and the small amount of rain that we received. We can certainly use more, the stock ponds are at all time low levels and we are worried about our bass in the large pond. Hay prices show no signs of dropping, though it is nice to see some green grass growing around the countryside.
8-30-11 The summer proved to be a hot and sad one! We lost three of our beloved animals. Two deaths from old age and one from the heat. We are also having a hard time finding hay! So please take a look at our sales page, we really need to reduce the herd.
On 7-1-11 We laid our fabulous herd sire, Phaze 1 Lone Star Rowdy to rest under a favorite shade tree. He was born 4-2-1984 an own son of Rowdy. He lived a good long life and we are blessed to have so many wonderful descendants of his here and on the farms of many friends. We miss you, Star!
We had to put down our oldest Tunis ewe as well this season. Ol' Dink was precious, so sweet. She was sixteen years old.
Then in the midst of this heat wave (every day in July was over 100 degrees) we lost our youngest llama to heat stroke.
What can you do with a miniature horse?
Have you got all day? Well, here are some great ideas! Click on each link to see details:
- Show them!
- Dress them in costumes!
- Train them to perform!
- Join in parades!
- Take them to visit!
- Raise more minis!
- Even seeing eye minis!
- But best of all, just love them!
Click here to read more about miniature horses and why they are so wonderful!
And for more information about the miniature horses of Unicorner Farm click here.
Other residents of Unicorner Farm
Tunis Sheep - A few years ago we decided to add a small flock of purebred sheep to the farm. We chose the beautiful red-faced Tunis, a rare breed that has long roots in American history but had just about become extinct when the American Livestock Breed Conservatory placed them on their endangered list. We love the docile temperament of the Tunis sheep and the beautiful Irish Setter red coloring of the lambs. The Tunis excel as multi-purpose sheep, great for homesteading.
Visit our Tunis Sheep website - www.tunis-sheep.com
Cats - The most special residents on the farm are our cats. Even though we no longer breed purebred cats, there will always be some well loved felines on the farm. Debbi is an allbreed judge in The International Cat Association and judges cat shows all around the world.
In the house are Bobo and Ellie, shown above meeting a Tunis through the front door. Bobo is half Birman and Ellie is 3/4 Birman, they are from my friend Ann Hoehn's cinnamon point Birman breeding program. Ann raises some of the top Birmans in the U.S. and you can see some of her gorgeous cats on her website at www.BirmanBreeders.com.
We also have two beloved outside cats, Inky and Pumpkinhead that patrol the barn and yard for varmints.
Donkey - Sugar is a registered miniature Mediterranean donkey. Sugar is a companion and guard for the Tunis sheep. She greets me each morning with a heehaw.
Guineas - The latest addition is a flock of guinea fowl!
Thanks for "visiting" Unicorner Farm and please bookmark us and come back often!
What's new on the website?
4-26-12 Added new photos of the fillies! Check them out on the foal pages.
REDUCED PRICES... We need to sell some of our herd!
Check our updated sales list please!
3-7-2012 It's a GIRL!
Locket had a cute little bay filly.
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