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 seventeen 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
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.
We have decided we must slash prices on our miniature horses in hopes of finding good homes for them. The price in no way reflects their quality, these are not cheap miniature horses, though the prices are certainly at an all time low.
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.
4-12-2011 Heather had a bay filly!
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Our only foal this year, Unicorner Dracena is very petite and pretty. She looks a lot like Bay Dragon, her sire.
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.
Llamas - We also have three llamas on the farm. We purchased them as guardians for the sheep after a coyote attack killed five of our Tunis. Unfortunately they didn't bond with the flock, since then we have read that a single llama is what we would want as a guardian.
Donkey - The latest addition to the farm is Sugar. A registered miniature Mediterranean donkey. Sugar is a companion and hopefully guard for the Tunis sheep.
Thanks for "visiting" Unicorner Farm and please bookmark us and come back often!
What's new on the website?
10-20-2011 DRASTICALLY REDUCED PRICES... We must sell some of our herd!
8-3-2011 HOT! HOT! HOT! and that means NO HAY!
We need to sell some animals! Check our sales list please!
5-20-2011 Oh, what long ears you have, Sugar!4-12-2011 It's a GIRL!
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