Foals
Copper Star Miniature Donkeys
Adamstown, Maryland

Going Against The Grain Since 2005
All of the foals here at Copper Star Farm are my focus. They are the product of 5 years of finding the best donkeys to breed together. Here in Maryland, I breed mainly for black nlp but I have started to diversify my herd with up and coming jacks. Many of the brood jennets here have bloodlines that span black/brown/red/white/gray pedigrees. They have come as far as Texas to join my herd. Many of the donkeys have very famous parents! I study genetics to get a well conformed foal with an excellent temperment first.

I looked for 3 years to find the perfect jack. Hickory Hill's Holy Smoke came to Copper Star Farm in the summer of 2008. You will not find a stockier, sweet, smaller black nlp jack (with a star) out there. He is poised to become one of the most renown black nlp herdsires on the east coast. Will you be the lucky one to get a Holy Smoke foal this year?
I have added each of my brood jennets with careful consideration to conformation, size, pedigree, personality, soundness and color. Spring 2010- Fall 2011 brought us a bumper crop of foals; Cash (Brown with blue eyes), Missy (Black with blue eyes), Elizabeth Taylor (Black nlp with blue eyes), Prayer (Steel Grey nlp with blue eyes), and Trojan (Black and white spot with blue eyes). Fall of 2011 brought us Whisky (black nlp blue eyes) and Norma Jean (black nlp blue eyes).  I tried to find where this "dark blue eye coloring" was coming from.....Well, it genetically comes from Green Acres Smokey Star who is Holy Smoke's Sire. I had no idea that Holy Smoke would be producing colored babies with Blue Eyes! This is truly special!
As you can probably tell at this point.. I love my donkeys.
My girls will be having many more babies through the next year. I have possibly 9+ donkey babies due in 2013. This will be our biggest crop of foals to date. They will all range in color and size. We may have a wooly foal this year!
If you are interested in a foal or brood jennet give us (Us= me and the donks!) a call. We also have geldings and other donkeys for sale that I sometimes pick up along the way that may not be posted on the website. I am willing to work with you and your finances to get you the donkey that you want for a family pet, or breeding stock.

-Best Wishes and Looking forward to "Talking Donkey" with you some time in the near future!
-Emily Danielle Hoponick


Copper Star's Mischievous Heiress AKA "Missy"
Named After Paris Hilton
Missy's Pedigree
D.O.B: September 21, 2010 
Height: TBD Should be around 32"
Color: Black with light points & Blue Eyes! Bay pattern
Dam: TCF's Ellie May - Red Brown
Sire: Hickory Hill's Holy Smoke - Black nlp
Bought by: The Polin Family (Barnesville, MD)


Copper Star's Black Friday Cash aka "Cash"
D.O.B. November 24, 2010 @ 1:00
Height: TBD Should be around 21"
Color: Brown (Bay pattern), white nose Blue Eyes
Dam: Bar 3S Cindy Sue - Brown dun with light points
Sire: Hickory Hill's Holy Smoke - Black nlp
Cash is quite the trooper. He was born on a morning when the temperature was way below freezing. He lost the tips of his ears. But as you can see as a big boy he is amazing. Great conformation all of the way. Totally square and small. What a cutie and boy does this one love his Momma!
Bought By: Erin Wicks, Harrisburg, PA


Copper Star's Elizabeth Taylor "Velvet"
Named after Elizabeth Taylor
D.O.B. March 24, 2011 @ 3:00-4:00
Height: TBD Should be around 30-31"
Color: Jet Black No Cross (Not a white hair on this girl!) with BLUE EYES!
Dam: Copper Star Farm's Whoopsie Daisy - Dark Chocolate nlp
Sire: Hickory Hill's Holy Smoke - Black nlp
As child I loved to watch old movies. With the passing of Actress Elizabeth Taylor this past week I felt nostalgic as I remembered her famous movies such as: Taming of the Shrew, Cleopatra, and National Velvet. Elizabeth Taylor was also a gracious humanitarian, and a philanthropist.
This little jennet was born the day that I heard of Ms. Taylor's passing. So I am humbly naming this little black jennet after the famous actress with the jet black hair and gorgeous lilac eyes. I hope that this jennet will be as spectacular as Elizabeth Taylor was in Hollywood and in Life!
Staying at Copper Star Farm to become a future brood jennet

Copper Star's Prodigal Prayer
D.O.B. April 2, 2011 @ 4:00-5:00
Height: TBD Should be around 32"
Color: Foal Coat went from steel grey to brown nlp during summer Blue Eyes
Dam: GM Conrad's Denali - Brown wlp
Sire: Hickory Hill's Holy Smoke - Black nlp
If Angels were ever watching over me, they were yesterday. I took a long nap on Saturday after having a very full week. I overslept about one hour. I made my way to the barn and opened the door. Denali was standing there. On the stall floor was a baby trapped in it's birthing bag suffocating. Just born minutes before I got there. I ran as fast as I could to the other side of the barn. Opened up the stall.. grabbed the bag with my gloves and it was so tough it would not rip. So, I threw off my gloves and ripped open the bag with my hands and nails. Pulled the baby out of the bag. Held it up so fluid would come out of it's nose and mouth. He started to breathe and Denali jumped in to help me clean him up and to stimulate his little body.
I am so pleased to say that today he is doing well, up and nursing. Quite the stunning boy with his steel grey coat, nlp markings, and white inside of his ears.
Yesterday was amazing, scary, and just one of those days where you know that there is something else out there looking over us. I would like to honor the angel that was looking over my shoulder yesterday with a Prayer.
Bought by: Mary and Steve Bobolis in Emmitsburg, Maryland


Copper Star's Trojan Warrior  "Trojan"
D.O.B. June 6, 2011 @ 3:00-3:30
Height: TBD Should mature around 31-32"
Color: Black and white spot Blue Eyes

Dam: KZ's Homer's Penelope - Fully frosted white - black skin spots 33"
Sire: Hickory Hill's Holy Smoke - Black nlp 30"
Well.. I waited... and waited... I should have called him vigilance.....
Checked the moon signs.. new moon coming.. a sliver was left....I knew we had 24 hours.
This is our fourth boy here at Copper Star Farm and boy is he fantastic. 
Boy does he love to run and he has an outstanding personality!!!!! Sweet as they come.. Loving and just fun to watch!
His pedigree is amazing and I say that without any hesitation. From Penelope's (Dam) side of his pedigree you have a older bloodlines with unique colors such as fully frosted white and black roan mixed with the most renown black and white herd sire "Homer". On the other side you have many famous donkey farm names such as "PMF and Bandito". These donkeys have been bred over the years for their award winning correct conformation and flashy black coloring.  This is a special jack who will throw amazing color.  This little "Trojan Warrior" is staying here at CSF to be our future black and white herdsire. I can't wait to see what color he throws!
I was very sad to hear of the loss of Penelope's dam (Indian Tree Farm's Snow Bunny) this winter.
That makes this jack even more genetically special to the world of donkeys. 
A thanks to Kim Zellers for selling me Penelope all those years ago when I was getting started in donkeys.
Staying here at Copper Star Farm as our new Black and White Herd Sire.



Copper Star's Black Label Whisky 
"Whisky" (Irish Whisky is spelled without an E.)
Dubbed "Buffalo" by Mr. Michael
D.O.B. 11/20/11
Birth Height: 21" (He was born 6 weeks late. So I am not truly sure of what his final height will be.) Twizzler was HUGE! I was a bit worried about delivery since he was her first foal.
Color: Jet Black with Blue Eyes (white hair only inside of ears)
Dam: KMAF Denali's Black Twizzler  - Black wlp 33"
Sire: Hickory Hill's Holy Smoke - Black nlp 30"
Pedigree Includes: Lots of blacks and great donkeys! PMF King Coal, Splendor's Black Flash, PMF's Bo Jackson, Fishers' Gideon's Beau, Coffman's Danny De Valintino, Valintino 50 and Circle C Little Motown

Whisky has a great, fun personality. He is just so sweet and he looks after Norma Jean like a great big brother. I may hold on to this guy to show in 2013. But, if you have to have him give me a call!

WHISKY IS FOR SALE



Copper Star's Blushing Bombshell
"Norma Jean" Named after Marylin Monroe
D.O.B. December 2, 2011
Birth Height:  20.5"
Color: True Jet Black NLP with BLUE EYES
Dam: Sweet Ass Blushing Bunny
Rose Dun with light points
Pedigree Includes: Sunset Acres Ace of Spades, Rhone's Little Brown Satchel, Circle C Motown, SS Red Lightening, McLendon's 45 Magnum, Black Licorice of Soderglen, Wee Friends Farm Sugar Baby, Sunset Acres Precious Star, X'treme Circle C, Perfection's Cherie, Perfection's Xtreme Blushes
Sire: Hickory Hill's Holy Smoke - Black nlp 30"

Bought By: The Polin Family, Barnesville, MD

This little girl is what our Copper Star Farm breeding program is all about! Outstanding!
Spring Babies will be arriving around April 1!