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NOTE: Our policy to hold foals & donkeys has changed as of 1/1/2023
~A Deposit of half of the cost of the donkey by cash or check. 
Venmo & Paypal add 3-5%  Zelle is free. 
~Deposits are non-refundable if the buyer decides to back out of the sale due to ANY unforeseen reasons. 
~If you can not pick up your donkey at the scheduled date then you will be charged $5.00 per day for feed. We are not responsible for an shipping plans that are cancelled. I am also not responsible for any animals after they leave the farm and are in the hands of the shipper of your choice. 
Vet Calls are $60.00 (Grom Century Equine). Health Certificates and Coggins are available at the cost of the buyer. 
Most foals have been pre-registered with ADMS and come with a Microchip and Certificate. 

Perks of buying from Copper Star Farm 
~All donkeys are registered in ADMS / IMDR / Canadian Registry
~All donkeys leave with registration papers in a folder and a microchip implanted or ready to go when they are old enough for it to be implanted. 
~Included Are: A new halter and lead rope, fresh trim, worming, and a fresh bath if possible. 
~Any previous buyer of a jennet foal or jennet may use our co-op breeding program under contract. Jacks and prices are listed April 1. If the jennet is not bred then she may come back as may times as necessary to get her into foal. 
~Any donkeys 30 days or over for "original pick up date" accrue a $5 a day feed charge. 
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 2020-2022 have been banner years for donkeys... Looks like 10 mini foals  & 4-5 standard foals / total for 2023. I am not going to do a waiting list this year so just keep looking at the website in the spring and contact me closer to June. Deposits to hold a foal are half of the price of the animal and non-refundable. Jack foals will range from $2500-$6000, Jennets will range from $3000-$8000. Venmo is available and preferred over checks. If you want to be prepared I suggest you save your $$ and get Venmo. 

When you buy a Copper Star Farm miniature donkey... You are looking at 15 years of experience breeding miniature donkeys. I am proud to give you the best donkey / foal possible from my breeding program of selected donkeys. You get a halter & lead, registration with a microchip, a fresh trim, antibodies up to 6 months due to the jennet being vaccinated. I also try to include in your folder any extra info A Brayer Magazine/a tube or wormer. You also get 24 hours customer service (Me) until you feel comfortable to be on your own, but I am always here if you need help, mentoring. 

***Thank you to all of our buyers in 2020/2021/2022! 
****We wish you joy with your donkeys this year! 
  Thank you, Emily D. Hoponick 
 Proud MD/PA miniature pedigree donkey breeder!

Copper Star Farm Miniature & Standard Donkeys 
Fairfield, Pennsylvania 
WE DO EXPORT TO CANADA!!!
Copper Star Farm Woodrow F. Call LD
(semi- woolly)
Color: Grey & White Spot with blue eyes
DOB: 5/18/17
Height: pending 
Sire: Copper Star MGFeltrinelli Editore Red & Brown & White Spot 
Dam: BAR3S Cindy Sue, 32" Grey-Brown Dun
Grand Dam: MGF Venus White Raven, 33" White 
Grand Sire: MGF Dr. Shivago, 32 1/4" Black&White spotted 
Grand Dam: Gardner's Tempest, 33" Grey Dun
Grand Sire: BAR3S Tater Tot, 30" Dark Red
Foal height: Super tiny pending height SOLD TO CANADA. 
Price: $3500 Sold to Gloria Kish from Kipling Saskatchewan Triple A Mini's 
Cindy always has the best foals and she is a good mom to a fault. She alone has influenced my farm more than any donkey. Cindy almost always has girls with only one noted jack foal to her credit other than Woodrow. Her influence is seen in her daughters & son: Black Friday CashWhoopsie DaisyMarcia's Legacy and her grand-daughters: ElizabethTaylor, and her great-grand-daughters: Black Widow & Queen Latifah & Dorothea Dandridge. And her amazing grand-son, Pendragon

As an addition you have the famous breeding programs of Jerry McRobert's and Kim Zellers in the sire's portion of this pedigree. My MGFeltrinelli Editore will throw red, grey, brown and black spots all with blue eyes. We do not know if Woodrow will "go woolly" yet but I am anticipating that he will at least be a semi-woolly by his foal coat. Just look at the pedigree here and you have so many options to work with. 
Woodrow has the potential to be a dramatic influence on your breeding program. We here at Copper Star Farm believe in investing in the jack as much as our jennets. Woodrow will be outstanding. I stake my reputation as a breeder on it! 
"Charles found this little guy after I got to work. Born on one of the hottest spring days Woodrow was carried up the mountain as Cindy followed. Charles told me how she was so good and how she trusted him."

If you are looking for a premier herd sire for your farm then this guy is it. 
We consider him the best of the best out of this years foal crop so far. 
His conformation is outstanding and we are waiting to see if he will grow some of the woolly hair of his sire & grand-sire. He will be respected in pedigrees as a sire of note in the future. 



If you are a micro breeder take a look at GQ!
SOLD! ALREADY AT HER NEW HOME IN FLORIDA! 
Copper Star GQ                                 
Jennet Foal (Micro) (Ivory Carrier)
Birth Height: 17"  unofficial "hay" measurement
Color: Traditional Grey 
Sire: Cabinwood Farm Michelangelo (Hitman), Ivory 30.5"
Dam: Copper Star Farm's Venus Queen Latifah, Black wlp 
DOB: 6/10/19
Price: $PRIVATE TREATY She is staying small. She has some interesting lines in her pedigree and she is out of Sheloy / Bar3S Stock. This is one of the nicest tiny jennets we have produced. We do not breed for micro but she will be. ​


Copper Star Farm Lil Finnegan (Semi-woolly)  
Still available! Already ADMS registered. SOLD TO WV
Color: Red brown bold spot with masked spotting factor 
DOB: June 26, 2017
Price: $SOLD PET / TO BE GELDED Home only 
We will be gelding him in November. 
Update: Teeth Floated as of the end of September.
He must go to another home with another donkey. He super bonds with his donkey buddies. No horses/goats/sheep companions etc..... 
He is slightly woolly so he does need someone who can groom him to keep the knots out. BTW: In love with Irma: See below. 



Copper Star Nicholas Romanoff (Intact Jack Prospect) 
Color: Spotted White Woolly (some intermittent spots)
Sire: Copper Star Farm MGFeltrinelli Editore, Woolly Spotted 
Dam: Copper Star Farm Driving Mrs. Daisy, Spotted White 
DOB: 2017 Spring 
Price: $SOLD WENT TO WV 

Roman is easy to work with. He is not aggressive. He has not had his "dude parts" drop yet but they should here in the next 6 months. If you are looking for an inexpensive semi-woolly based jack here is your chance. His mother is of a first generation pedigree (She is registered with IMDR) but his father's is extensive (ADMS) pedigree. His dam (Daisy) is known to throw bold dark spots & tyger spots. 
He could be triple registered if you are willing to do the work. He could be registered ADMS - B Registry, IMDR & ACOSA. He has good conformation, good teeth and his demeanor right now is very laid back. Get him before breeding season starts April 1. 
Copper Star Chinese Imperial Lion "Red Lion"    
Jack foal (Ivory carrier)      
Birth Height: 20.5" Unofficial                   
Color: Red
Sire: Cabinwood Farm Michelangelo (Hitman), Ivory 
Dam: Asspirin Acres China Star, Pink, 33 1/4"
DOB: 6/9/2019
Price: SOLD to Jill Coutts, Maryland 
This foal is so sweet! What a love bug. 


Copper Star Raven's Burlesque   
Sold To  B.&A.CANNON going to FLORIDA!               
Color: Grey & White Spot
Sire: Cabinwood's Michelangelo, Ivory 
Dam: MGF Venus White Raven, Fully Frosted Red & White 
DOB: August 26, 2019
Price: $3500 Her dam is out of the famous MGF herd. All of her sisters (born here at CSF) are here at Copper Star Farm. (Margaret O'Hara, Dark Red - Hurricane Irma, Fully Frosted White) Her half-brother is our CSF MGFeltrinellie Editore. She has been the only foal from Raven that I have offered for sale. She will be available until the holidays. 
She is also an ivory carrier. 

Copper Star Hitman's Avalanche  
Jennet Foal (Ivory Carrier)
Birth Height: 20" Unofficial                                 
Color: Steel Grey with light points (Ivory carrier)
Sire: Cabinwood Farm Michelangelo (Hitman), Ivory, 30.5"
Dam: Copper Star Marcie's Legacy, Dun Brown nlp, 30"
DOB: 6/6/2019
Price: Sold to Jill Coutts, Maryland  (Bar 3S Line-Texas Genetics & Ivory Carrier) Birth Height: She is very tiny. She is so refined and petite! What a lovely jennet foal! 
Copper Star Sonora Carver (American Entertainer / most notable as one of the first female horse divers)
DOB: 6/11/2020
Color: Red-Brown with extensive roaning Blue-eye dilute 
Sire: Copper Star Farm Spartan Warrior, Black Roan 
Dam: KMAF Denali's Black Twizzler, Black wlp, 33"
Price: SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD 
I made the decision for Calliope to go with Sonora to their new home this fall with Lauren Ramenofsky. They will live out their days in her beautiful farm and with plenty of visitors! 
Copper Star Calliope Epic Poem "Cali" (Daughter of Zeus & one of the 7 Muses)
DOB: 6/19/2020
Color: Grey Roan with Star 
Sire: Copper Star Farm Hurricane Harvey "Storm Surge", black nlp, 28"
Dam: KZ Asspiration Acres Homer's Penelope, fully frosted white, 33"
SOLD TO Lauren Ramenofsky, she will be going to her new home with Sonora in the fall. 

What a gorgeous representation of the Indian Tree Farm Line. Roaning all over this little girl. Especially on her face, belly and legs. Not sure yet if she will be a keeper. 
The Indian Tree Farm line is not a small donkey line. Cali will probably mature to be around 32-33 like her mother. They are strong donkeys that are good producers and great mommas. This is an old line that I am trying to continue here at CSF. 
Price: SOLD SOLD SOLD 

Copper Star Valkyrie (Micro) Super Petite 
Color: Light Brown & White Spotted 
Sire: Copper Star MGFeltrinelli Editore, 31.5" Tri Color Woolly  
Dam: Copper Star Farm Black Widow, 28.9" Black Woolly
DOB: July 2, 2020
Price: $5000 
SOLD TO THE HOCKENBERRY FAMILY pending deposit. 
This is a jennet foal out of my two best lines. She is petite and starting to get hair curls to go semi-woolly. BEST PERSONALITY!!! She is such a punk! This girl would be the best jennet in your herd! 
THIS IS THE LAST POSTING FOR ANY NEW FOALS OR SALE LISTINGS. ALL LISTINGS BELOW ARE PREVIOUSLY SOLD ANIMALS. 
Copper Star Pennsylvania Slippery Pot Pie        
Extensive ADMS Pedigree 
Height as of 4/26/2021 Yearling 29 1/8" before trim. 
DOB: 7/3/2020
Color: Black / Brown & White Spotted - Long-wide black stripe down the back, one side piebald 
Sire: Copper Star Farm Storm Surge, 28" Black nlp 
    Grand Sire: Copper Star Trojan Warrior: B&W Spot 
Dam: Copper Star Farm Anastasia Romanoff, 31" Fully frosted grey spot with black spots
    Great-Grand Sire: MGF Homer: B&W Spot 
Price: $4000 Yearling Herd Sire Material / SOLD HEADED TO NY! 
                                                I held this guy back last year... 
            He is ready to find his own herd! Check out this special dude!
                 If you are looking for something Different.. Slipper Pot Pie is IT.  


Black NLP Royalty!      
Jack foal 

Copper Star Farm Memorial Day Blue Angel "Jet"
(Named after the U.S. Navy Blue Angels)
DOB: 5/25/2020 
Birth Height: 21
Color: Black No Light Points with cross 
Grand Sire: Hickory Hill's Holy Smoke, Black nlp with star, 30"
Grand Dam: KZ Penelope, Fully Frosted White, 33" 
Sire: Copper Star Farm Spartan Warrior, Black Roan

Grand Sire: Circle C Black Russian, Black nlp 31"
Grand Dam: Winding Creek Cleopatra, Dark Brown, 34"
Dam: Winding Creek Farm Black Russian Susan, Blue Black nlp, 33"

​Price: $Sold Deposit Made / Congratulations Jess Shadle Monroe 

Sweetheart's second foal. He is perfect. The classic.. Black no light points. 






Copper Star Choco Chaz (Sold to Susan Jefferies)
Jack Foal 
DOB: 6/15/2020
Color: Black / light points 
Sire: Copper Star Farm MGFeltrinelli Editore, 31.5" Tri color spotted woolly
Dam: Copper Star Farm Lucy's Hollywood Star, 31.5" Light Red 
Sale: Sold to Susan Jeffries in Chincoteague, VA 

Copper Star Feltrinelli's Venice                                      
Color: Dark Brown & White Spotted. 
Sire: MGFeltrinelli Editore, Red & Brown Spotted Woolly, 31.5"
Dam: Bar 3S Cindy Sue, Grey-Brown Dun, 32" Matriarch of Herd Bar3S Line 
DOB: August 8, 2020 
Not for sale at this time. 



Copper Star Hawkeye Pierce (From the show Mash)
Color: Blue-Black no light points - no cross / Blue Eye Dilute 
Sire: Copper Star Farm Hurricane Harvey "Storm Surge", black nlp, 28"
Dam: Copper Star Farm Whoopsie Daisy, black nlp, 30 1/4"
DOB: 6/11/2020
I took Whoopsie Daisy out of the main pasture and was in the yard and BOOM... Baby. More on this guy as time goes on. OMG … This one is going to break my heart he is so sweet!     Price: $2000.00
SOLD TO THE HOCKENBERRY FAMILY pending deposit. 

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There are people on Facebook Donkey Group Pages currently scamming people using my Farm name and Address. Please know this is NOT ME or my Donkeys,.. 
Here is HOW You can be safe and know you are getting the donkey that you want! 

Always check and double check information. 
----You will ALWAYS talk to a Woman... That is me.. Emily Hoponick. No one else!
----My email is and always has been emilyhoponick@hotmail.com or emily.d.hoponick@mcpsmd.net
----Any donkeys that are available will be somewhere on my website. Even then double check! 
----I will NEVER pressure you into sending me money. I actually do the opposite and want you to think about your purchases AFTER VISTING THE FARM! If you can not visit ask me to Skype or Facetime! Pictures of ME are on this website. 
----If you do decide to put down a deposit all of my accounts have my name and some even have a photo of ME! Zelle / Paypal / Venmo
----If anyone tries to scam you and you are UNSURE.. then CALL or Text me at 301-452-1251. 

This is very upsetting to me that people are using animals to create scams. Please be careful and use your BRAIN not Impulse when making transactions. WE just want you to be safe! Love Emily and the Donkeys... 
Name: Copper Star Bilou Bilou 23
Sire: Pine Ledge Ravagers Yondu: grey & white spotted jack / piebald on one side, 31.5" 
Dam: MGF Xanadu: black, 34" 

This little guy is really well put together. He is enjoying hanging out with his Mama and can be seen sprinting through the fields. 
He may go semi-wooly as there are woolly donkeys on both sides of his pedigree. He will be too big to be a jack but he will make an excellent gelding/pet. He will be ready to go to his new home in Sept/Oct. 

Serious Inquiries Only 
Price: $3000 SOLD TO WV! Congratulations 

Halter / Lead Rope / ADMS reg / Microchip/ Vaccinations (already given) / fresh hoof trim & bath before leaving 
Free delivery within one hour of 17320 
**YOU must already have another donkey or are planning on paring him up with another donkey foal. This is a standard requirement. 
Name: Copper Star Wagon Trail 
Sire: Diamond B Kirk, Dark Spotted Jack (Registered ADMS and ACOSA) 47"
Dam: Copper Star Milano Cookie (Registered ADMS) Burgundy Black with light points, Medium Standard 

Surprise!!!! This foal was born the weekend we were out on the Wagon Train. He is built really well. He will be great if you are looking for a future trail competition gelding. He would be great carrying a pack or even riding (young child) when he is mature.

Serious Inquiries Only 
Price: Consigned to the Fall Special Pony & Donkey Auction at the Bedford Fairgrounds, October 28th
Halter / Lead Rope / ADMS reg / Microchip/ Vaccinations (already given) / fresh hoof trim & bath before leaving 
Free delivery within one hour of 17320 
**YOU must already have another donkey or are planning on paring him up with another donkey foal. This is a standard requirement. 

SOLD CONGRATULATIONS TO HIS NEW OWNER! 
Copper Star Gentile Bellini 23 'Bellini'
Color: Grey & White Spot
Born: June 7, 2023
Price: $6000.00 SOLD!!!! Headed to Hidden Valley, MD
He should mature to about 30" which is a great height for a versatile jack. 
Exchange Rates Apply / Zelle-Paypal-Venmo rates apply
Free shipping within 2 hour radius. 
Pedigree papers available upon request 
Dam: Copper Star Farm Venice, Brown & White Spotted, micro 
Sire: Copper Star Spartan Warrior, Black Roan, 31"

This guy is adorable. He gets cuter every day. He has the hallmarks to be semi-woolly. His mother carries the woolly gene from several MGF lines. When mature Bellini will be able to produce Spots of all colors, fully frosted white, black roan, stars on foreheads and the woolly traits of his grandfather MGFeltrinelli! 
His price will go up as he matures. 





Copper Star Trifecta 2023                        Getting Woolier by the DAY!!!! Don't miss out! 
ADMS & ACOSA Registered 
Color: Tri-color spot (grey & red)
Born: August 2023 
Price: $6000.00 SOLD TO TENNESSEE! Congratulations. 
Height: est mature height 31" 
Exchange Rates Apply / Zelle-Paypal-Venmo rates apply
Sire: Copper Star MGFeltrinelli Editore, 31" Tri Color Spot / Woolly 
Dam: Bainbridges Ella (Bella), 32" Brown Dun / Extreme Woolly 

If you are looking for a woolly future herd sire then I have the guy for you. His markings are really neat. Red all over with spots, grey hocks and black on the tips of each ear. With is BLAZE he makes a striking, gorgeous foal. He has a TON of woolly genetics in his background. GP Peanut, MGF, Arrow Creek and the coveted Apple Pie genetics are all in his background. I should be keeping this guy but I have decided to offer him for sale. His sire (MGFeltrinelli) and brother ($20Jackson) hold down the fort here with their foals selling like hotcakes! His half brother Copper Star Woodrow LD holds down the fort in Canada! 
His price will go up as he matures. He is a HERD MAKER. Don't miss OUT! 
He will be available when he is weaned around CHRISTMAS. 






Copper Star Sacagawea 2023                        
ADMS Registered (IVORY CARRIER)
Pedigree available upon request 
Color: Dark Red/Brown
Born: Spring 2023
Price: $3000 Sold! She is headed out to Virginia. 
Height: mature estimate 31-32'
Exchange Rates Apply / Zelle-Paypal-Venmo rates apply
Sire: Copper Star Farm Spartan Warrior, 31", Black Roan 
Dam: Kinney's Morgane, Ivory Jennet, 32" 

Sacagawea is a really unique jennet. Her mother is an ivory and her father is a black roan. Her unsuspecting red/brown coat does not give a hint to her heritage. It is actually a bit confusing out in the field since her and her dam do not look alike. BUT! She will be an awesome brood jennet. SO, if you are looking for future brood jennets for your farm that will give you a solid foundation with some cool genetics... with LOTS of interesting colors/spots/ivory/forehead stars in her background then here she is. I am getting a LOT of calls for mature brood jennets but I will not part with any of my girls. 
I have jennet & jack foals available. 
Here she is. Grab her before I take her off the for sale page! 





Foals will start arriving April of 2023. Here is the list of jennets that are expecting for 2023.

Miniature Jennets (Size 31"- 33") Due April - November 2023
Copper Star Farm Elizabeth Taylor 
KMAF's Twizzler Still waiting 
KZ's Penelope  Still waiting 
Kinney's Morgane - It's a girl! Copper Star Sacagawea 23
Copper Star Lucy's Hollywood Star - It's a girl! Copper Star Dollywood 23

Micro Jennets (27" to 30") Bred for 2023
Copper Star Hurricane Irma - It is a boy- R.Redford 
Copper Star Queen Latifah - It is a girl- Minerva 
Copper Star Venice (It's a spotted boy!) Copper Star Bellini 23

Woolly Miniature Donkeys Bred for 2023​
MGF Xanadu - It's a boy. Copper Star Bilou Bilou 23
Bainbridge's Ella -woolly Baby Watch Still waiting 

Standard Jennets bred to Diamond B Kirk for 2023 Late Summer/Fall foals.  
Copper Star Chiquita - Still waiting! 
Copper Star Milano Cookie - It's a boy! Copper Star Wagon Train 23 














Copper Star Queen Minerva 
ADMS Registered 
Pedigree available upon request 
Color: Black nlp with star
Born: Spring 2023
Price: $6000 SOLD TO FRANCE! 
Exchange Rates Apply / Zelle-Paypal-Venmo rates apply
Sire: Copper Star Farm Spartan Warrior, 31", Black Roan 
Dam: Copper Star Queen Latifah, 28" Black with light points
Sold, Headed to Doubs, France! 

I really do not want to sell this jennet. She is available for a short time. She is out of one of my best producing jennets. Her dam, Queen Latifah is short and sweet. Her last foal was a boy and Zeppelin resides in Chadds Ford, PA. QL blessed us with a black nlp girl with a star. She is simply beautiful and I know any herd would love to have her. After all, black nlp jennets make the best B&W spotted foals when bred to a spotted jack. 
Her sire is out uncompromising Black Roan jack, Copper Star Spartan. HE produces more girls than boys. His foals are always healthy and 100% well put together. He brings Bar3S & Hickory Hill Texas breeding to our program. As well as Indian Tree Farm which has the most unusual colors/spots and outstanding roaning of any jack that we have bred to. 





WE are currently sold out. Our availability will be updated after our next trip to Ohio. 11/1/2023
WE are currently sold out. Our availability will be updated after our next trip to Ohio. 11/1/2023
SELLING FOR A FRIEND> SEE INFO BELOW!                       
ADMS Registered RED JACK WEANLING 
Pedigree available upon request 
Color: Red 
Born: 2023
Price: $2000 / SOLD 
Height: tbd 

Sire: Benson Ranch Caliente, Light Red 31.5"
Dam: Benson Ranch Suzanna, Dark Red/Grey-Dun

Nice jack foal here for sale. Contact Christine Roberts. She is in Saegertown PA, 16433. 
PHONE: 814-282-2611 or 814-783-3000. 
He is microchipped. 



​FOAL WATCH FOR 2024! 
Who will be foaling! 
Miniature Donkeys........
Copper Star Whoopsie Daisy 
CP's The Mighty Philomena
Copper Star Grand Dutchess Anastasia
Copper Star Lucy's Hollywood Star 
Copper Star Maureen O'Hara
Ass-pirin Acres Jackie 
Kinney's Mini & Poultry Eve 
WCF Black Russian Susan 

Standard Donkeys
Paloma
Goldie
Cookie
Milano