The Dynamic Duo
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Has anyone had a mini mule? I have yet to have seen one until one of our mini mares, Sassy, had one ten days ago. She had a little tiny girl. I will post pictures later. thanks!
I raise miniature mules. I haven't been on here in a while (moving!). Just had this year's foal on May 7th. TOTAL lovebug! He can't get enough of me. He rubs up against me and will try to lay in my lap if I squat down. Need to sell him but may hang on to him and get off my fanny and train him and Sunny to be a pair.
Has anyone had a mini mule? I have yet to have seen one until one of our mini mares, Sassy, had one ten days ago. She had a little tiny girl. I will post pictures later. thanks!
He's so handsome. Love the colour. Is that his mum behind him? What's his name? You could call him Cheeky Chops or Love Bug.
SWEETEST looking thingI bought some jennies and put them with a homozygous black pinto stallion, he will not have anything to do with them. I found out after buying the jennies, that the offspring from a mare to jack, looks entirely different than a jenny to stallion [iF] you can even get the stallion to breed. I also was told the gestation time is different for donkeys 12 months compared to 11 for horses. Not sure if this is true but, would be curious to know if it is true. Supposedly this difference in gestation makes it difficult to end up with a live baby.
I don't know from experience, but I have heard it is more difficult to get a stallion to cover jennies, the result being a Hinny and looks more horse-like, than to get a jack to cover mares with the result being a mule and looks more donkey-like.I bought some jennies and put them with a homozygous black pinto stallion, he will not have anything to do with them. I found out after buying the jennies, that the offspring from a mare to jack, looks entirely different than a jenny to stallion [iF] you can even get the stallion to breed. I also was told the gestation time is different for donkeys 12 months compared to 11 for horses. Not sure if this is true but, would be curious to know if it is true. Supposedly this difference in gestation makes it difficult to end up with a live baby.
Good information , I have also heard that males can have a bad attitude, and they are sterile anyway, might as well geld them.I also heard the stallion to jenny offspring was called a hinny but, I was not sure, henny kind of sounds like a female but, I guess that is the term for a male or female from the stallion to jenny cross.I have seen them and they are not as attractive as the mules , they almost look like a horse that just got extremely long ears and a funny tail.LOL I have given up trying to breed my jennies to stallion especially since they don't resemble a donkey very much. I am going to just breed my jennies to a nice small jack.I don't know from experience, but I have heard it is more difficult to get a stallion to cover jennies, the result being a Hinny and looks more horse-like, than to get a jack to cover mares with the result being a mule and looks more donkey-like.
And, yes there is gestational difference, and the bigger difference being the difference in chromosome numbers I think its donkeys that have one more pair than horses (but not sure), and therefore the offspring (mule or hinny) have an odd number of chromosomes, so like 99% of them are sterile. [However, regardless of being sterile or not, John mules should be gelded, as they still have testosterone and the attitude to go with it. They are happier and safer as geldings.]
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