donkey terminology

[yankee_minis]

jenny bred to a stallion will give you a....hinny? mule? jorse? (LOL)

I forgot...would someone kindly fill me in?

And what's the difference between a "jenny" and a "jennet"

what's a gelded jack called?

 

[wendy4mini]

a jenny bred to a stallion=mule

a mare bred to a jack= hinny

a gelded jack= john

 

[MeadowRidge Farm]

Windy4mini, you are close ..just reversed it! a jenny bred to a stallion is not a mule...it is called a hinny. A mule is when you bred a jack and mare together. Isnt this donkey terminology wonderful?? If you look thru the post you will see a picture of my hinny, Snickers, they are MUCH harder to breed for then a mule. Maybe today I can get a picture of him and post it and minimule can post a picture of her mule, so you can see the difference. Corinne

 

[yankee_minis]

Thanks! After I posted I read in another thread about longears.com and I am there right now reading everything!

 

[Farmhand]

http://www.imh.org/imh/bw/mule.html

Breeding a male donkey to a female horse results in a mule; breeding a male horse to a female donkey produces a hinny.