I am no expert, that is for sure, but I just wanted to say he is very cute. I love his coloring and everything about him actually. (I read your earlier post - didn't know you could lease a jack? Hmmm, I have a lot to learn! That might be an option in our future) Good luck!! I adore mini mules
He hasn't bred mares before! My last jack I bought as a weanling and raised him with the horses, so he thought he was a little horse too and bred everything available when he was just a yearling! I sold him though, because I didn't like his hind legs. My "mule-maker" mares have all been bred by a Jack before, so no problem there. I sent one mare to a friend's 15 year old jack, who had only bred jennets, and he bred her a number of times a day for four days! Mainly when the friend had company and she put them in the front pasture! How embarrassing! No problem there, and she is definately "in mule"! We'll just see if this little guy will accept a horse--if not, I am not out any money! Kasper is only 5, so maye not set in his ways! Thanks!Has this jack bred mares before? Not all jacks will breed a mare, and not all mares will accept service from a jack. And as Bonny is learning, mules are a breed apart!
You probably know that www.gotdonkey.com is a good source. There are alot of classified ads and also farms spit up by State. I've had some good luck with got.donkey--I sold my Jack in 1 1/2 days and found Kasper! I was a little concerned when I saw his picture if his shoulder is too up-right. I have looked at lots of pictures since, and it looks like a typical donkey shoulder. Ditto his hind-end being big enough..I will go look at him though. I want correct and colorful! This coloring is kinda cool-if crossed with a spotted jennet, spotted whites often throw spotted whites. Crossed with a solid, they throw spots. It looks like as close to homozegous as donkeys have! Who knows what will happen color-wise, when crossed with a horse-perhaps I wil find out, God willing!!! I love horse and mule breeding, it's like a mystery being revealed every time!
the only thing i can tell you is, you cannot apply what you know about horse genetics to donkeys. the guy i got my mares from was HEAVY into genetics and very good at predicting what he would get. he borrowed our jack and got NOTHING like he expected... started looking into donkey genetics and told us, it's too much of a crap shoot and back home came our jack lol. he got some nice mule foals but not the COLOR he wanted...
