donkey or a female donkey and a male horse ?
2006-09-06 15:48:34 · 6 answers · asked by gidget 1 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
As said already- a mule is the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse, whilst a hinny is the offspring of a female donkey and male horse.
In my experience, mules are often more horse-like both in build and behaviour, and hinnies tend to be more like the donkey. My feeling is that the behaviour is due to the influence of the dam, although I've found that if you put a mule in with a group of donkeys, it starts to act like a donkey.
To all intents and purposes, all are sterile, but there has been the odd case recorded over the years of molly mules (and I believe also of female hinnies) carrying foals to term. Johns have to be gelded to keep a lid on testosterone-fuelled madness!!!
Mules are very smart (jerry- I reckon they're a lot more than twice as smart!!), and unfortunately the same qualities that make them such brilliant animals if they're well trained can make them downright dangerous if they're not. Great animals though.
2006-09-06 21:38:42 · answer #1 · answered by Loz 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mule: The progeny of a male donkey and a female horse, it has a horse like body and a donkey-like ears, legs and feet. Mules are born male and female.
A Hinny is when the female donkey and male horse, makes a donkey like body and horse like ears, legs and feet. (Complete opposite breeding of a mule)
The male a.ss is known as a "Jack" and a female is knowing as a "Jennet".
Characteristics of an a.ss: longer, larger ears, a sparser mane an tail, a more cowlike tail and smaller hooves. Muzzle and and underbelly is light in color.
Jacks breed to horse mares make mules.
A Jennet to a stallion horse makes a "Hinny" as stated above.
Mules and Hinnys of both sexes generally are sterile.
2006-09-06 17:22:12 · answer #2 · answered by Mutchkin 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cut and pasted right out of www.wikipedia.com Hope it helps:
In its common modern meaning, a mule is the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse. Compare hinny – the offspring of a male horse and a female donkey. The term "mule" (Latin mulus) was formerly applied to the offspring of any two creatures of different species – in modern usage, a "hybrid
2006-09-06 15:52:42 · answer #3 · answered by Green Arrow 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've been riding mules for 51 years and breeding them for 45 years a jack + Mair = mule or a horse stud + a jenny = mule. they come in all shapes and sizes and colors. there twist as smart as a horse. don't let a mule learn a bad habit are your done. the price has Ben from $5.00 too $5,000.00, a good trail mule runs from $1,000 to $2.500 now days.
the mule has been the backbone of this county, they worked are farms , mines and roads. here here to a good mule.
2006-09-06 21:09:05 · answer #4 · answered by jerry r 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The female is a horse the male is a donkey and the mule offspring is sterile.
2006-09-06 18:46:52 · answer #5 · answered by Simply Jen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep, dam is a horse, sire is a donkey.
I have 3 mules and wouldn't trade them for all the horses in the world!
2006-09-07 01:38:11 · answer #6 · answered by Jennifer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋