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LazyWP
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Faster horses
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| Really neat picture. Thanks for sharing!!!
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Northern Rancher
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| My buddy has a pair of Norwegian Fjord mules that are pretty handsome but I can't pry them out of him. Those loooked pretty much all matched for size-be nice to spend a month or so there and learn a bit. I bet those old boys forgot more than I'll ever know.
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LazyWP
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hayguy
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Location: Southern Alberta
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Northern Rancher
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| I had never driven a team before either-I bought two PMU fillies for 600 bucks and grew them out till two then my buddy started them for a month-he brought them back over-showed me how to harness then I was on my own-they were pretty mellow mares because we never ever had a wreck-I used them every day and fed alot of cows over the years. Still have one mare left she's 23 now-we use her to keep the weaners company and such. I had to ship her mate last spring but we hooked them till they were 20. I think we raised 7 teams out of them and lots of singles so they've paid there way. I just love draft horses-kind of big mellow buddies-there are still alot of cows fed with horses up here-I'd guess there at least 50 working teams just in my area. A friend of mine is going to start having a production sale of teams in a year or so-I think he's hooking ten teams right now. Between draft teams and all the chuckwagon horses there's alot of hookers in our area lol. I help my neighbor train his TB wagon horses-they are a different deal when we'd get in a runaway we'd just drive them into a big slough a half mile or so of water up to their bellies takes the snark out quick.
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mister dillon
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| personaly, i would like to have a stallion mule duo team for riding and carrying ;)
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Faster horses
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| stallion mule??? Do you possibly mean a Jack?
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Soapweed
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No one needs a stallion mule. It might sound studly to have one, but since mules can't reproduce anyway, there is sure no reason to leave the nuts in a mule. They are ornery like a stallion, and go through all the motions and have all the emotions of being a stallion, but they are shooting blanks. Geld them and be done with it.
A mule is half horse and half donkey, out of a mare and sired by a jack. A hinny is half horse and half donkey, but out of a jennet donkey and sired by a horse stallion. Mules look more like a donkey and act more like a horse, where a hinny looks more like a horse (their ears are shorter than those of mules) but acts more like a donkey.
Even though mules are sterile, once in a great while one will reproduce. In such a very rare occasion, if a molly mule was bred by a stallion, the offspring will look like a horse; if bred by a jack, the offspring will look like a donkey.
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WVGenetics
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No one needs a stallion mule. It might sound studly to have one, but since mules can't reproduce anyway, there is sure no reason to leave the nuts in a mule. They are ornery like a stallion, and go through all the motions and have all the emotions of being a stallion, but they are shooting blanks. Geld them and be done with it.
A mule is half horse and half donkey, out of a mare and sired by a jack. A hinny is half horse and half donkey, but out of a jennet donkey and sired by a horse stallion. Mules look more like a donkey and act more like a horse, where a hinny looks more like a horse (their ears are shorter than those of mules) but acts more like a donkey.
Even though mules are sterile, once in a great while one will reproduce. In such a very rare occasion, if a molly mule was bred by a stallion, the offspring will look like a horse; if bred by a jack, the offspring will look like a donkey. |
I, for one, appreciate when someone takes the time to be as thorough as you have here Soapweed. No room for error now. 
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OldDog/NewTricks
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No one needs a stallion mule. It might sound studly to have one, but since mules can't reproduce anyway, there is sure no reason to leave the nuts in a mule. They are ornery like a stallion, and go through all the motions and have all the emotions of being a stallion, but they are shooting blanks. Geld them and be done with it.
A mule is half horse and half donkey, out of a mare and sired by a jack. A hinny is half horse and half donkey, but out of a jennet donkey and sired by a horse stallion. Mules look more like a donkey and act more like a horse, where a hinny looks more like a horse (their ears are shorter than those of mules) but acts more like a donkey.
Even though mules are sterile, once in a great while one will reproduce. In such a very rare occasion, if a molly mule was bred by a stallion, the offspring will look like a horse; if bred by a jack, the offspring will look like a donkey. |
I, for one, appreciate when someone takes the time to be as thorough as you have here Soapweed. No room for error now. |
There is a great Line (Putdown) Here but I won't use it  
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Soapweed
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No one needs a stallion mule. It might sound studly to have one, but since mules can't reproduce anyway, there is sure no reason to leave the nuts in a mule. They are ornery like a stallion, and go through all the motions and have all the emotions of being a stallion, but they are shooting blanks. Geld them and be done with it.
A mule is half horse and half donkey, out of a mare and sired by a jack. A hinny is half horse and half donkey, but out of a jennet donkey and sired by a horse stallion. Mules look more like a donkey and act more like a horse, where a hinny looks more like a horse (their ears are shorter than those of mules) but acts more like a donkey.
Even though mules are sterile, once in a great while one will reproduce. In such a very rare occasion, if a molly mule was bred by a stallion, the offspring will look like a horse; if bred by a jack, the offspring will look like a donkey. |
I, for one, appreciate when someone takes the time to be as thorough as you have here Soapweed. No room for error now. |
There is a great Line (Putdown) Here but I won't use it |
If you think I was too harsh, go ahead and fire away at me with your Putdown line. I probably need it.
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