my situation exactly, so many old skills being lost to progress or are just no longer relevant in todays highspeed society.LazyWP said:That was kinda my thought. I have never driven a team. My Granddad still have a couple teams when I can remember, and I tried to get him to show me how. He told me at that time that he had spent all of his life trying to get away from working horses, he saw absolutely NO reason to do it for pleasure.
I would like to get a team, but I also know that they would have to be able to teach me, or maybe I should be like all the first timers, and get a young team so we can LEARN together. :roll:
Soapweed said: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.
WVGenetics said:Soapweed said: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.![]()
OldDog/NewTricks said:WVGenetics said:Soapweed said: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:twisted:
leanin' H said:Matt Dillon rode horses and Festus rode a mule. Argument over! :wink: :lol: I rope bad enough without having to compensate for an extra foot of ears in my aiming area. :lol: :lol: