Mules??

Anonymous-0 · Mar 13, 2011

Hey folks,
Anyone know anyone that raises or has mules? I traded emails 3 or so years ago with a guy (Mike C.) in Missouri that bred them out of Missouri Foxtrotters. If by any chance you MO folks could put me on the right trail to get in contact with him, that would be great. Thinking about breeding a mule for myself but don't want to go in blind and ignorant.

Thanks,

Dave

Old Roy · Mar 13, 2011

I can maybe help you with that !!
I didn't stay at that fancy motel they keep advertisin , but I did watch Larry the Cable guy.

ya need a female horse and a male donkey to start.
They lined them up side by side to show what ya needed.- guess the little feller needs something to stand on??? (Just bein funny )

Guess if ya found a donor ya could use the plastic glove method if ya had a friendly mare .

Anonymous-0 · Mar 13, 2011

Got a mammoth Jack close by that is as tall as my mare that has passed some nice looking mule foals to a couple horses with about the same build as my mare. Just don't know what to expect personallity, healthwise, etc. Also don't want a fence jumper.

Dave

Old Roy · Mar 13, 2011

I take it this is the size you want to end up with.
I never knew they were bred for gait as well.
Interesting post .
nice Jenny here

Old Roy · Mar 13, 2011

sorry link didnt show
here it is

Lou from Wi. · Mar 13, 2011

Hi Dave, Sorry I can't be of any help but there is a fellow that has two of em on his farm outside Rice lake. up on a hill. Your post became very interesting to me because I could just see ya driving the mule while on our tractor(mule pulling the tractor,with blown head gasket) down the autobahn at 50 mph. Breeze blowing through your hair, bottle of suds in the left hand and the reigns in the other.If you breed one small enough, you can have one ride in the cab with you for company. O.K. NOW IT"S YOUR TURN!!!!Regards, LOU.

ArleninOr · Mar 13, 2011

Dave, i have mules as do my hunting partners. Most mules will be born with the traits of the mare ie: height, temperment and size. When I figure out how to get to my pics I will post some that we have or had. Mules in general are easier to train than a horse less vet bills and a whole lot smarter. Don't get me wrong as I own some nice horses but we travel some real steep country like the Hells Canyon wilderness in Oregon and the Bitterroots in Montana. I started to break an 8 yr old last june and took her hunting in oct of last yr riding and packing. They get to trust you and you become their best friend. Mistreat them and they will get you back when you least expect it. I say go for it if your mare will stand for the jack. Some mares won't have anything to do with a jack. It can get ugly if they won'tcause the mare will try to eat that poor little fella.

Vito · Mar 13, 2011

Breed it with a Clyesdale mare and you will have one powerful beast.

Vito

Tom in TN · Mar 13, 2011

Dave,

I wish that you were going to be in this area the first week of April. I live about 40 miles south of Nashville, near the town of Columbia, TN. Columbia calls itself "The Mule Capital of the World".

Every year, the first week of April is the Mule Day Festival. It starts on Tuesday or Wednesday and continues through Sunday. There will literally be hundreds of mules in Columbia during that time. There are all kinds of events, shows, demonstrations, a parade, a beauty contest, etc, during the week.

The parade will feature mules being ridden, mules pulling wagons, mules pulling sulkies, and every other kind of mule conveyance you can imagine. For the poor people who only have horses and no mules, they'll be allowed to ride at the end of the parade.

It's a hoot.

Tom in TN

Mike (WA) · Mar 13, 2011

Wife bred her Tennessee Walker mares to jacks a couple of times, at the urging of several old guys who wanted a Walker mule. She found out a couple of things: 1, Old mule guys want Walker mules, but heaven forbid they should pay anything for them. No matter how fancy or how well trained, they're mad if you won't sell them for meat price. 2, Mules are a handful.

Neighbor came over, laughing, one time- had watched the same sequence, several times. Mule walked up by the electric fence between our places. Kind of looked up and down the fence, looked at the fence, positioned himself, and jumped it cleanly. Grazed in their pasture for an hour or so, then came back to the fence, did the same scoping out of the situation, and jumped back into our field. We were never the wiser.

After a couple of mules, we decided it was more fun than we could stand, and didn't do any more.

2x4 · Mar 13, 2011

the mule train to Columbia will start at Lobelville Mon. Mar. 28th & that night encamp on our farm. About 40-50 people w/trucks & stock trailers & 25 ac. w/pond for mules & horses. Train will travel in a huge loop & be in Columbia by Friday.

Anonymous-0 · Mar 14, 2011

(quoted from post at 18:07:17 03/13/11) Dave,

I wish that you were going to be in this area the first week of April. I live about 40 miles south of Nashville, near the town of Columbia, TN. Columbia calls itself "The Mule Capital of the World".

Every year, the first week of April is the Mule Day Festival. It starts on Tuesday or Wednesday and continues through Sunday. There will literally be hundreds of mules in Columbia during that time. There are all kinds of events, shows, demonstrations, a parade, a beauty contest, etc, during the week.

The parade will feature mules being ridden, mules pulling wagons, mules pulling sulkies, and every other kind of mule conveyance you can imagine. For the poor people who only have horses and no mules, they'll be allowed to ride at the end of the parade.

It's a hoot.

Tom in TN

That's funny. First got interested in them 20 or so years ago at a mule show in Columbia, Missouri.

Anonymous-0 · Mar 14, 2011

(quoted from post at 15:57:20 03/13/11) Hi Dave, Sorry I can't be of any help but there is a fellow that has two of em on his farm outside Rice lake. up on a hill. Your post became very interesting to me because I could just see ya driving the mule while on our tractor(mule pulling the tractor,with blown head gasket) down the autobahn at 50 mph. Breeze blowing through your hair, bottle of suds in the left hand and the reigns in the other.If you breed one small enough, you can have one ride in the cab with you for company. O.K. NOW IT"S YOUR TURN!!!!Regards, LOU.

There used to be a commercial on TV here about when things were tuff. Family in an VW bus with the windshield out so someone could handle the reigns of a team of haflingers that pulled it while someone sat in the drivers seat and steered.

Dave

El Toro · Mar 14, 2011

The Amish in SE PA breed the big draft mares to a Jack and you get some very large mules.
They had 8 of them hooked to a Conestoga wagon at the Rough & Tumble Engineers show in Kinser PA. Hal

Matt in TN · Mar 14, 2011

(quoted from post at 04:44:20 03/14/11) The Amish in SE PA breed the big draft mares to a Jack and you get some very large mules.
They had 8 of them hooked to a Conestoga wagon at the Rough & Tumble Engineers show in Kinser PA. Hal

That's odd. The Amish around here don't believe in hybrids. You never see a mule on their farms.

Lou from Wi. · Mar 14, 2011

Dave I missed that commercial butttt it sound's like something I would have done in my earlier years. Needed anything that moved on wheels. Had bicycles and skate board(home made) but was needing freedom on wheels. REGARDS LOU.

El Toro · Mar 14, 2011

Here's ae pics of them filing silo in PA and baling hay in Ohio. All using mules. Hal

jackinok · Mar 14, 2011

wifes grandad bred and raised mules all his life,plumb up until mid eighties.he would breed them however he needed them,if he needed work mules he would breed to draft type horses.If he wanted hunting mules he would breed to a quarterhorse or morgan. if he wanted racing mule( yes there are mule races) he would breed to a thourobred horse.His favorite thing was chasing coyotes or coons on mules. he kept a pack of hounds also,and when those dogs started sounding off you had better be hanging on because those mules would follow those hounds anywhere with or without you!dang things could stand flat footed and jump a five foot fence and clear it two ft.I always found mules to smarter than horses,but like ive heard said,"one would act perfect for a year just for a chance to kick your head off!"

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