Horses in T2K

[Canadian Army]

I was reading this thread and I decided to add my two cents on Mules:

First; you can breed Mules, True, all male mules and most female mules are infertile. But, a mule is the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; which means all you need is one fertile male donkey and one fertile female horse and you will get a mule.

Second; as for availability of mules, there are dedicated number of mule breeders, continued the tradition of breading as hobby and continued the great lines of mammoth jacks started in the United States by George Washington; with the gift from the King of Spain of two Catalan jacks. Also, Amish farmers, who reject tractors and most other modern technology, commonly use teams of six or eight mules to pull plows, diskers, and other farm equipment.

Third; as for use of mule in the military, currently the US Marine Corps conducts an 11-day Animal Packers Course; which covers the use of mules; at its Mountain Warfare Training Center, located in the Sierra Nevada near Bridgeport, California.

As for other countries using mules check out this picture I found will surfing the Web, I believe Soilder is West German:

[Graebarde]

Originally Posted by Canadian Army

I was reading this thread and I decided to add my two cents on Mules:

First; you can breed Mules, True, all male mules and most female mules are infertile. But, a mule is the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; which means all you need is one fertile male donkey and one fertile female horse and you will get a mule.

CA.. I thought of how the comment I made about breeding sounded after I logged out. You are correct of course, the mule is a hybrid. What I was refering to about breeding is you can't get off spring out of a mule for the reasons you pointed out. sorry if I misled anyone. Good info here. You can also breed a male horse to female donkey too, though it is not as common as the reverse. I think mostly because of the off spring size.

[Mohoender]

Originally Posted by Graebarde

Good info here. You can also breed a male horse to female donkey too, though it is not as common as the reverse. I think mostly because of the off spring size.

You right about that but that hybrid is not as strong and sturdy as a Mule (size also, then). People don't get them intentionaly. I don't know what the name is in english but in french the result is called a "Bardot" (not to confuse with a Mule).

[kato13]

Originally Posted by Mohoender

You right about that but that hybrid is not as strong and sturdy as a Mule (size also, then). People don't get them intentionaly. I don't know what the name is in english but in french the result is called a "Bardot" (not to confuse with a Mule).

If memory serves it is a "Hinny".

[Mohoender]

CA if indeed, your picture is that of a German soldier, he is part of the Gebirgstragtierwesen (Mountain Pack Animal Detachment) 230. that has 60 mules and 20 horses. Here is a link to this (and else):

http://horsesoldier.wordpress.com/page/2/