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Heidi the hinny
Jul. 3rd, 2008 05:19 pmSome day I have to learn to post photos in an entry. Unfortunately, today is not that day.
Last week I did a story about a hinny. Hinnies are the opposite of mules; they are the offspring of a female donkey and a male horse. There's only a 20% chance of conception occurring when a female donkey and a male horse breed. (The more common pairing is known as a mule which is a male donkey and female horse)
Hinnies have more horse-like faces. This one had a more horse like gait and was fairly skittish. In all cases but one, hinnies were sterile like mules.
Female hinnies are also more rare than male hinnies.
All of this means Heidi the hinny is a bit of a wonder
They seriously posed like that for the shot. I don't know how they could have been any cuter.
(This breeding happened because Mabel, a 10-year-old donkey was in a pen with a miniature horse stud. The family that owned her had had her for 5 years, and she had never bred during this time. So they were surprised when she got pregnant. I'm not sure how the miniature horse managed to knock Mabel up. He must have been hung like a horse)
Last week I did a story about a hinny. Hinnies are the opposite of mules; they are the offspring of a female donkey and a male horse. There's only a 20% chance of conception occurring when a female donkey and a male horse breed. (The more common pairing is known as a mule which is a male donkey and female horse)
Hinnies have more horse-like faces. This one had a more horse like gait and was fairly skittish. In all cases but one, hinnies were sterile like mules.
Female hinnies are also more rare than male hinnies.
All of this means Heidi the hinny is a bit of a wonder
They seriously posed like that for the shot. I don't know how they could have been any cuter.
(This breeding happened because Mabel, a 10-year-old donkey was in a pen with a miniature horse stud. The family that owned her had had her for 5 years, and she had never bred during this time. So they were surprised when she got pregnant. I'm not sure how the miniature horse managed to knock Mabel up. He must have been hung like a horse)
