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Fred H. Moyer
Weanling
Username: Fmoyer
Post Number: 23
Registered: 02-2006
| | Posted on Monday, April 10, 2006 - 06:33 pm: | 
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I thought I would post a link so you folks could see some brand new mule babies. Hit refresh every time you check back in to see the new babies. "Eureka" has the markings I want in a saddle mule some day!! 
http://www.montanamules.com/html/2006_colts.html |
Lori aka " Raven"
Breeding Stock
Username: Raven
Post Number: 226
Registered: 03-2006
| | Posted on Monday, April 10, 2006 - 08:03 pm: |
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I do have to admit those are some adorable babies! Good luck with yours Fred! Keep us posted on your mare and foal! Eureka is nicely marked very different! |
Kathee McGuire
Breeding Stock
Username: Katheekj
Post Number: 357
Registered: 12-2005
| | Posted on Monday, April 10, 2006 - 10:51 pm: |
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Fred - I have a whole new respect for mules! Those babies are gorgeous...still have funny ears! I like Eureka's markings best also. |
Stormy Rood
Breeding Stock
Username: Stormyrood
Post Number: 160
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 08, 2006 - 02:05 pm: |
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Ok, everyone's teasing me that my mare is going to have a mule these days...but after looking at these beautiful creatures, I'm not so worried! Nor would I be too disappointed anymore! But one question, I have heard it said that mules are born sterile due to the mixing of the species. Is this true??? |
Megan A Brown
Yearling
Username: Fabmeg
Post Number: 87
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 08, 2006 - 02:31 pm: |
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Yep, they have a chromosomal mismatch so when mules go to produce eggs or sperm the genes don't divide properly so the don't have viable sex cells. Some molly mules have been able to breed, but it is a very rare event, and most of the mule off spring look more like their fathers, which would seem to indicate that in the fertile mules the baby inherits all of it's maternal DNA from one or the other of it's mothers parents, rather than a mix of it's grandmothers and grand fathers DNA as is more typical in same species breeding. I was actually just reviewing about hybrids for my Genetics final, so that's probably way more info than you wanted! |
Stormy Rood
Breeding Stock
Username: Stormyrood
Post Number: 163
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 08, 2006 - 02:39 pm: |
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Hey, any info helps! Thanks Megan...you are one smart lady! 
I still don't think I'm getting a mule but you never know...Missy was in the donkey pasture quite a while before she was bred with the paint. |
Stormy Rood
Breeding Stock
Username: Stormyrood
Post Number: 164
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 08, 2006 - 02:40 pm: |
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actually, she was "in" there one day but the timing was quite a while before she was bred to the paint...just to clarify |
Stormy Rood
Breeding Stock
Username: Stormyrood
Post Number: 165
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 08, 2006 - 02:40 pm: |
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Fred, you have beautiful mules, BTW! |
Megan A Brown
Yearling
Username: Fabmeg
Post Number: 94
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 08, 2006 - 04:56 pm: |
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SO what your saying is even if it is a mule, she's still over due
Well I don't supose she was pastured with any elephants? |
Stormy Rood
Breeding Stock
Username: Stormyrood
Post Number: 170
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 08, 2006 - 05:06 pm: |
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well, it's been what, 10 years since she was on the range...so I guess not! Unless they take THAT long! {hehe} No actually I was told Missy was born in the corral after the BLM captured her mom, for facts sake, not because of the elephant theory! I'm not quite that ring-ding YET!!!! |
Stormy Rood
Breeding Stock
Username: Stormyrood
Post Number: 171
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 08, 2006 - 05:07 pm: |
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who knows..maybe a crazed circus elephant got out and tagged her! I don't think Missy's ever been out of this country! {lol} |
Megan A Brown
Yearling
Username: Fabmeg
Post Number: 96
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 08, 2006 - 05:22 pm: |
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It would have to be one sneeky elephant
On tiptoe perhaps? |
Megan A Brown
Yearling
Username: Fabmeg
Post Number: 97
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 08, 2006 - 05:33 pm: |
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This just in from the african SAVANA!
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j49/fabmeg/proudpapa.jpg |
Stormy Rood
Breeding Stock
Username: Stormyrood
Post Number: 174
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 08, 2006 - 05:35 pm: |
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How'd you do that? Missy must have wings..she's off the ground! I've always wanted a horse that can fly! That is too cool! |
Megan A Brown
Yearling
Username: Fabmeg
Post Number: 98
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 08, 2006 - 05:37 pm: |
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How else would she get to Africa with out you noticing? |
Stormy Rood
Breeding Stock
Username: Stormyrood
Post Number: 176
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 08, 2006 - 05:43 pm: |
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Huh? That would make sense!!!
Did you just copy and paste that? |
Megan A Brown
Yearling
Username: Fabmeg
Post Number: 99
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 08, 2006 - 06:20 pm: |
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photoshop works wonders, I don't have a price on that filly just yet but I'll let you know.
Post some action shots of Misty and the foal when you get your new camera and I'll make you something really pretty.
(Message edited by Fabmeg on May 08, 2006) |
Stormy Rood
Breeding Stock
Username: Stormyrood
Post Number: 178
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 08, 2006 - 06:29 pm: |
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sounds good! My camera is working again today but the picture is all distorted. I am taking it back to Walmart and exchanging it! |
Stormy Rood
Breeding Stock
Username: Stormyrood
Post Number: 179
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 08, 2006 - 06:32 pm: |
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Fred, good luck with your expectant mares. I would have to say that Conner and Circle are my favorites! They are all very beautiful mules though. |
