Mule or standard donkey

[NH homesteader]

I for one would not want to attempt to train a 16 year old anything. Especially a donkey. A young donkey is difficult enough!

 

[OneFineAcre]

I would not think it would be easy to break a 16 year old donkey to ride.
I think going with a mule would be a wise choice.

 

[Baymule]

Donkeys are smarter than you, mules are downright freaking brilliant.

 

[OneFineAcre]

See now I'm thinking.
My pasture produces more grass than my goats can eat.
Hesitate on getting a couple of steers because of Johnnes.

@Baymule

Do you think it would be hard to acclimate a mule to my goats?

This one's pretty

http://raleigh.craigslist.org/grd/5785629665.html

Ad seems to indicate she's around goats.

 

[Green Acres Farm]

@OneFineAcre, you just need more goats.

 

[Bruce]

See now I'm thinking.
My pasture produces more grass than my goats can eat.
Hesitate on getting a couple of steers because of Johnnes.

@Baymule

Do you think it would be hard to acclimate a mule to my goats?

This one's pretty

http://raleigh.craigslist.org/grd/5785629665.html

Ad seems to indicate she's around goats.

Pretty! I like the line "She is just 9 yrs. old and has her whole life ahead of her." Um, mules are born at 9 years of age????

I for one would not want to attempt to train a 16 year old anything. Especially a donkey. A young donkey is difficult enough!

Especially a HUMAN! Have you ever tried to teach a 16 Y/O human anything? They already know everything they need to know

 

[NH homesteader]

 

[OneFineAcre]

Pretty! I like the line "She is just 9 yrs. old and has her whole life ahead of her." Um, mules are born at 9 years of age????


Especially a HUMAN! Have you ever tried to teach a 16 Y/O human anything? They already know everything they need to know

Probably should have said a long life ahead of her

 

[OneFineAcre]

@OneFineAcre, you just need more goats.

That's going to happen this spring any way

 

[Baymule]

@Bruce mules can live up to 40 years. If properly cared for they can be active and useful almost all their life.

@OneFineAcre I would call and ask. I have a mule and she would attack the sheep if she could. She also hates dogs. I can just imagine the devastation she would leave behind her if she could go chicken stomping.