Is this a mule?

[tallyho8]

My friend's mare was in a pasture with a jack for a few months then they switched her to a pasture with a stallion. They don't remember the exact date they switched her around so when the colt was born they don't know who the daddy is.

I have seen many horses a couple of days old but never saw a mule a couple of days old. Can you tell from the photos if this is a mule or a horse?

 

[jayste]

Tallyho8, I'm going with horse. I don't think this colt has quite enough ear for a mule. One thing I've noticed, most mule colts have plenty of ear even at birth. I hope they were wanting a horse colt?!
Jay

 

[Scooby074]

Im no horse exprert, but if i was going to guess id say mule.

/Questionable paternity??? Quick somebody call Morey Povich !!!

 

[MossRoad]

Quick somebody call Morey Povich !!!

HA!! Good one!

 

[chh]

My wife says it is definetely a horse. She says that if you have to ask, it is a horse, a mule would have enough ear so that there would not be any doubt and that not to worry that the colt would grow into the ears and legs and look "normal" very quickly.

 

[Heywood Jannockitov]

Horse. Too nice a shoulder for a mule. I've seen Trakehner foals with ears that big, but I don't think they are big enough to be a mule.

 

[flint_knapper]

That's no jake or jenn, that's a horse.

 

[Reg]

That horse is a horse, of course, of course.
Yeah, not enough ears for t' be one o' them other equines

 

[MikeInEburg]

No doubt - Horse.

Anyone remember the exchange from Fiddler on the Roof? "Horse! Mule! Horse! Mule! Tradition..."

Mike

 

[schmism]

im going half mule half horse

mule - Google Image Search

for what a mule looks like

 

[jayste]

im going half mule half horse

mule - Google Image Search

for what a mule looks like

I see your point Schmism but like CHH's wife said if you have to wonder it's most likely a horse. Technically, 1/2 horse and 1/2 mule is impossible. Maybe 1/2 horse and 1/2 donkey which would make it a mule When you mix 'em the "chromersomes" don't add up which is why mules can't reproduce. I'm going to gamble on this little one being a horse. I've had both and the older I get the more worth I put in the mule. Guess it just depends on the one owning them.

Jay

 

[tallyho8]

Thanks to everyone for their opinions. It's ears do seem to be a little short for a mule, but they look a little large for a horse. But even some people have ears larger than others. It also has some pretty stout legs for being a couple of days old, much larger than my quarter horses had at that age.

My wife insisted that this looks like a mule but I think that is just because she loves mules so much and would like to get another one.

As it gets a little older it will be much easier to tell but I just wasn't sure since I had never seen a newborn mule.

 

[LBrown59]

Don't look like no Kawasaki to me.

 

[Mike Costello]

My friend's mare was in a pasture with a jack for a few months then they switched her to a pasture with a stallion. They don't remember the exact date they switched her around so when the colt was born they don't know who the daddy is.

I have seen many horses a couple of days old but never saw a mule a couple of days old. Can you tell from the photos if this is a mule or a horse?

Is the potential daddy jack a mule or a donkey? Mules are sterile.

 

[tallyho8]

Is the potential daddy jack a mule or a donkey? Mules are sterile.

It was a donkey.