Mule vs Hinny. So I stopped to say hi to some of Firefly’s band and thought I would explain the difference between a mule and a hinny, and then how to make a Zorse. So it’s really easy to know which is which if you know the mother, so Firefly is a mule because we know his mother is Ladybug who is a mustang mare. He would be a Hinny if his mother was a donkey. Cassidy was a mini Hinny which would have been the cross between a miniature horse stallion and a miniature Jenny donkey. And we now think

What Is a Hinny? A hinny is the opposite of a mule. A mule comes from a jack (male donkey) bred to a mare (female horse). A hinny comes from a stallion (male horse) bred to a jenny (female donkey). Now here’s the part most people don’t know: Once a jack starts breeding donkeys, many of them won’t go back to breeding mares at all. They’ll flat-out refuse. Learn more at http://go.muleman.co/5qftjg | Queen Valley Mule Ranch, Inc