What is a mule?

This tends to be the biggest question we get on the farm......it's simple really:-) A mule is an equine hybrid that has a horse mare for a mother and a donkey jack for a father. 99.9% of the time a mule is sterile although they still have all the hormones and parts required to procreate, but due to an odd number of chromosomes there is sterility. The ancient Romas had a saying; "When a mule foals" - as in a blue moon. Female mules have been known to get pregnant when running with a jack or a horse stud, but they are very, very few and far between (a molly mule had a baby out of a donkey jack in Colorado last year). Speaking of  a "Blue Moon". We are having a blue moon tonight...let's see, New Year's Eve and a blue moon - oh my, a great night to be out and about! I am just looking forward to the fact that it just might help our two Mammoth jennets foal tonight! AMJR Oklahoma Dusty was due Dec. 5th and is still holding out on me. AMJR Lake Nowhere Delta is due in early January and is as big as a house! Maybe tonight will be the night! Well, Susan, our farm manager has informed me that I must go to Rural King to get red blood cell additive for Dixie, brown sugar and soybean oil for feeding during the holiday. Everyone have a wonderful and safe New Year, and keep an eye on that blue moon!