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January 1st, 2024

SOME MULEINGS,

Some news on the breeding of American Cattle Horses

Now as more and more genes start to show themselves, we have started to realize that the horses themselves are fascinating creatures. I just recently found out that one of my mares was in foal while pastured with her burro friends. She has only been in a pen with them since weaned,  but in the past, no other ACH has ever gone into foal with donkeys before. I thought that would be fine so I can keep her away as I had other breeding plans for her after training. 

So after a long wait,  and much to my surprise, a healthy mule was born.  

Well shoot, it is possible now.

— DAN

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MULES ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO BREED & REGISTER AS A PART OF ACHA.

• They can only be brought in by breeding a Male Donkey to Female ACH.
  -  The donkey does not have to exist as a character, but listed in heritage as “SIRE: DONKEY”
• They must be bred from a Registered ACHA Mare.
• Mules have their own Import lines, please use these upon registration.
• They can have any gene from the Dam’s side.
  –  if it has line specific mutations (IE. Jack/Camaztoz/Wendigo) the mule cannot show those line edits, It must stay on the mule lines.
• MULES CANNOT BE BRED TO OTHER ACHs - they are infertile.

WHEN BREEDING FOR MULES - PLEASE REMEMBER:
Common donkey’s genes are as follows: - These are the only genes that will be used for mules in ACHA. I know there are more but these are the most commonly seen.

•Black | Bay | Chestnut
•Dun
•Pangare
•Roan
•Champagne/Ivory(?)** - realistically, not the same, but for this, yes.
•White Paint Spotting.

Mules will need to be a combo of some of the donkey genes & dam’s genes.
IE: you cannot get a cremello mule because the cream gene isnt present in donkeys -so the mule foal would be palomino.
ALTHOUGH, You could get a Cream Champagne if you play your cards right.

You will get a recessive gene of any of the Dams genes OTHER than the these, which you can get dom genes of:

•DUN
•PANGARE
•CHAMPAGNE
•SPOTTED ROAN * - sire donkey would have to have been a roan w/spotted pattern.

Mule lines can be found on the discord.

Questions? Comments? Drop them below or in Discord!