When the Chinese hinny was bred to a jack, she produced the so-called " Dragon Foal, " which resembled a donkey with mule-like features.
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Breeding large hinnies is an even bigger challenge, as it requires stock from a jenny of large size, such as the Baudet de Poitou or American Mammoth Donkey.
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A mule is the crossing of a male donkey ( jack ) and a mare and a hinny is the crossing of a stallion and a female donkey ( jenny ).
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A cross will produce offspring ( mule or hinny ) with 63 chromosomes, that will not form pairs, which means that they do not divide in a balanced manner during meiosis.
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Fanciers are unlikely to devote a Mammoth jenny's valuable breeding time to producing sterile hinny hybrids, when Mammoth females are in high demand to produce fertile pure-bred Mammoth foals.
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The " reebin " was additionally strengthened by the breast hook or " hinny spot " where it met the " horn " at the top of the stem.
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When Anna Van Valin was 4 years old, she pronounced the phrase " not by the chair of my hinny hin hin " and unwittingly advanced the study of children's language when she did.
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Jack donkeys are often used to mate with female horses to produce mules; the biological " reciprocal " of a mule, from a stallion and jenny as its parents instead, is called a hinny.
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It is commonly believed that mules are more easily handled and also physically stronger than hinnies, making them more desirable for breeders to produce, and it is unquestioned that mules are more common in total number.
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It is harder to cross species if the female has less chromosomes than the males, as in the crossing of a stallion and a jenny ( female donkey ), this results in minimal breeding of hinnies.
