How old do donkeys have to be to pull a cart?

Answer 1

Whether its a donkey, mule, horse or pony, they should not be doing this kind of work until the age of 3. You can start their training at around 2 but there is a lot of training work before they can pull a cart.

A donkey or a mule/hinny matures at the age of five, whereas a horse usually matures at the age of four. No animal should be worked before it is skeletally mature, so you can start the training when the colt is two but you have two years in which to train a horse, three to train a donkey or mule (though, being much more intelligent, they actually need much less time to figure out what to do).

Answer 2

I don't think there is an age limit but you need to be skilled with driving horses. It can be dangerous and the horses are strong, which are controled by two strips of leather (reins).