Hobs

[scutty96 313]

Had ferrets for about four years now, and always just kept jills as when I was starting out it's what people told me where best, then after reading on hear lately I noticed that a lot of peoples opinion that hobs where better, more thorough type of worker, so this year I got a hob kit and he is huge, at around 8 weeks I think he must be he is the size of my largest Jill, so my question was can they be too big to work? Should I have tried to find a smaller hob?

[OneManAndHisDog 498]

I've got a small but strong albino hob here mate if you want he'll be ready on the 24th I've got the mum and dad aswell can be seen, just letting you know haha

[scutty96 313]

Yeah I think this one may end up too big, I can't see that when fully grown a rabbit would be able to pass him or get free from him to bolt if he had hold, but we will see. And thanks for the offer onemanandhisdog, but I'm in Hampshire

[rabbit demon 301]

I use a huge hob for working. My best worker infact. He never touches the nets once hes in the burrows. Only comes out when the last rabbit is dead or bolted. Couple of people have said hes too big but hes out every chance i get and we always do ok on a days grafting. He works fine and works fast too. Never came across a burrow he couldnt get into.

[pie-eater 377]

Only way to tell if a ferrets any good is to try it, don't worry about size, Id give any ferret a try apart from the so called micros.

[Chicken_man 1,651]

Give him a go, bit of extra digging if anything.

Atb

[tsteve9999 456]

A mate of mine had one and the only problem was that he wrecked any net he came across, I'd much rather have a ferret that can pass through them.

[MickyB 327]

I've always liked small, fast aggressive Jills and big strong smelly hobs, both have their uses, I've never kept more than one hob at a time though

ATB

Micky

[Phil Lloyd 10,736]

Ran a trio, of lean and mean, Dog ferrets for years,...they were terrific.

Edited August 13, 2015 by Phil Lloyd

[The one 8,395]

Even with Jill's you need a good working hob if you want to breed them there's no use having a good Jill and putting here to any old hob and breeding crap a good hobs a important part of the team or a breeding product , if the hobs no up to the job it's time to cut your losses and move on and I don't mean pass it on to somebody , where it will sire Kitts or be sold as the best working ferret ever in a few weeks it costs as much to fed a good one as it does a crap one

[RussBoy 77]

Are hobs more likely to need dug to than jills? Not that I don't mind digging

[rabbit demon 301]

Aye. Hobs they seem to be faster and catch more. In small sets you would have the spade out a fair bit. I only use mine in the big warrens in the sand dunes where your not always going to be able to dig. As they often go too deep. Anything under a thirty holer use a jill.