liftboy1 0 Posted October 4, 2009 Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 Need some advice guys, Ive got 3x13 week old kits. 2x jills from a young farmer. One jill is albino and the other is extremelly dark. My hob is super tame he came from a working background and is polecat coloured. I would like to breed him with my dark jill because I would imagine the colours would be mint and they would be tame. The jills is not like a white with black markings but all black with white markings. Any advice on breeding. I would like to keep a few and obviously sell the rest. I bought the hob to serve my jills with the snip, but I dont want to put an end to the colours I have. Quote Link to post
scothunter 12,609 Posted October 4, 2009 Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 Need some advice guys, Ive got 3x13 week old kits. 2x jills from a young farmer. One jill is albino and the other is extremelly dark. My hob is super tame he came from a working background and is polecat coloured. I would like to breed him with my dark jill because I would imagine the colours would be mint and they would be tame. The jills is not like a white with black markings but all black with white markings. Any advice on breeding. I would like to keep a few and obviously sell the rest. I bought the hob to serve my jills with the snip, but I dont want to put an end to the colours I have. Wait till next season and breed them mate.You might be right and get some cracking colours.Good luck Quote Link to post
The one 8,589 Posted October 4, 2009 Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 Wait till next season after youv'e seen how they have worked mate then aask your self are they good enough workers to breed from as colour means nought in this game Quote Link to post
joe14 98 Posted October 4, 2009 Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 Just because hes tame doesnt mean his kits will be tame, sometimes alot of time and effort is needed to correct kits nipping. Quote Link to post
liftboy1 0 Posted October 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 Aye, well ferreting is all i do in my spare time, I used to keep ferrets a couple of years ago and just got 3 kits to get me back into it. I understand that colours and how tame a hob might be is nothing to do with offspring but myself prefer darker ferts and also due to my hob coming from a long line of working stock and the time and effort the breeder has put into him, I`m sure i could do it myself. I would like to have my kits from birth. As i know my jills were from a farm were there was no interaction with handling at all. And also my jills father was a decendant of a eu polecat, well so I was told. I have a huge indoor ferret court, so time wise, money wise i`m fine, but I have heard of jills passing away after giving birth. So any help or experience would be gratefull. Another thing is if I was to keep say my hob and say a kit hob from the offspring together in the future would it be the same scenario as two hobs. My mate has 2 hobs that just scrap non stop and draw blood. Quote Link to post
scothunter 12,609 Posted October 4, 2009 Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 one is correct colour dont mean jack shit,its a preference of what charge you keep.I have always owned poleys i would never even consider keeping anything else.But each to his own. Quote Link to post
liftboy1 0 Posted October 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 Well to be honest scothunter all my previous hobs were albino and were quite large and they looked the biz but I just dont think that you can beat the natural feel when a pole coloured comes out of a hole. I seen a stoat in the garden and that was a beauty. To be honest when I last kept ferts albino was the craze and poles where hard to come by but now it seems the other way round because all the kits I went to see were poles. Its just when I have seen polecats about they tend to be very dark. I understand that a local farmer told me that poles are for snow days and albinos for raptors. But I believe it`s just personal preference. Quote Link to post
Kay 3,709 Posted October 4, 2009 Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 Imo if you breed then purely breed because of there proven working ability , thats something that will take you into the spring of 2011 , jills can & do sometimes die giving birth, a jill i had a few years ago had a dead kit inside her after passing a live one, the dead one had to be helped along with oxcytocyn so yes jills do & can have birthing problems Quote Link to post
liftboy1 0 Posted October 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 Oh right, I have heard a lot from tales of mothers giving birth to stillborn young to mothers giving birth to live young`uns and then the mother dying. So I think it`s just something that il have to look into, best thing is you can stick it on here and everyone gives advice. Feeding my kits flesh by the way like you said and nipping has totally stopped, cheers. Quote Link to post
Kay 3,709 Posted October 4, 2009 Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 Oh right, I have heard a lot from tales of mothers giving birth to stillborn young to mothers giving birth to live young`uns and then the mother dying. So I think it`s just something that il have to look into, best thing is you can stick it on here and everyone gives advice. Feeding my kits flesh by the way like you said and nipping has totally stopped, cheers. Theres plenty of time to think about breeding in the next year or two , in realility most people only breed when there own stock needs replenishing, which shouldnt be every year Quote Link to post
j davies 8 Posted October 5, 2009 Report Share Posted October 5, 2009 one is correct colour dont mean jack shit,its a preference of what charge you keep.I have always owned poleys i would never even consider keeping anything else.But each to his own. i agre with scothunter mate its like he cant paint a fence but i bet his kids can Quote Link to post
scothunter 12,609 Posted October 5, 2009 Report Share Posted October 5, 2009 one is correct colour dont mean jack shit,its a preference of what charge you keep.I have always owned poleys i would never even consider keeping anything else.But each to his own. i agre with scothunter mate its like he cant paint a fence but i bet his kids can lol Quote Link to post
theferreter 311 Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 mate i agree wif the one wait til next season an see wat ur ferrets r working like before u breed frm them it pointless breeding frm them if there not up 2 the job unless u wana keep them as pets ur jills il prop nt come into season again untill the spring it getin a bit 2 cold nie Quote Link to post
max abell 198 Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 Owned good of all colours personaly prefere whites only cos they are easier to see As regards to tame there is only one bloodline to make kitts tame and thats as much handleing as possible what ever the colour or parents Good luck with breeding your poleys next year mate hope they work well for you Quote Link to post
liftboy1 0 Posted October 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 Cheers for the advice, I presume as they come from working lines that they should be sound. But like you said give them a go and see. Quote Link to post
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