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The sibling hobs from the same lines are much more square than the jills, and look far more stocky. Albino ferrets have been a reliable working ferret up north.

If they come from certain lines, then they are dying out year by year as the ferret fashion police breed the none workers.

I have three jills, all are similar in frame.

Two will be bred next year (none bred this year).

 

I've got a strain of albino's that look like peas in a pod to Brimmers, I got them from someone local to me 16 years ago, I don't know where they came from originally but as Brimmer says this type have definatly been bred "Up North" for donkeys years.

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Nice pair of Albinos John.   Small Ferrets are nice to have, just that bit easier for everything   Cheers,   Shaun

I also keep a hutch full of the greyhound type, although none of mine are albino , polecats and silvers

I can remember ferrets kept by old poachers [bANNED TEXT] i was a kid that were always albinos and slim with arched backs as i got older i did put this down to the bred & milk diet that was mainly

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The sibling hobs from the same lines are much more square than the jills, and look far more stocky. Albino ferrets have been a reliable working ferret up north.

If they come from certain lines, then they are dying out year by year as the ferret fashion police breed the none workers.

I have three jills, all are similar in frame.

Two will be bred next year (none bred this year).

 

Your ferrets are very like the ones i saw when i first kept ferrets, yours look solid as well not these scrawney weedy things you sometimes see , today you hardly ever see lean ferrets , they seem to be far more weighty & a totally different shape

They are just workers Kay, natural selection, call it what you will.

Hopefully there will still be decent workers on the othere end of the scale when i need a line.

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The sibling hobs from the same lines are much more square than the jills, and look far more stocky. Albino ferrets have been a reliable working ferret up north.

If they come from certain lines, then they are dying out year by year as the ferret fashion police breed the none workers.

I have three jills, all are similar in frame.

Two will be bred next year (none bred this year).

 

I've got a strain of albino's that look like peas in a pod to Brimmers, I got them from someone local to me 16 years ago, I don't know where they came from originally but as Brimmer says this type have definatly been bred "Up North" for donkeys years.

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The sibling hobs from the same lines are much more square than the jills, and look far more stocky. Albino ferrets have been a reliable working ferret up north.

If they come from certain lines, then they are dying out year by year as the ferret fashion police breed the none workers.

I have three jills, all are similar in frame.

Two will be bred next year (none bred this year).

 

I've got a strain of albino's that look like peas in a pod to Brimmers, I got them from someone local to me 16 years ago, I don't know where they came from originally but as Brimmer says this type have definatly been bred "Up North" for donkeys years.

Hope you carry on mate, will need a bloodline soon enough!

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Greyhound ferrets :hmm: ...well the 3 jills i have at the moment are all different shapes & sizes.1 is small enough to fit in the palm of my hand,the other is long,slender,pointed face & arched back,the other is broad faced & shaped like a wedge.Personaly i don't care what type of fert they are as long as they are of a pleasent nature,sociable & do their graft when asked.

A good working fert is worth it's weight in rabbits regardless of size,type...IMO.

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Greyhound ferrets :hmm: ...well the 3 jills i have at the moment are all different shapes & sizes.1 is small enough to fit in the palm of my hand,the other is long,slender,pointed face & arched back,the other is broad faced & shaped like a wedge.Personaly i don't care what type of fert they are as long as they are of a pleasent nature,sociable & do their graft when asked.

A good working fert is worth it's weight in rabbits regardless of size,type...IMO.

Yours are worth more than there weight in rabbits Andy! ;)

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i have 2 polcat types thay are really skinny with arched backs and another small jill but the polcat ones i have are mutch smaller i will see if i cam get some pictures up [bANNED TEXT] i next have them out and yous can have a look and tell me what yous think of them

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Asked this question last year, heard the term greyhound ferrets from lots of old boys, and my old man as well, but none of them could tell me what a greyhound ferret was!

This to my knowledge is the best i can get.

A lean ferret, usually an albino jill, long in the back almost springy like.

Are these two anything like by anyone's standards?

 

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appparently they was used by miners , not sure how true this is & they are also favoured by falconers ,mine are supposed to be greyhound type, the mother & father came from a guy in wales who is well known for breeding this type of ferret

( 20yrs apparently ) & my kits are from those two siblings breeding , as long as they are good workers thats all that matters i understand what you are saying , although i did want smaller type ferrets, it is how they work that matters in the end,

 

regards john

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The sibling hobs from the same lines are much more square than the jills, and look far more stocky. Albino ferrets have been a reliable working ferret up north.

If they come from certain lines, then they are dying out year by year as the ferret fashion police breed the none workers.

I have three jills, all are similar in frame.

Two will be bred next year (none bred this year).

 

I've got a strain of albino's that look like peas in a pod to Brimmers, I got them from someone local to me 16 years ago, I don't know where they came from originally but as Brimmer says this type have definatly been bred "Up North" for donkeys years.

Hope you carry on mate, will need a bloodline soon enough!

 

Same here mate, we could do with having a swap sometime.

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