ferreting sunday 21st november

[nicjhas 2]

Hi all!

 

Well we decided to give it a go today although forecast wasnt good we got to the farm at about 8.30 quick coffee and away we went very slow start with the rabbits just not bolting and giving the ferrets the run around we had 2 layups so 2 digs each producing 1 rabbit. like i said for some reason the bunnys seemed to be just sittig tight or just coming to the entrance of the hole smelling the air and deciding not to bolt and taking a chance with the ferrets anyway the rain held off and we enjoyed the day even though there was a bit of digging and a bit of waitng around

Thats ferreting no 2 days are the same 11 rabbits in total

 

atb Nic

[Moe 108]

nice going well done

[willygun 0]

Well done keep at it, Thats true no two days are the same

[billbroon 9]

Nice work bud, some good meals there !!

[The one 8,585]

Nice going ,when they come to the surface and refuse to bolt they know your there maybe too noisy setting the nets ?

[r-o-b-p 3]

nice 1

[KittleRox 2,147]

good stuff,

[Skinny 29]

I to was ferreting this same day and the rabbits behaved the same way I have been ferreting this same place now for the second season and usually they bolt well. I had six digs for seven rabbits and the two that bolted into nets took a good forty minutes each. Also on a foot note of the nine rabbits accounted for five were black. I get black ones now and again but never got so many out of one place in one session. Will ad some pictures later.

My friend who was with me and has a few years on me reckoned that just before a real cold snap in the weather rabbits can behave this way and are reluctant to bolt. Any way thanks to the locator and spade my friend will be serving up a rabbit stew towards the end of the week.

[nicjhas 2]

Thats the first time i'v known anyone get five black rabbits the same outing , i'v had the odd one, but i suppose some places are more populated with blacks than others, must be something to do with more domestic ones being let loose or escaping & breeding with wild ones anyway they all count good going mate

 

atb nic

[KittleRox 2,147]

Thats the first time i'v known anyone get five black rabbits the same outing , i'v had the odd one, but i suppose some places are more populated with blacks than others, must be something to do with more domestic ones being let loose or escaping & breeding with wild ones anyway they all count good going mate

 

atb nic

Wild rabbits produced black rabbits originaly.

Black rabbits are a mutation of normal coloured wild rabbits,the "black" gene can be carried for many generations before a visually black rabbit is produced. If a pet black rabbit escapes or is introduced into the local rabbit poulation this can produce black rabbits as well.

[theferreter 311]

well done lads

[Skinny 29]

Thats the first time i'v known anyone get five black rabbits the same outing , i'v had the odd one, but i suppose some places are more populated with blacks than others, must be something to do with more domestic ones being let loose or escaping & breeding with wild ones anyway they all count good going mate

 

atb nic

black rabbits occur naturally in wild populations its called melanism and is a recessive gene that is linke to evolutionary diversity it occurs in many species and is suposed to ensure survival of the species in the event of a rpaid change of environment. I have also seen albinos and collared and pied ones and ginger ones.

 

the chances of a domestic rabbit surviving long enough o breed are very unlikely given predation and climate effects