colour breeding

[dougie_s410k 1]

righty 'o' everyone, ive read a few bits on people agreeing and disagreeing on the breeding of ferrets but where do you stand within the colours to breed with? also whats not considered as acceptable and do people tend to go by this when thinking of breeding? or am i being to ANAL about the whole situation? heres a pic of my hob and jill would these be two acceptable colours to breed with?

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/347/ferretjillfc4.jpg my jill

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/2892/ferrethob2zq8.jpg hob

[woodchip 2]

F*ck it put the together cracking looking pair

[Rabbithunter 456]

you will get mostly polecat coloured. As the polecat gene is the dominant, whereas other colours are recessive gene's.

 

Breeding different colours wont matter, its only when you start breeding across the lin ie; brother to sister, that you might start incurring problems.

[dougie_s410k 1]

the pole cat colour is ok, i quite like them anyway and the people who keep them who want some kits like the polecat colours as they have a few already....cheers for the replies so far.....the poley in the pic is actually the brother of the one i have at the moment,i need to get a new picture but am using it as a guideline as he looks a spitting image of the brother in the pic :thumbs-up:

[Kay 3,709]

I would have thought putting the best to the best to produce the best was the way to go, you know your ferrets & i really dont think colour comes into it, especially if your breeding ferrets to work. you obviously want hardy stock & handlable stock, the handling comes down to you before you re home any kits you dont keep for yourself

 

If you get it right and produce good all round ferrets i dont think you will have a problem

[Crow 1]

Remember, if you get an Albino then they both carry the recessive albino gene (might be worth remembering if you want to breed off them at a later date).

 

Crow

Edited January 31, 2007 by Crow

[Guest Bigbob]

You have what i call a sandie 1st pict and a polecat 2nd pict i can see no problems there .Folk only say dont bred silver to silver

[dougie_s410k 1]

cheers everyone...no problems here then just gets abit confusing with so many differant points of views around

[tote 870]

I don't show my ferrets I only work them.Therefor colour doesn't enter into the equasion

when i'm looking at breeding a litter.

 

What's more important to me is their working ability and temperament.

 

Nothing worse than a second rate worker that's a biter to boot.

[Hob&Jill 258]

I will be breeding my Poly Jill this year, probably to a small Albino Hob.

 

Just out of curiousity what do you think this would throw?

[Kay 3,709]

I don't show my ferrets I only work them.Therefor colour doesn't enter into the equasion

when i'm looking at breeding a litter.

 

What's more important to me is their working ability and temperament.

 

Nothing worse than a second rate worker that's a biter to boot.

 

 

I agree as long as the offsprings are sound , you cant go wrong

[wyliecoyote 0]

I will be breeding my Poly Jill this year, probably to a small Albino Hob.

 

Just out of curiousity what do you think this would throw?

i bred my albio hob with a albino x pole and got albinos and poles also bred a albio x pole jill to a albino x pole hob and got silvers and poles .

[thurso jack 3]

i have a pole jill, im wanting to breed to keep a couple for myself, and my mates, if i wanted a silver what would i need to put her too?

 

and i know worker is the most important but its a question., please just answer it?

[jimg 17]

I will be breeding my Poly Jill this year, probably to a small Albino Hob.

 

Just out of curiousity what do you think this would throw?

 

This was the result of mating of a polecat jill to a albino hob.

 

[robinmcleod2 0]

this is a breed of a polecat hob and a albeno jill