Quick question

[Cannyboy 34]

Just collected pair of silver ferrets half brother and sister out of same father different mother, just wondered if it's ok to breed them together next year if they make the grade this winter?? Cheers cannyboy

[patterdalejoel 669]

no.

[tom-tom 1 shot 1]

i wunt mate ya might get 3 toes lol

[joe14 98]

So you've only just got ferrets and you're already on about breeding them.

Is it me or is anyone else fed up of people saying or asking about breeding ferrets.

Dont bother breeding them theres plenty of ferrets around, leave that to the experienced breeders.

[Cannyboy 34]

Ok cheers lads I just thought it might be ok if they was only half brother/sister but il give it a miss cheers

[Cannyboy 34]

Joe 14 ive had and worked ferrets for over 20 years so I'm not a novice it's just that I've just collected 2 from a different line and just wondered if it would be ok to breed that close to keep that line going, and if it was none of them would be sold just kept by myself and couple of close friends.

[Leeview 787]

no.

 

could of possibly explained it a little fuller patterdalejoel,

Breeding silver to silver is a big NO NO can produce alsorts of deformities

Y.I.S Leeview

[moxy 617]

no.

 

could of possibly explained it a little fuller patterdalejoel,

Breeding silver to silver is a big NO NO can produce alsorts of deformities

Y.I.S Leeview

 

I thought joels answer was adequate, blunt but to the point.

 

Much in line with the kind of replys you usually give.

 

YIS moxy

[Ideation 8,216]

Cannyboy - if you have had ferrets for 20 years, you should know that by the end of this coming season they won't have done enough to have 'made the grade' for breeding (assuming they are this years kits).

[Cannyboy 34]

Cannyboy - if you have had ferrets for 20 years, you should know that by the end of this coming season they won't have done enough to have 'made the grade' for breeding (assuming they are this years kits).

no mate they have both had a seasons work behind them and both come from a strong working line but i just wanted to see them work for another season for myself before i even thought about breeding them and only then to keep the line going and to keep for myself or maybe couple of close friends but now it seems its not the the thing to do to breed half brother/sister so its not something im going to do now anyway.

[Ideation 8,216]

Cannyboy - if you have had ferrets for 20 years, you should know that by the end of this coming season they won't have done enough to have 'made the grade' for breeding (assuming they are this years kits).

no mate they have both had a seasons work behind them and both come from a strong working line but i just wanted to see them work for another season for myself before i even thought about breeding them and only then to keep the line going and to keep for myself or maybe couple of close friends but now it seems its not the the thing to do to breed half brother/sister so its not something im going to do now anyway.

 

Fair play.

 

For me half brother and sister AND silver would be a big no no.

 

In some situations i may well consider breeding half brother and sister.

[Jamie m 668]

From what I read on another forum cousin is preferred for line breeding ,

[Cannyboy 34]

Ok cheers lads, that's the thing I love about our sport I never stop learning something new, all the best cannyboy