keeping hobs together all year around

[no1ale 0]

What are peoples views on keeping hobs together all year round. can it work?

[sam4530s 37]

good question , sure [bANNED TEXT] will be along anytime soon with the answer ???

[Pig boy 29]

Looking forward to and answer as well, as i have two young hob kits

[ferret1988 20]

I know a bloke who only keeps hobs and keeps them all together, he uses sheep bands to castrate them then spays them for a week to stop infection when they drop off.

 

Wouldnt catch me doing it like.

[The one 8,395]

If there neutered yes they can stay together no problem ,if no surely they going to bum each other all season

[Ideation 8,216]

I have four intact hobs that live togather all year round, not really any bumming, the odd scrap, but nowt serious, used to be five, but gave one to a member on here.

[no1ale 0]

Do you have jills near by them?

[Ideation 8,216]

I have five jills, who all winter are in the same court, but in summer are in a seperate run, which is a little distance away.

[no1ale 0]

Do you introduce new hobs during the winter or do you just stick them in when ever and let them sort things out

[Ideation 8,216]

Do you introduce new hobs during the winter or do you just stick them in when ever and let them sort things out

 

To be honest i don't introduce a lot of new hobs mate, but the last ones, just went in the main court with their mum, when i stuck them all together again for the winter, and thats usually how i do it.

 

If i bought in a hob kit, over summer, it would go in with the jills, not hobs and then meet the older hobs in winter when they all went in together

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Hope that makes sense.

[no1ale 0]

Do you introduce new hobs during the winter or do you just stick them in when ever and let them sort things out

 

To be honest i don't introduce a lot of new hobs mate, but the last ones, just went in the main court with their mum, when i stuck them all together again for the winter, and thats usually how i do it.

 

If i bought in a hob kit, over summer, it would go in with the jills, not hobs and then meet the older hobs in winter when they all went in together

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Hope that makes sense.

 

Yeh makes sence. Thanks

[robbo 802]

i have four hobs and keep them in pairs. they are fine together but i do think the occasional bit of man love happens during the breeding season.

[ferret1988 20]

I made the mistake many years ago to put a father and son together in breeding season the son gave his father some serious man love an the bone in his penis broke and came through the skin it then turned green luckily a vet sorted the problem,but he could not mate as he had to have his penis took off mostly. BIG LESSON LEARNT!!

Edited September 14, 2012 by ferret1988

[Rake aboot 4,929]

I`ve had a few kept together and have had the odd scrap. At the mo I have an intact hob and a vasectomised hob. They are split as I don`t want to risk injury to the snipped boy, he`s too valuable !lol

 

Tbh I think this is mostly a suck it and see situation, try them and see how they get on. It works for plenty folk,

[theferreter 311]

i keep intact hobs seperate at breeding time better to be safe than sorry

Edited September 14, 2012 by theferreter