Brother To Sister

[cantona 310]

I have a hob and Jill out of same litter both work well, would mating them be alright

[jamesmc 582]

I wouldn't mate...atb...

[The one 8,396]

If it works its called line breeding if not its in breeding your call mate a double headed ferret would come in use fall in some places

[GreyRake 108]

Could end up up with blind and/or deaf ferrets, maybe worse. I wouldn't.

 

Its even discouraged to try and breed any two silvers together because the gene pool just isnt big enough. Many are deaf.

Edited April 3, 2013 by GreyRake

[Hot Meat 3,109]

Aslong as the parents ain't related you will be fine

[patterdalejoel 669]

aye crack on, common practice in pedigree livestock breeding, i would go any further breeding related individuals unless you read up on it tho

[Country Joe 1,411]

Cant you find a really good working hob in your area?

[Jamie m 668]

aye crack on, common practice in pedigree livestock breeding, i would go any further breeding related individuals unless you read up on it tho

 

WAS,

[whippet 99 2,613]

well i have in bred ferrets for a few seasons with never a problem until this morning when i found me best gill with 4 dead kits there is one gill left so fingers crossed

[romany52 313]

It's not as bad as it's made out to be, so long as you start with sound stock. A lot of first class fen dogs are inbred. I once read a scientific report about inbreeding, where they bred rats, brother to sister for 13 generations with no ill effects. I myself bred rats as hawk food, for at least 10 years. Starting with a brother and 2 sisters plus 1 unrelated male, adding no new blood, after many generations over the 10 years or so, never getting any abnormalities.

[Phil Lloyd 10,736]

Edited April 4, 2013 by CHALKWARREN

[gnipper 5,945]

I'd put money on most of the kits you see for sale on preloved etc in the summer being bred from brother and sister which were last years kits.

[kinderbeano 13]

Im not going to claim to be an expert on this by any means, but i am studying zoology and genetics in uni and From what iv studied ur safest way to ''inbreed'' for certain traits is to breed mother-son or father-daughter and every 2nd generation or so bring in some outside blood to keep some variety in the gene pool.Brothers and sisters can tend to be too similar in genetics, but for one breeding generation you should be fine.

As has been said before the only reason we have such variety in domestic breeds today is because of generations of well managed inbreeding (with occasional outbreeding) so it can be done and still is done. But saying that there is a reason why a mongrel dog will live a longer healthier life than a pedigree on average. The more mixed and different the genetics are the better. Too many generations of close inbreeding can cause negative traits to become expressed and individuals can have less resistance to disease etc.

Sorry about the essay just thought ye might be interested

Alot of guys will prob tell you not to do it and to be honest unless your looking for a very specific trait your better off to get a good unrelated ferret, But as long as your not doing it over generations then you should be fine.

[northern lad 2,292]

Im not going to claim to be an expert on this by any means, but i am studying zoology and genetics in uni and From what iv studied ur safest way to ''inbreed'' for certain traits is to breed mother-son or father-daughter and every 2nd generation or so bring in some outside blood to keep some variety in the gene pool.Brothers and sisters can tend to be too similar in genetics, but for one breeding generation you should be fine.

As has been said before the only reason we have such variety in domestic breeds today is because of generations of well managed inbreeding (with occasional outbreeding) so it can be done and still is done. But saying that there is a reason why a mongrel dog will live a longer healthier life than a pedigree on average. The more mixed and different the genetics are the better. Too many generations of close inbreeding can cause negative traits to become expressed and individuals can have less resistance to disease etc.

Sorry about the essay just thought ye might be interested

Alot of guys will prob tell you not to do it and to be honest unless your looking for a very specific trait your better off to get a good unrelated ferret, But as long as your not doing it over generations then you should be fine.

Crack on mate....good post

[patterdalejoel 669]

 

aye crack on, common practice in pedigree livestock breeding, i would go any further breeding related individuals unless you read up on it tho

 

WAS,

still is pal, every racehorse, racing pigeon, show winning pig, sheep, cow or rabbit will have parents that are related in some way.