potpoacher 27 Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 (edited) 6 born sunday, 1 then died. polecat x silver both parents good steady workers. photos to follow. if anyone wants they can put their names down for one. just want a small donation for food. I also have 1 sandy gill and 1 polecat due any day now. just trying to be patient! atb potpoacher Edited June 4, 2014 by potpoacher Quote Link to post
northern lad 2,292 Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 Not having a go mate.....how come you bred three litters when you haven't homes for one?potentially you could have ended up with 40 kits 5 Quote Link to post
The one 8,398 Posted June 5, 2014 Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 Aye sooner you than me mate three litters and theres less and less rabbits about 1 Quote Link to post
potpoacher 27 Posted June 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 may as well reply to both posts at once! can see where you are coming from as it does sound completely mad I have got the space, food supply, need some more workers and have homes for a few already. I can see where you are coming from but for once I did actually stop to think what was happening!!! also, the one, you say less and less rabbits about but we are sunk under the things round here! I have just secured a couple more permissions heaving with bunnies so I may be offering a couple of days ferreting later on in the season, watch this space! atb potpoacher 4 Quote Link to post
The one 8,398 Posted June 5, 2014 Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 Same here seem to be over run with the bloody things but it seems every other guys packing up ,but I've bred one liter a year for the last two years and now I'm back up to a dozen I'm no needing any more 1 Quote Link to post
potpoacher 27 Posted June 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 second lot came today. weird though, they were at least a week early! all the kits were really small (1 was about 1/2 the length of my thumb!) and 4 out of 7 died. I could have cried when I got in this afternoon!! I suppose that If you cant handle dead stock, you shoudnt have livestock! I hope the others survive as they are out of my favourite gill, she is about the hardest worker I have ever had. atb, potpoacher Quote Link to post
mattyg 1,862 Posted June 10, 2014 Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 Where abouts are you mate? I'm after a few Jill's, if your close enough to the midlands I'll relieve you of a few! Cheers,matt 1 Quote Link to post
potpoacher 27 Posted June 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 i am right over in the east of England mattyg. went down to the hutches this morning and couldn't believe it. my little polecat gill was lying dead in the weirdest position with a minute kit dead beside her. she was completely twisted round in a corkscrew fashion. if anyone knows what could have happened please pm me because if it was my fault I want to know what happened so I can stop it happening in future or prevent it. the other kits are all doing extremely well and the first lot are getting pretty big now. Quote Link to post
budharley 945 Posted June 11, 2014 Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 Not had much luck have you Quote Link to post
potpoacher 27 Posted June 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 no still, if anything else happens I still wont give up! I am just doing the best I can to make sure all the others are comfortable. atb potpoacher Quote Link to post
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