Breeding Age / Career Of A Ferret

[Jax13 251]

what would people say is the best age range to breed from their jills?

 

with having absolutely no knowledge on ferret breeding i am curious to know what people think about the breeding career of their jills (and hobs for that matter)

 

are you best leaving them a couple of years before you start?

are you better stopping breeding from them at a certain age?

is there any benefit to the ferret by breeding off her year on year?

 

i was thinking i would maybe pick up a hob kit next year and then breed him at 2yo to my (at that time) 4yo jills giving me a couple of seasons to get the kits i keep up to speed before the current batch hit retirement / semi retirement at about 6 seasons.

 

what do you guys do? i don't really want to breed a litter each year if i can help it but i would like to do it at some point to bring kits on from scratch rather than from weaned / nip trained out of another home.

[rabbit demon 302]

You can breed them the first year they come into season if you want. If you breed and get a litter from your best every couple of year you'll always have a good age range. New kits starting from scratch as the older ones are retiring. Or if any die on you you'll have a replacement or two.

[pie-eater 377]

what would people say is the best age range to breed from their jills?

 

with having absolutely no knowledge on ferret breeding i am curious to know what people think about the breeding career of their jills (and hobs for that matter)

 

are you best leaving them a couple of years before you start?

are you better stopping breeding from them at a certain age?

is there any benefit to the ferret by breeding off her year on year?

 

i was thinking i would maybe pick up a hob kit next year and then breed him at 2yo to my (at that time) 4yo jills giving me a couple of seasons to get the kits i keep up to speed before the current batch hit retirement / semi retirement at about 6 seasons.

 

what do you guys do? i don't really want to breed a litter each year if i can help it but i would like to do it at some point to bring kits on from scratch rather than from weaned / nip trained out of another home.

Let both the hob and jill prove themselves for at least a couple of seasons, only breed if theyre both good reliable workers.

[The one 8,594]

The first thing you should be asking is ,is my ferret good enough to breed from if it is it's going to be three years old with at least a couple of seasons graft to see its a grafter , and as they get older the litter size gets smaller . Just because all ferrets come into season doesn't mean they should all be bred from