vfr400boy 3,120 Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 One of my small bred jill , very good worker and just slips through the net no problem, ( only use her on smaller burys) 3 Quote Link to post
SamR 178 Posted January 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 whats peoples opinions on size? Just since a few of the lads (myself included) have had some of their best workers be small ferrets. I'm still relatively new to ferreting as I've only been doing it about 2 years now so I'm not as clued up as you lot. Is bigger better or like my lass tells me does size not matter? 1 Quote Link to post
vfr400boy 3,120 Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 Ha , I only keep ferrets that work I don’t bother about size or colour as long as they work , I have 2 lines of ferret one is smaller then normal but if am off out for a big day I always take the bigger jills ( not massive just normal) 1 Quote Link to post
neil b 2,264 Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 I like my Jill’s to be on the larger side nice and strong, the hobs the same not monsters,, 1 Quote Link to post
Chaff 3,414 Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 I have a good little Jill worker here she seems to latch on well, but because of her size she gets dragged up and down the bury if she gets hold of a big rabbit. Quote Link to post
Bobtheferret 1,224 Posted January 5, 2019 Report Share Posted January 5, 2019 Most important thing is they work well and have a good temperament, I do personally dislike larger than average ferrets though. I always work a mix of hobs and jills and those cat like hobs are no good for the job in my opinion, to big and strong and if they get hold of a rabbit they are not letting go! Ferrets job is to bolt the rabbit not kill it! I have noticed this year though that with a few less rabbits about mainly the remaining rabbits are seem slightly bigger and stronger than last few years, less competition for food and best warren space perhaps? My imagination maybe!? 1 Quote Link to post
SamR 178 Posted January 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2019 39 minutes ago, Bobtheferret said: Most important thing is they work well and have a good temperament, I do personally dislike larger than average ferrets though. I always work a mix of hobs and jills and those cat like hobs are no good for the job in my opinion, to big and strong and if they get hold of a rabbit they are not letting go! Ferrets job is to bolt the rabbit not kill it! I have noticed this year though that with a few less rabbits about mainly the remaining rabbits are seem slightly bigger and stronger than last few years, less competition for food and best warren space perhaps? My imagination maybe!? I've noticed at one of my permissions that the few rabbits we can get seem bigger than usual. 1 Quote Link to post
Sirblessed 2,511 Posted January 5, 2019 Report Share Posted January 5, 2019 Snap from today 2 Quote Link to post
SamR 178 Posted January 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2019 25 minutes ago, Sirblessed said: Snap from today Bloody big rabbits those! 1 Quote Link to post
SamR 178 Posted January 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 Excuse my ugly mush 2 Quote Link to post
NEWKID 26,182 Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 (edited) Edited January 6, 2019 by NEWKID 2 Quote Link to post
NEWKID 26,182 Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 (edited) Removed Edited January 7, 2019 by NEWKID 2 Quote Link to post
SamR 178 Posted January 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 10 hours ago, NEWKID said: handy pocket ferret haha Quote Link to post
SamR 178 Posted January 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 Smiling for the camera. What a looker! 1 Quote Link to post
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