some silly questions. . .

[dicky82 1]

noticed on a thread here recently talk of a black rabbit.

does this occur ofton? there was a black rabbit in the field next to my mates house last year but i assumed that it had escaped from someones hutch somewhere?

 

secondly when you lads have to do a little digging for your ferrets do you fill the hole back in? or does it make any difference? i assume you would like rabbits to return to the set so as it can be worked again so does leaving evidence of dig outs hamper the repopulation of a set?

 

hope these questions arent too amatureish. . thanks

Edited January 26, 2010 by dicky82

[coursing mad 5]

dont know about the black rabbits mate but when i dig a rabbit out i simply just put a net over it if your still going to carry on working the set.

 

tom.

[atuddy 179]

no mate back fill everything you dig

[dicky82 1]

after putting this post up i see another lad got a black bunny in his haul. . is it a recessed jeen or is it due to inbreeding??

[dicky82 1]

no mate back fill everything you dig

 

i would have assumed this as id like to leave as little a mark on the countryside as possible, seems contradictory when the bunnies have it well dug up to begin with hahaha.

[ace32 4]

net the hole till you finish,then back filling is a must do,too many idiots dont bother,just makes the place a shit tip,spoils it for every one,oki doki,ian

Edited January 26, 2010 by ace32

[johnmac666 2]

black rabbits normally occur where there is a hig bunny population

like cm said, stick a net over the hole, after liftin bunny oot

an like atuddy says back fill everyhole you dig before leaving the ground

 

 

have caughht a black bunny few weeks ago, apparently there is another on my permission which is full of bunnies, there are a few tales regarding the black rabbit, maybe some of the old school lads will know more, but the one which sticks in my mind is farmer releases infected

( mixi )rabbit which is black ( dunno if this is true ) another 1 is farmer used to release black bunny & if the farmer/gamekeeper didnt spot it on his rounds he new it had possibly been poached, also meant to be unlucky to kill a black rabbit,i always backfill after i leave the sett, but if im still working it i usually put another net on it until i leave ,then backfill

 

regards john

[auld salmon 28]

backfilling is a must you could lose your permission even worse if some other c t has been there and you get kicked of because of them make sure you tell the land owner if you dig you will backfill livestock can break legs by stepping in a unfilled hole

[The one 8,503]

Same here net over your digging i never backfill till im finished and the ferrets out then i like to leave a burrow as it seems like i was never there

[dicky82 1]

thanks for all your answers lads

[wayne_10 0]

its not just black rabbits mate ive had a good few white 1s and the odd black and white. still not had a blue or ginger 1 yet like the 1s posted in the forum

[Ideation 8,216]

Hey Man,

 

Like everyone else said - net the hole while your still working and then ALWAYS fill it in properly - otherwise you can f**k up a good set, damage live stock and generally f**k up the countryside you enjoy walking about.

 

As for Black rabbits there are a few possibilities - firstly as you guessed it could be an escapee (either from hutch or stately home) or result of an escapee breeding with the local populace. It could also be a 'parker' or descendent of such - this was a colored (usually black) rabbit released by old school keepers (and some still do), the idea is that you cant be picky when snaring/lamping rabbits and so if they notice the black ones are missing then they know some one has been hunting their rabbits.

 

However it is most likely that this is a color mutation - if you look closely the natural 'agouti' fur of rabbits is made up of lots of different colors - black, reds, whites, browns, greys etc and sometimes as with most other species, mutations occur where you get mono-colored animals - the most common seems to be black, although i've seen all white as well. They could also be melanistic - again resulting in all black coloring.

 

Hope that helps a bit.

 

Jai.

[Coneytrappr 30]

after putting this post up i see another lad got a black bunny in his haul. . is it a recessed jeen or is it due to inbreeding??

 

A recessive gene which is more likely to be seen if inbreeding occurs, much like all recessives.

 

 

I caught a very small black several weeks back and kept it. The wee thing is quite tame now and growing well.

[dogdigger 45]

 

got a few differant coulours on my land the one in the middle of the bonnet is all black but have had one

with a brown body and a white band covering the two front legs going over it's back like a band

dont know where they came from was told that keepers would put black buck,s down with mixy so they would breed and when they found them dead they knew the mixy had worked and hopfully he had covered the does in that area

but not sure how true it is

 

dogdigger

[dicky82 1]

ive seen those rabbits with the white band (something simillar to that of the saddle back pig)before. assumed they were captive bread. some of those rabbits on the bonnet look like orange rex's. the mixer story seems to be poping up most.