STARTING FERRETING

[Guest houndblair]

I am new to ferreting and would like to know the below!

 

*What to keep Hobs or jills

 

*What type of housing

 

*Food

 

*How often to work

 

*How many to keep

 

Thanks

[ferreterno1 0]

I am new to ferreting and would like to know the below!

 

*What to keep Hobs or jills

 

*What type of housing

 

*Food

 

*How often to work

 

*How many to keep

 

Thanks

 

i keep hobs and jills

in hutches but moving them in the shed

 

raw food eg. rabbits, pigeons, pheseants

 

you only need as many as you have the work for ive got 9

hope thats a help

Edited November 14, 2006 by ferreterno1

[Guest houndblair]

Im only getting two jills and one standard animal hutch. But will prbaly go ferreting on sundays as im out hunting on sats.

 

Also is there seasons for ferreting?

[ferreterno1 0]

Im only getting two jills and one standard animal hutch. But will prbaly go ferreting on sundays as im out hunting on sats.

 

Also is there seasons for ferreting?

 

 

ferreting is best in my opinion from october to the begining on febuary, i normally work them once a week, but if i can get out more than once i do

[Guest houndblair]

Ive heard that you can fedd em dog & cat food ?

[Ron Weasley 83]

Try and avoid it mate, its not good for them. Get em on fresh meat. You can pick up road kill, speak to people you know that do a bit of shooting- go beating for a local shoot, all of these things get me food for mine when I'm low!

[Guest houndblair]

My mate is a gamekeeper and beats but most of the time i will feed em the rabbits!

[Guest thelamperman]

i would not give them road kill mate incase the rod kill has been pecked at by crows magpies that have been pecking at something that has been stricneend

[Guest trill]

that val porter book is quite good aswell :thumbs-up:

[Guest Frank]

Here is some info below:

 

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ferreter/index.htm

 

Frank.

[ginge2k6 0]

if youre getting into ferreting you won't go wrong with david bezzant's ferreting book

 

ferreting a traditional country pursuit

i think its called

robbed mine from the local library on work experience

[Yokel Matt 918]

I started off with two albino hobs purely because they were easy to see if they tried to go AWOL . If you're only getting a couple and don't go out that often you can buy a special dried ferret food and suppliment this with fresh meat whenever you can.

 

The 'season' depends on what the weather has been like. mid to late Autumn and Winter is best because, ideally, the rabbits should have stopped breeding, got to a worthwhile size and the ground softened. The last thing you want is for the ferret to find a nest, chow down the kits and decide to have a kip under rock hard ground.

 

Try and give them something to play with... esepcially if they are in a small hutch.

Edited November 15, 2006 by LocalYokel

[Rabbithunter 456]

why has my reply been deleted?

[devvo 0]

We keep 6 ferrets and fed them on dry food and raw rabbit when we get the chance.

 

Its ok to give them rabbit with the skin still on isnt it lads?

 

hope so

[ferreterno1 0]

We keep 6 ferrets and fed them on dry food and raw rabbit when we get the chance.

 

Its ok to give them rabbit with the skin still on isnt it lads?

 

hope so

 

yes thats ok, also pigeons still feathered