breeding my jill

[gye2007 1]

ok every one, im thinking of breeding my jill she is a small black eyed silver she is neally 3 yoa im hopeing to keep a jill out of the litter. what would be the best coulor hob to put with her to increase my chances of having some silver colour kits.my mate has a nice little silver hob there i can use but ive been told in the past that you cant breed a silver hob with a silver jill any advice would be much appreciated

[Ideation 8,216]

[martnmagik 68]

[DogMagic 461]

A "born hunter" asking questions like that! Do yourself a favour mate and ask yourself 2 questions: is my jill a good worker? and is the hob my mates got a good worker? If you get 2 yeses then breed from them, if not dont. Colour dont even come into it.

[mackay 3,330]

ok every one, im thinking of breeding my jill she is a small black eyed silver she is neally 3 yoa im hopeing to keep a jill out of the litter. what would be the best coulor hob to put with her to increase my chances of having some silver colour kits.my mate has a nice little silver hob there i can use but ive been told in the past that you cant breed a silver hob with a silver jill any advice would be much appreciated

 

 

After reading that I wouldn't worry too much about the colour as long as it's snipped.

[The one 8,468]

LOL try a albino hob you know your going to breed her what ever anybody says

[lamping rabbit 11]

A "born hunter" asking questions like that! Do yourself a favour mate and ask yourself 2 questions: is my jill a good worker? and is the hob my mates got a good worker? If you get 2 yeses then breed from them, if not dont. Colour dont even come into it.

to right pal

[theferreter 311]

another one who hasent a clue on how to keep ferrets go and get urself some books

[Rake aboot 4,935]

I`m saying nowt !!!!

[tote 854]

This could have been an interesting thread but what have we got? The usuall suspects having digs.

 

The lad asked an interesting question about silver ferrets, can you breed them together? I've never seen a silver never mind had one

so I don't know the answer and can only guess that those that have bothered to post haven't answered the question maybe

they don't know.

 

It could've been an educational thread, but.

[black recking it 730]

GOOD LUCK ON YOUR SEARCH MATE HAD FERRIT,S YEAR,S AGO NEVER BOTHERED WHAT I WAS BREEDING AS LONG AS BOTH WERE GOOD WORKER,S IT,S JUST A COLOUR JUST MY OPINION MATE I ALSO NEVER USED COLLAR,S ECT AND THEY NEVER LAID UP WAS OUT EVERY WEEKEND WITH THEM IN THE WINTER HANDLED THEM ALL THE TIME WAS MOSTLY POLE CAT,S I USED

[Rake aboot 4,935]

Colour means nothing to working ability.

Silvers can be bred together(some will disagree) but ask yourself ,,why are you breeding ???

 

BUT the reason folk have a dig, is this is a hunting site, as far as we are concerned the only people that breed for colours and types etc are folk looking to flog ferrets for stupid cash to stupid folk !!

Now I am NOT saying that is the case hear,, I very much doubt it in fact,, but the lad neads to hear that working ability is all that matters here.

 

I think most have a dig because the majority of questions are recycled time and time again, especially at this time of year. Thats why I tried to keep schtum!! lol

 

But anyway,,, you can breed the silvers together, just don`t inbreed at all to keep colour!. there are plenty who will not breed silver to silver because of supposed genetic issues,, but I`ve never seen it,, and I`ve done it,, and I will do it again probably (if my local rescue centre hasn`t got any decent ferrets)

 

ATB

[tote 854]

Thanks for the reply Rake aboot, it's an interesting post.

 

I agree that colour means nothing as far as working ability goes but you know what it's like, some prefer this colour

and others prefer that.

 

What's really interesting is what you say about breeding silvers together, you say it can be done but also say some would disagree.

As you say you've done it without any complications but say that others will not do it because of supposed genetic issues. Could it be similair to breeding merle to merle in dogs, that can be done and has been on many occasions yet there is always a risk of ending up with some of the litter being blind,deaf or both.

 

Can anyone shed more light on the subject?

[Ideation 8,216]

another one who hasent a clue on how to keep ferrets go and get urself some books

 

 

Aye but he knows enough to know silver ferrets are worth more (for some reason!)

 

 

I wouldn't breed a silver x silver as this can lead to genetic problems, i would also (personally) not use a BEW, although i have not tried or seen this tried there is a lot to suggest that a bew and a silver are basicly the same thing. So as a result i would stick any (the best) hob over her, some kits will be silver and some wont, so if you like silvers there will be one for you to keep back, and the rest of the litter not being silver aint a problem unless you were planning to sell them all for more money.

[Ideation 8,216]

Thanks for the reply Rake aboot, it's an interesting post.

 

I agree that colour means nothing as far as working ability goes but you know what it's like, some prefer this colour

and others prefer that.

 

What's really interesting is what you say about breeding silvers together, you say it can be done but also say some would disagree.

As you say you've done it without any complications but say that others will not do it because of supposed genetic issues. Could it be similair to breeding merle to merle in dogs, that can be done and has been on many occasions yet there is always a risk of ending up with some of the litter being blind,deaf or both.

 

Can anyone shed more light on the subject?

 

 

Yes, its that mate, and also that if you continue this trend over the generations the percentage chance of deformities per litter rises. As you are compounding the problem. Silver to silver can be done, with clever outcrossing to diff colors. But why would it be important to breed whole litters of silvers other than the possible price tag? Even someone breeding cos of personal preferance will be happy with the odd silver in the litter.