new to ferriting,bit of advice please

[ginger 0]

hi all im new to ferritting and would just like to ask which is best to start with,would it be a couple of kitts or just one? and witch are preferd hobs or jills? cheers

[DottyDoo 500]

2 jill kitts will be a lot happier together

Edited April 20, 2011 by DottyDoo

[ginger 0]

2 jill kitts will be a lot happier together

cheers mate how soon can u start working them?

[DottyDoo 500]

if ye get kitts soon, an most will be born soon, then ye can work them come sept, or when the undergrowth is doon, but they will still be young an may take a season or 2 even to become proper workers

[shabadoodoo 16]

i would get kits, handle them all the time so they get used to you and when it comes to season u will be laughing, but sept will still have alot of young rabbits about so i would wait till end of october, and get a locater and collar

[ginger 0]

cheers for info lads much appreciated!

[marty42 18]

if your new to ferreting.you would be better of to use just one ferret incase you could lose one.a small jill would be better than a buck.hobs have a better chance of making a kill in the burrow and layin up.and the feret finder is realy handy incase your ferret makes a kill in the burrow.

[Elmer Fudd 2011 39]

try and go with someone who as done it befor to get you off to a good start

[The one 8,460]

You need to do your research before you think what ferrets to get jills will come into season every spring and you have to look at a snipped hob, the jill jab or breeding from them . you get hobs and they come into season and your looking at separating them . Other than that a nice set up is two jills in with a snipped hob . But as said see if somebody in your location has ferrets and will let you tag along .

[superfurryanimal 91]

how young are the ferts ? don't know if you've got any children if so let them play with them, nothing worst than young ferts that havn't been handled a.t.b sfa