FerretPete 1 Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 before i start i know loads of you will moan for me sayign this but never mind. due to some dicks saying they wanted kits from my jill so i bred from her and she had 10 kits 8 hobs and 2 jill and from the start i said iw ould be keeping 2 jill and i had home for the other 8 but now that they are all hobs the people that i had lined up for the other 8 have all pulled out expet for 2 so now im stuck will six more ferrets that i will keep if i have to but i am wondering is there anyone in teh sussex area that would be intrested in taking one or more they are free but must go to a good working home they are from working stock and both parents can be seen haha got 6 polecats and 2 silver hods. cheers 1 Quote Link to post
2bob 9 Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 before i start i know loads of you will moan for me sayign this but never mind. due to some dicks saying they wanted kits from my jill so i bred from her and she had 10 kits 8 hobs and 2 jill and from the start i said iw ould be keeping 2 jill and i had home for the other 8 but now that they are all hobs the people that i had lined up for the other 8 have all pulled out expet for 2 so now im stuck will six more ferrets that i will keep if i have to but i am wondering is there anyone in teh sussex area that would be intrested in taking one or more they are free but must go to a good working home they are from working stock and both parents can be seen haha got 6 polecats and 2 silver hods. cheers must be the season for hob's my jill had a litter of six all hob's. atb in getting rid of them. Quote Link to post
FerretPete 1 Posted June 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 cheers mate, and yea it must be the season for hobs. ATB pete Quote Link to post
Ideation 8,216 Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 Don't know why more folk don't work hobs? I know they are a bit bigger, but they work well. Think for a lot it's because they have been told to get jills. Hope you get rid of them mate. I think a lot of hobs end up knocked on the head which is just sad. Quote Link to post
rob190364 2,594 Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 When I'm out ferreting I try to give both my hob and jill an equal amount of work to do to give them both a decent run out but I can guarantee if I enter my jill and the bunnys start giving her a bit of a run around I can pop my hob in there and he'll clear it in minutes. If my hob popped his clogs now I'd definitely get another hob rather than a jill, one of each is perfect for me. Quote Link to post
Ideation 8,216 Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 Aye mate, i keep two hobs here along with the jills. Plain fact is, nearly everyone who knocks using hobs, and says they only use jils because of this, that and the other reason, have never worked hobs, or not much anyhow. Horses for courses, i like to have different ferrets with different working styles, for different jobs. Quote Link to post
rascal_2005 79 Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 ill ask about for ya mate, im in crawley Quote Link to post
FerretPete 1 Posted June 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 Ideation i do the same and priobaly will be keeping a hob back with them too jills just piss me off how some of my mates and people i ferret with have left me in the lurch like this. and thank you rascal much apreciated Atb Pete Quote Link to post
Ideation 8,216 Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 Ideation i do the same and priobaly will be keeping a hob back with them too jills just piss me off how some of my mates and people i ferret with have left me in the lurch like this. and thank you rascal much apreciated Atb Pete Yes mate, it's a bit sham of them. Get the lad you keep back vac'd and that'll be another handy thing come spring time Don't see the problem with working hobs anyhow? Good luck with them, i'm sure you will find homes, even if its during the season when everyone and their brother wants a ferret to work.....right now! Quote Link to post
gnipper 6,467 Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 I've had it in the past ending up being stuck with a load of near full grown hobs and it is not easy feeding them all. As for keeping a load of hobs for working its a lot harder to house them come the summer when they start fighting and bumming each other and having to get a load of cages or getting what could be a cracking worker castrated whereas jills can be housed together all year round. Quote Link to post
Ideation 8,216 Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 I've had it in the past ending up being stuck with a load of near full grown hobs and it is not easy feeding them all. As for keeping a load of hobs for working its a lot harder to house them come the summer when they start fighting and bumming each other and having to get a load of cages or getting what could be a cracking worker castrated whereas jills can be housed together all year round. Aye, that's the only issue i can really understand. To be fair tho, a vac hob is a handy thing to have about and vac'n them doesnt affect their working ability. I got two brother together now tho, and although one does knock the other about a bit, they are pretty ok together. Quote Link to post
2bob 9 Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 i'm going to keep an hob back for this season i have'nt kept one in a few year's. the last one i had killed in everytime had more than my fair share of rabbit's with him thou. when i got a mark on him sure enough he was there with the rabbit. certainly missed him when he died. Quote Link to post
willow 53 Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 worked a hob all last season as he was the only one i have bought two in the summer jill and hob worked them together same amout he was alot better bolted quicker the jill worked just slower the lad i gave her to says shes doing fine Quote Link to post
tubba 38 Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 Whats up with hobs? Get working them you wont regret it. Quote Link to post
FerretPete 1 Posted June 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 iknow there nothing wrong wit hthem i just have not room for 8 of them lol Quote Link to post
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