what ferrets are best

[southyorkshiregun 3]

iv recently posted on here asking for advise on ferrets but another questions has come to mind whilst thinking, i was just wondering if someone could help me....if i want to ferret rabbit warrens what would the best sex be, jills or hobs?

 

cheers

[long dogs 580]

i say jills,

[STAFFY poacher 90]

both can do there job

[patterdalejoel 669]

hobs ive seen, albeit only 3, but all from different stock, are all a bit steady compared to the jills, but still get it done.

[bribri988 141]

_{I have both gills and hobbs, i find they both work diffrent if your netting up use a nice small gill who will fit trough the net with ease if you not useing nets and you want the dog to work on his/her quarry use a nice big hobb. But thats just my choice ATB mate}

[Guest vin]

Workers

[poacher3161 1,766]

Live ones preferably lol

[pie-eater 377]

I like both but if I could only have one it would be a small hob.

[max abell 196]

The main factor is they are from good working stock both hobs and jills will do the job a ferrets sex is personal prefrence to each ferreter i have had good and bad of both sexes but i prefere jills because they dont seem to kill as often as hobs but in saying that when ferreting big deep chalk warrens the hobs seem to fair better

Keeping a mixture of both is ideal

[ferret1988 20]

i agree with Max abell gills seems to bolt them better whilst hobs seem to kill in more but they all workthe same depends on the ferrets if there from working strain or not my friends once tried to get someones pet ferret going it wasent having it she would go down and come straight back up as for when she saw a rabbit she would rather play with t then kill it

[The one 8,476]

I work a team of jills but two new permissions had huge sandy warrens so i got two hobs and have no complaints

[Rabbiting man 1,191]

Both.

[Ideation 8,216]

I work both, and like has been said, bothhave their roles. I like hobs, they always seem to be proper characters.

 

Also,i always see a lot of folk saying they only work jills, and that seems the norm. I'd be loathe to get a kit of anyone who said them and their mates only worked jills!

[Mick C. 229]

Been out this morning with a young un entered hob and gill.

 

Looks like the gill is going to need a few outings.

 

The hob entered and all hell broke loose.

 

He bolted four.

 

Very pleased with the result considering they are this years kits

 

Do hobs enter quicker than jills.

 

They do if this morning is anyting to go by

[pie-eater 377]

I work both, and like has been said, bothhave their roles. I like hobs, they always seem to be proper characters.

 

Also,i always see a lot of folk saying they only work jills, and that seems the norm. I'd be loathe to get a kit of anyone who said them and their mates only worked jills!

 

Seems to be the way where I live. A few of the local ferreters think Im strange for working hobs.