BORDERSCOT 3,816 Posted June 12, 2013 Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 50quid each for these 2... really dark polecat that does well in the shows and a little silver. Did you pay £50 each for these??? lol. nope....just kidding.... but that black one would qualify Quote Link to post
onthehunt 40 Posted June 12, 2013 Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 i rehome ferrets and sell adults for £10 to £20 the odd time i have bred sold them for £15 silvers and £!0 for polecats if you are not willing to pay this ammount for an animal which could keep you in rabbits for the next 10 years then you wont get one some sell the really dark polecats which do well at shows for £50 ferrets are under valued and should cost a lot more for good working stock There are ferret shows???! 1 Quote Link to post
foxtails 272 Posted June 12, 2013 Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 I've got around 20 kits here and to be honest it ain't gonna cost me a penny to feed them...I knew I was going to line my two jills this spring...so planned in advance by freezing extra rabbits, hares, pheasants, pigeons, fish,and associated livers, kidneys, hearts etc...and if you start factoring in your time as a justification in charging for them, well that's just silly...I've enough put away enough grub to rear them to 8 weeks more than comfortably... Most of mine spoken for...going to good lads too...get 'em reared right and get 'em away...gifted...job done... Each to their own though... Got 3 or 4 left Scottish Borders if anyone wants them... glad someone had a good season, my biggest bag was 4 last season, but its not really the numbers i go for, not everyone has the permission with big numbers or even room to keep a spare freezer to keep the spare in for the spring/summer when feeding kits, people are in different situations, Seriously mate...it is each to their own...I'm just stating the way I do things here... Tell you what though, if throughout the season I can't put enough surplus flesh away to feed a couple of litters of ferret kits I'll hit this game on the head and take up origami... .... And pass your permission on to someone else? haha clowns, looking for a reaction Quote Link to post
foxtails 272 Posted June 12, 2013 Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 i rehome ferrets and sell adults for £10 to £20 the odd time i have bred sold them for £15 silvers and £!0 for polecats if you are not willing to pay this ammount for an animal which could keep you in rabbits for the next 10 years then you wont get one some sell the really dark polecats which do well at shows for £50 ferrets are under valued and should cost a lot more for good working stock well said, Quote Link to post
BORDERSCOT 3,816 Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 I've got around 20 kits here and to be honest it ain't gonna cost me a penny to feed them...I knew I was going to line my two jills this spring...so planned in advance by freezing extra rabbits, hares, pheasants, pigeons, fish,and associated livers, kidneys, hearts etc...and if you start factoring in your time as a justification in charging for them, well that's just silly...I've enough put away enough grub to rear them to 8 weeks more than comfortably... Most of mine spoken for...going to good lads too...get 'em reared right and get 'em away...gifted...job done... Each to their own though... Got 3 or 4 left Scottish Borders if anyone wants them... glad someone had a good season, my biggest bag was 4 last season, but its not really the numbers i go for, not everyone has the permission with big numbers or even room to keep a spare freezer to keep the spare in for the spring/summer when feeding kits, people are in different situations, Seriously mate...it is each to their own...I'm just stating the way I do things here... Tell you what though, if throughout the season I can't put enough surplus flesh away to feed a couple of litters of ferret kits I'll hit this game on the head and take up origami... .... And pass your permission on to someone else? haha clowns, looking for a reaction Quote Link to post
B.P.R 2,798 Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 (edited) short of it is... you CHOOSE to breed your ferrets... dont moan about food and rearing costs and justify bumping up the price... theres options out there readily available...to prevent a jill getting pregnant.... your choice.....live with it ID BE FECKING EMBARRASED TO CHARGE MORE FOR A CERTAIN COLOUR Edited June 13, 2013 by Blue Pocket Rocket 2 Quote Link to post
Jamie m 668 Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 How much do these rare south east red eyed whites fetch these days then : ) http://emob946.photobucket.com/albums/ad306/jamiem1/photo-2369.jpg 1 Quote Link to post
Country Joe 1,411 Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Lads with a really good working Jill, at some point will want to breed to keep the line going. the problem is, ferrets usually have big Litters, which means a glut of Kits looking for homes. The Lads that have been working Jills for years and have developed a good strain, usually wont have a problem, as these Kits will be sourced. The problem is the Lads new to the game and breeding off Jills, that have only seen one or two Seasons work. maybe more need to use a Vasectomised Hob, or Jill Jab, or don't let your Jills near a Hob. Or if you need a replacement, instead of breeding, bring one in. Regarding all these fancy colours, it should make no difference, in price for those that sell, apart from some wanting a Albino or light coloured ferret, to be easily seen in heavy cover. compared to a darker strain. a ferret is a ferret. I look on here and cant believe some of the breeding questions, yes ask questions, but there's quite a few asking when the deed has been done. You have to remember that breeding from two Jills could result in 20 Kits, and if you plan to keep two, that leaves 18 to get rid, and they take a lot of feeding and handling. 3 Quote Link to post
BORDERSCOT 3,816 Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Lads with a really good working Jill, at some point will want to breed to keep the line going. the problem is, ferrets usually have big Litters, which means a glut of Kits looking for homes. The Lads that have been working Jills for years and have developed a good strain, usually wont have a problem, as these Kits will be sourced. The problem is the Lads new to the game and breeding off Jills, that have only seen one or two Seasons work. maybe more need to use a Vasectomised Hob, or Jill Jab, or don't let your Jills near a Hob. Or if you need a replacement, instead of breeding, bring one in. Regarding all these fancy colours, it should make no difference, in price for those that sell, apart from some wanting a Albino or light coloured ferret, to be easily seen in heavy cover. compared to a darker strain. a ferret is a ferret. I look on here and cant believe some of the breeding questions, yes ask questions, but there's quite a few asking when the deed has been done. You have to remember that breeding from two Jills could result in 20 Kits, and if you plan to keep two, that leaves 18 to get rid, and they take a lot of feeding and handling. Quote Link to post
sp0oner 0 Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 I ain't kept a ferret for about twelve years, this year i'm going to get me a couple of little Jill's on. Can't wait, really excited about it again! Good reading posts by the likes of Malt, Borderscott an a few others... Now I did keep an work ferrets for about 25 years before I gave up and reading this thred about charging exorbitant prices to 'ensure' they are looked after... Nah, don't wash with me. If you've got half a bit of nowse about you, you should set your stall up before breeding, if its breeding you really want to do...? Borderscott is bang on here, stock up on grub... Your supposed to be a fecking hunter, so get your freezer stocked for a hungry Jill an her kits..!! If someone turns up after one an he's a helmet, he ain't getting one, no chance, no matter what he wants to pay..!! And, sad to some it may seem but if you really think they ain't gonna go, then do the right thing by 'em, cull.. Better that than a life an death of....??? Better off culled at a few days old than filling a ferret rescue centre IMO.. You hardly ever heard of outbreaks of disease in ferrets when there wasn't these rescue centres everywhere with large numbers of ferrets being kept in close proximity to each other. It ain't healthy.. Are you saying anything from a ferret rescue is going to be bad news? I'm looking for a couple of kits (gills) and can't find any in the south east and so was considering getting a couple from a rescue. Quote Link to post
Malt 379 Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 I ain't kept a ferret for about twelve years, this year i'm going to get me a couple of little Jill's on. Can't wait, really excited about it again! Good reading posts by the likes of Malt, Borderscott an a few others... Now I did keep an work ferrets for about 25 years before I gave up and reading this thred about charging exorbitant prices to 'ensure' they are looked after... Nah, don't wash with me. If you've got half a bit of nowse about you, you should set your stall up before breeding, if its breeding you really want to do...? Borderscott is bang on here, stock up on grub... Your supposed to be a fecking hunter, so get your freezer stocked for a hungry Jill an her kits..!! If someone turns up after one an he's a helmet, he ain't getting one, no chance, no matter what he wants to pay..!! And, sad to some it may seem but if you really think they ain't gonna go, then do the right thing by 'em, cull.. Better that than a life an death of....??? Better off culled at a few days old than filling a ferret rescue centre IMO.. You hardly ever heard of outbreaks of disease in ferrets when there wasn't these rescue centres everywhere with large numbers of ferrets being kept in close proximity to each other. It ain't healthy.. Are you saying anything from a ferret rescue is going to be bad news? I'm looking for a couple of kits (gills) and can't find any in the south east and so was considering getting a couple from a rescue. No I wouldn't go that far mate.. It's just every now and again you get a post on here saying something like 'warning, canine distemper outbreak' in whatever place it's happening in. 9 times out of 10 it's being reported as being started in one of these rescue centres with loads of ferrets, not some lad with a couple of ferrets in the back garden. When you get a large number of any type of animal together, the potential for a damaging outbreak of disease increases. Quote Link to post
sp0oner 0 Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 I ain't kept a ferret for about twelve years, this year i'm going to get me a couple of little Jill's on. Can't wait, really excited about it again! Good reading posts by the likes of Malt, Borderscott an a few others... Now I did keep an work ferrets for about 25 years before I gave up and reading this thred about charging exorbitant prices to 'ensure' they are looked after... Nah, don't wash with me. If you've got half a bit of nowse about you, you should set your stall up before breeding, if its breeding you really want to do...? Borderscott is bang on here, stock up on grub... Your supposed to be a fecking hunter, so get your freezer stocked for a hungry Jill an her kits..!! If someone turns up after one an he's a helmet, he ain't getting one, no chance, no matter what he wants to pay..!! And, sad to some it may seem but if you really think they ain't gonna go, then do the right thing by 'em, cull.. Better that than a life an death of....??? Better off culled at a few days old than filling a ferret rescue centre IMO.. You hardly ever heard of outbreaks of disease in ferrets when there wasn't these rescue centres everywhere with large numbers of ferrets being kept in close proximity to each other. It ain't healthy.. Are you saying anything from a ferret rescue is going to be bad news? I'm looking for a couple of kits (gills) and can't find any in the south east and so was considering getting a couple from a rescue. No I wouldn't go that far mate.. It's just every now and again you get a post on here saying something like 'warning, canine distemper outbreak' in whatever place it's happening in. 9 times out of 10 it's being reported as being started in one of these rescue centres with loads of ferrets, not some lad with a couple of ferrets in the back garden. When you get a large number of any type of animal together, the potential for a damaging outbreak of disease increases. Ah ok cheers, yep I can see where you are coming from now. Quote Link to post
johnny boy68 11,726 Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Any Angora's about ? The missus wants a new scarf ! 1 Quote Link to post
NETS 11 Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 i haven't bought a ferret in years and only breed when i need new stock or have a good hunter that is on his last legs like this year ive 2 ferrets starting retirement which will bring to 3 the amount in retirement and 4 solid workers from 2 different lines i've left and out of the one jill i'm breeding this year all ferrets will be kept unless a friend in stuck.That means that i will need no ferrets for the next 5 or 6 years with luck. 1 Quote Link to post
foxtails 272 Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 Lads with a really good working Jill, at some point will want to breed to keep the line going. the problem is, ferrets usually have big Litters, which means a glut of Kits looking for homes. The Lads that have been working Jills for years and have developed a good strain, usually wont have a problem, as these Kits will be sourced. The problem is the Lads new to the game and breeding off Jills, that have only seen one or two Seasons work. maybe more need to use a Vasectomised Hob, or Jill Jab, or don't let your Jills near a Hob. Or if you need a replacement, instead of breeding, bring one in. Regarding all these fancy colours, it should make no difference, in price for those that sell, apart from some wanting a Albino or light coloured ferret, to be easily seen in heavy cover. compared to a darker strain. a ferret is a ferret. I look on here and cant believe some of the breeding questions, yes ask questions, but there's quite a few asking when the deed has been done. You have to remember that breeding from two Jills could result in 20 Kits, and if you plan to keep two, that leaves 18 to get rid, and they take a lot of feeding and handling. Quote Link to post
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