Starting Younguns

[nottzhunter08 898]

I received some kits a few week back they are now 13 week and as we all know the season is approaching fast, what age is the norm to start young ferrets of. Cheers

[Jamie m 668]

5 months plus or for some folk 8 months plus .

[nottzhunter08 898]

Cheers bud, i ment to put they are 11 week not 13 so still some time to wait for me. Cheers again

[lurcher2020 285]

Take mine out about 12 weeks this years Jill already been to 1 she's been to ground 3 times total but everyone is different

[nottzhunter08 898]

Alot of people say the younger the better, i will prob have a go with em end of september and hope they do as well as yours. Cheers

[lurcher2020 285]

Hope it all goes good bud

[jimster68 123]

ive taken kits out at about 16/18 weeks with good results , i just start them of with small sets and see how they go ,nothing too serious just a couple of trys.

if they start to work ok ,then as they get a little older i give them more work ,this year i have 2 good old workers and 4 kits that will be 4 months plus when i try them , i will take the 2 0lder workers and 2 youngsters at a time when im ferreting so i can pick and choose when i work them ,then my next trip i will take the other 2 youngsters and give them a go . i dont think thiers a right and wrong way to start youngsters ,but im a great believer in giving them a chance and building them up slowly .

...................... jim

[Jamie m 668]

Here's the thing though it doesn't always work . The dominant Jill's will give the kits a hard time and push them off the rabbits ,

[lurcher2020 285]

When I take youngens out I take an adult but always give the young one a crack at it solo before the adult goes in if it has to

[The one 8,506]

I wait till they mature a bit and just let them do there own thing and even after there working ,i still check the burrows with a older ferret for a while just to see they havent missed anything

[Stretch177 39]

The main thing is maturity for me, sometimes at that age all the want to do is play, regardless of how many tubes/pipes they have been down, how much time they have spent in the garden, how many rabbits they have eaten etc, by all means take them out but try them if you can with an older ferret just too show them what to do, as sometimes they get abit scared as well as being excited

[neil b 2,355]

In the wild stoats,weasels, polecat and mink kits will start hunting as soon as they can, ferrets are no different.Take them out earlie in the season and let them meet some young naive rabbits.

[lurcher2020 285]

In the wild stoats,weasels, polecat and mink kits will start hunting as soon as they can, ferrets are no different.Take them out earlie in the season and let them meet some young naive rabbits.

spot on bud

[Jamie m 668]

In the wild stoats,weasels, polecat and mink kits will start hunting as soon as they can, ferrets are no different.Take them out earlie in the season and let them meet some young naive rabbits.

 

Ah but if stoats and weasels don't kill they are dead . And no doubt most are , and they don't have a nice breakfast before they go hunting or live in a nice dry hutch with fresh shavings also

[Matt Hayes 1]

ive got some of this years kits that ive been using on some small burrows and their doing really well normally i would use a more experienced ferret. like some others have said i personally think the earlier the better its a natural instinct for them to hunt so let them do it ill carry on using them for the early part of the season on their own then as they progress in the season they will go along side more experienced ferrets on the bigger burrows