storm blues 0 Posted July 29, 2014 Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 £10/£15 seems about the average price around our way,north west.although if its some'at fancy like blackeyed whites,micro's,or something different from the norm etc then the asking price is upwards of £40. on the rare occasion me & my mates decide to breed ferrets we sort each other out if any are needed,i have recently had two polecat jills kits gave me. Quote Link to post
blackmaggie 3,376 Posted July 29, 2014 Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 never charged for a ferret in 30 odd years to be honest i was glad to free the room up and grub but all this mirco and theses fancy names and show shite leads me to believe if i ever needed a ferret i would gladly pay a tenner for decent working stock 3 Quote Link to post
ferretfatcamp 21 Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 I am selling rescued ferrets for £10 pounds each hobs and jills prices around sheffield or £5 to £15 Quote Link to post
TOMO 25,693 Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 I haven't bought a ferret before or if I did it can't have been too pricey as I am pretty thrifty with my pennies and would remember it. I have always given away any excess kits. How much is the going rate these days in your part of the world? I am always happy to pay for good stock so don't get me wrong. You don't need any do you sirus? I'm the same never pay for them ,,,just gifted from mates or aquatences...and I've done the same when I have bred My little hunting budy vin put a thread on about,,wanting new kits and we have been inundated with offers,,,,in fact vin has been on a mission collecting stock from far and wide,,,lol,,,,going to test em out this season,,,and keep the good ones,,,and pet home the rest 1 Quote Link to post
Sirius 1,391 Posted July 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 (edited) I haven't bought a ferret before or if I did it can't have been too pricey as I am pretty thrifty with my pennies and would remember it. I have always given away any excess kits. How much is the going rate these days in your part of the world? I am always happy to pay for good stock so don't get me wrong. You don't need any do you sirus? I'm the same never pay for them ,,,just gifted from mates or aquatences...and I've done the same when I have bred My little hunting budy vin put a thread on about,,wanting new kits and we have been inundated with offers,,,,in fact vin has been on a mission collecting stock from far and wide,,,lol,,,,going to test em out this season,,,and keep the good ones,,,and pet home the rest No I don't need any mate, I have booked a couple of 'designer' kits to join my team later in the month Your going to have your work cut out with that many stinkers Edited July 30, 2014 by Sirius Quote Link to post
mhopton 807 Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 Only reson I was asking a fiver was to help to cover the cost of good food 21 ferrets and I never let any go till they were 10 weeks old and if some one turns up wanting one who I thought was the type who couldn't look after them selfs got turned down 3 Quote Link to post
TOMO 25,693 Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 Good on ya mate,,,,I always think lads let the ferrets leave the mothers to young,,,they think there pups,,,and start getting rid at 6 weeks,,,,personally I think this is crazy,,,10 weeks plus in my opinion 2 Quote Link to post
Guest vin Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 I haven't bought a ferret before or if I did it can't have been too pricey as I am pretty thrifty with my pennies and would remember it. I have always given away any excess kits. How much is the going rate these days in your part of the world? I am always happy to pay for good stock so don't get me wrong. You don't need any do you sirus? I'm the same never pay for them ,,,just gifted from mates or aquatences...and I've done the same when I have bred My little hunting budy vin put a thread on about,,wanting new kits and we have been inundated with offers,,,,in fact vin has been on a mission collecting stock from far and wide,,,lol,,,,going to test em out this season,,,and keep the good ones,,,and pet home the rest I still gave the breeders of all our new kits £10 per kit...just as a thank you and a small payment towards the costs and effort required in rearing the little critters. We now have strains from Yorkshire,Wales,Shropshire,Hampshire.. 4 well bred kits each to try out this season.. If half make the grade we will be ok. Thanks to Hywel,Moxy,Trigger2 and Socks. Quote Link to post
onthehunt 40 Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 £10 in my area. Reasonable considering the amount of food they get through when theyre kits not to mention the work involved in raising a litter. What work? I had my first litter this year had 13 of them and was a breeze. i didn't find it any work at all but then i did only have them up until 9 weeks before they went to new homes. Food-wise, they weren't as bad as I thought they would be. i heard horror stories of kits being ravenous monsters but they were manageable. 1 Quote Link to post
Fergus 18 Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 Ferret kits sell for around 20$ here and the first few to advertise sell quick and then many get stuck with kits that are hard to sell or give away. Basic supply and demand . Then come winter people want to buy ferrets and there are very few about so you can ask for 50$ and likely get it. The hardest part is finding owners that are going to give them as good a life as you give yours or better. Now I've got my working stock I never want to breed again. 3 Quote Link to post
Sirius 1,391 Posted July 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 Good on ya mate,,,,I always think lads let the ferrets leave the mothers to young,,,they think there pups,,,and start getting rid at 6 weeks,,,,personally I think this is crazy,,,10 weeks plus in my opinion I have always let them go around 8-10 weeks or so, 6 is too early for a pup or a kit IMO. 1 Quote Link to post
bobcullen79 1,495 Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 Ferret kits sell for around 20$ here and the first few to advertise sell quick and then many get stuck with kits that are hard to sell or give away. Basic supply and demand . Then come winter people want to buy ferrets and there are very few about so you can ask for 50$ and likely get it. The hardest part is finding owners that are going to give them as good a life as you give yours or better. Now I've got my working stock I never want to breed again. Its exactly the same here bud. I had to pay £20 for a jill half way through last season. The tramp of a guy was full of shit too. He was feeding them slops of dog food and god knows what else, it stunk. I felt sorry for the ferrets and when I enquired about buying a couple more, he broke out all his best stories and naturally the price went up. Poor fuckers didnt look like they had seen the light of day, never mind bolted 100`s of rabbits.. Quote Link to post
pie-eater 377 Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 Onthehunt by work obviously I mean the extra cleaning and handling you need to do. Whatever you say a litter of ferrets get through a hell of a lot of food so I have no problem at all paying £10 for a kit. I bred 2 litters over 20 years ago and let the kits go for £5 each. Im thinking about breeding another litter maybe next season or the one after and what I don't keep Ill sell to good homes for £10 or if any mates need a couple they can have them for free. Quote Link to post
Sirius 1,391 Posted July 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 Tell you what a litter of 10 kits are like fecking piranhas from my experience, they eat like crazy and shit like crazy. So its a little more work all-round for sure. Best to thin a litter down in my opinion, unless you need them. 2 Quote Link to post
mhopton 807 Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 Totally agree apart from the thinning down part Quote Link to post
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