samuria 331 Posted May 22, 2016 Report Share Posted May 22, 2016 ferret kits born last sunday... had a look today when cleaning out. counted 12 !!!!! whats the largest litters known? Quote Link to post
Jarvis 277 Posted May 22, 2016 Report Share Posted May 22, 2016 The biggest litter I've had is 15. The Jill killed all but 6 don't think she could cope with that many. Quote Link to post
stones 23 Posted May 22, 2016 Report Share Posted May 22, 2016 Had two jills in one hutch raise 27 between them but haven't a clue how many in each litter... feeding them was a nightmare...used to travel across great Altcar early every morning to get to work... anything dead on the road was straight in the back of the van... hares pheasants rabbits woodpigeons the lot got brought home... hutch was 12 foot long.. if ferret shit was valuable I'd have been a millionaire :-)) 3 Quote Link to post
The one 8,474 Posted May 22, 2016 Report Share Posted May 22, 2016 Had a 12 then a 13 from the same jill two years running im only needing one jill kit this year so im no chancing breeding her again I will just pick one up Quote Link to post
samuria 331 Posted May 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2016 well they seem ok so far!!!! waiting on the polecat to give birth now Quote Link to post
krawnden 1,036 Posted May 23, 2016 Report Share Posted May 23, 2016 There was a thread on the same thing last year and if I remember right there was one lad who said he'd had a litter of twenty plus. Can't remember if it was 22 or might even have been 26. Quote Link to post
bobhow 57 Posted May 28, 2016 Report Share Posted May 28, 2016 the two biggest litter i,ve had was by 2 litter sisters in the 80s they had 15 each and reared the lot this year i have 2 litters of 9 and 10 which is quite rare for me as most years i have litters of 5 or 6 Quote Link to post
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