Where and why?

[will.f11 24]

if you ask me, a ferrets a ferret and aslong as it doesnt bite, and works well colour doesnt matter to me

[The one 8,504]

The should all be the same whatever colour a worker first and foremost but i think the albino's more popular for working as it's seem easier in cover and easier for a hawk or dog to see over a poley etc in cover where they just would spot the movement and maybe strike

[stubby 175]

The intriguing thing is that albinism is usually a recessive characteristic. That means that in an individual that has a dominant gene for colour alongside the albino gene, you will get the colour showing not the albino.

So they aren't that common in the wild. Especially so given that they are more visible and likely to be predated, or if a predator, less successful. So they are unlikely to contribute much to the gene pool.

 

Seems to me that albinism in ferrets is now at least partially dominant. Possibly because of selective breeding for albinos over many generations.

 

There's never a Crow around when you need one....

 

driods got a point on the reccessive fact, I always think back to when I bred exhibition budgerigars, and colour pairing, sometimes a reccessive colour was wanted, but pairing reccessive to reccessive was not a good option, thats not to say it was'ent done, to get a certain colour, these matings were worked out using a register, and were ongoing over a period of years/breeding seasons to end up with a required colour, sometimes you would end up with double factor bird, carrying two recessive genes, pairings from this could give the colour in one mate, rather than over a period of years

 

now, think of the ferret,albino or silvers, alot of people will only pair these to a polecate, giving them a mixure of colours in the kitts, I myself have 5 albino kitts, that were bred from coloured parents, but albino grandparents,

but you'll have had a lot of people over a number of years, breeding albino to albino, as that is/were all they have/had available to them, producing more albinos, double factor albino's for want of a better word

[droid 11]

I'd be very interested to know if anyone has bred albino to albino and ended up with some coloured kits among the albino kits.

[victor 10]

got nothing againnst them, but never owned them and dont realy want. wouldnt care if i did but yeah. out of a albino and a sabel or polcat. deffantly the sabel

[btehan 0]

I work 6 cut buck's.2 Albino's 2Blackeyed whites 2poly's.Prefer the whites as they stand out in the bracken.