Ferretertom

A nice pair of old english game bantam chicks there still only chicks but are of heat and at a guess 8 weeks old the cock is black/silver. the hen is ginger. BEEN WORMED £20 ONO Only selling as i have quite a few now and its getting beyond a joke the old man says :blink: Located in winslow bucks.

Its unuseal for them to draw blood there are loads of myths that give them bad press. If you get some kitts they will nip at first (all kits do) but with loads of handleing they will soon grow out of it. Of course its not adviseable to let children unsupervised near them or to poke fingers through wire. You might be best starting with 2 male (hob) brother ferret kits as they are slightly easyer to start with than the jills (females) as they go in season in spring and summer and need taking out of season or they can get infections and sometimes can die from this. http://www.britishferretclub.org.uk/ This should help you out.

Myself and mates will be restarting ferreting in about october for the coming season we are useally ferreting most weekends so know a fair bit. Just thought id see if theres anything going ready for this winter as my permissions soon get thinned down of rabbits. I dont mind just a few days sport or a whole seasons worth we stop in march. Feel free to pm me if anythings going. Locally in buckinghamshire or nearby. Many thanks.

Same as what every one else said, its best to have a big hutch as good workers idealy should be kept fit so i recomend hutches with plenty of room with different levels or with runs bennif you can put tubes in for them to run through. Make sure you keep them is a cool shadey area and dont use chicken wire if you making a hutch as they can chew it also id say put some decent locks on it. Id use wood shaveings and shredded paper as good cheap bedding and litter. Give them as much handleing and interaction as possable as what you put it is what you get out keep them clean and healthy. Keep some flea and tick spray on hand as they pick up a few after ferreting trips. Feed them eigher raw meat or dry ferret/cat biscuits.

My old man uses wd40 it suffercates the mites you can buy thuis scally leg spray from cox and robinsons ect but is about £6 and abit hit and miss it needs doing about every 5/6 days to break up the cycle mean while clean the coup and perches with jeyes fluid hope this helps.

Is the nmoching wayus and hunting days with the warrener and his traveler friends the stanley boys?

Only a **** would shoot a healthy ferret. If theyre eating the young there will be a reason for it, most probly your fault.

Was this last years fair or before then as i take it isnt this years?

Get some young gilts they shouldnt cost to much dont go for the comericial pig try and get something hardyer.

Yes i have a pregnant jill but i think distance may be difficult.

13 hemp nets a ferret box and spade.

Hi m8 could do with a broody have you still got that dark hob ferret you offered to sell me a while back?(i think it was you)! or anything similar.

Yep i have some small types amoung them one had just one kit friday the bitch wasnt a good mum and it died yesterday.

Looks like you have a few white or maby sandy and the rest polecats look healthy though

Yes its just it gets realy hot in summer and they can get heat stroke ect.

Yep that kind of thing but id use stonger mesh incase they chew out basicly you want to build a bigger version of a rabbit hutch with a felt roof if you have the space i saw a realy good home made single level hutch 8ft long and a 2ft sleeping compartement the roof had hinges and lifted up oh and keep them in a shady spot.

Drop me a pm i no where you can get some,cheep.

Nice ferreting, hopefully this season will be even better!

Just put a plastic sack over to keep the rain off.

Giving birth to 11 kits makes me think it may of been with a male at some stage

Oh right yes you word it differently to us, we use mule hens for the job got a load of young uns.

Hmmm sounds responceable breeding 16 jills! it will be more than a few weeks before they could go id wait till 8 weeks atb.

Feeders?

Yes you dont keep them and clearly arent keen on them, so whats with all the pointless comments trying to give ferrets bad press and disscourageing people from keeping them

Actully, Provideing there probly looked after and handled regularly they will never bite. As for the smell if there nuetered they dont smell at all also you dont have to worry about the jills getting infections when in season ect.