I know of many breeders who wouldn't breed their females if they were under three years old since females usually don't sexually mature until around that age.

I wanted to see your thoughts on this, and why you may or may not be against breeding females of under three years. I believe there may have been a thread a long while back on this same topic, but I would like to get some new and more recent opinions.

Last season I bred a female who was only around two and half at the start of the season, but had her eggs after she turned three years old. No slugs or noticeable complications during her pregnancy. I'm not too against on breeding females under three years, but they have to have a decent weight to them and eat consistently before I even pair.