Breeding Weight?

In your opinion, what is minimum breeding weight for females?

Anything under 1200 you run high risk of being egg bound, could stunt growth, etc. 1500+ is prefered by me.

I didn't breed anyone under 1200 at the beginning of breeding season. They all bulked up more during the season so that none of my girls now is under 1600 (that haven't yet laid).

I believe that age is more important then size. As long as they're at least three years old they should be OK to handle laying. I've had several females that were less then 900 grams lay perfectly good and healthy clutches. Clutch sizes ARE smaller, but they'll also often lay every year whereas my largest females seem to like to take every other year off.

Perhaps it's just easier for these smaller females to get back up to THEIR perfect weight. (as opposed to the weight that I'D like them to be)

I was told 1800, and that's our plan so far to stick to that. But we are super newbies, we haven't even had a clutch yet.

i was told by several people (including people here) that 1500 is the way to go. but also told that smaller usually means smaller clutches if your females age is appropriate. i saw a 1100gram 05 female lay 4 eggs. healty ones as well. sooo guess it can go either way?

felipe

It is a combination

My preference is to breed big girls ;).

While I would not breed a 1100/1200 female that is a year old, I would however consider breeding a 3-4 years old female of the same weight.

i have produced a 6 egg clutch fro ma 1400gram female last year and she is now 2200 this year on rest. i go for 1400+ and 2 years or older.

Have bred 4 1200g plus females this season with numerous long locks, none are entertaining the boys so assuming jobs done, 3 are already 1300g & eating well so fingers crossed..if they go great but no guarantees

prefer a 2 year old anda minium weight of at least 1300 grams this way they got a little extra fat to help feed the eggs. while she off feed .