Breeding question

You can't "plan" for it that way. I mean you can breed 2 in Oct. and then breed 2 in March. They can still all become gravid at the same time or months apart.

And there's no need for a cooling period. You can breed all year round if you want.

Exactly. I paired from oct to April for the most part. I had a couple lay early April, 4 more in may, 2 this month,
And it looks like the other 8 or so will go between July and sept. I just had a couple girls ovy so they pick when things happen for them. It's usually not all at once. Although my may girls were very close together.


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Originally Posted by Gloryhound

FYI

Not all breeders cool their racks for breeding. We don't and so far out of the 17 girls we are breeding this year 9 have laid with a total of 57 to 58 good eggs. Average clutch so far is a little over 6 eggs.

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I didn't say everyone does a cooldown.

My question was pertaining to me doing a cooldown possibily twice a year and if it would effect the rest of my rack.

This is just my first year breeding so doing the cooldown worked out just fine for me. Can't really say much different from personal experience yet you know :P
Maybe next year I will try with no cooldown, and if it works out just fine then I personally won't use a cooldown. Just one less step.