What's Your Largest First-Time Mom Clutch?

My largest first time mom clutch was:

1. Nine eggs; all fertile.
2. From a huge six-year-old female that I didn't see any point in weighing.
3. Medium rat weekly.
4. Frozen / thawed.
5. Rodentpro faire (whatever that consists of) - I wasn't breeding rats at the time.

7 eggs
1800g
1-2 med rats a week
Teklad rodent food
I feed live and breed my own rats

Another question I think should be asked is the age of the female. Mine was 18 months old at the start of the season.

1) 9 eggs, 6 good
2) 3100 before laying
3) mouse + 150-200g rat per week
4) live mouse, and then a frozen rat (because she only eats live :/)
5) N/A

Both first time girls for me who laid 7 good eggs no slugs were 08/09 females

1. 10 healthy eggs 2 slugs
2. 2800g
3. 1 Med rat per week
5. f/t
6. Mazuri 6F

Wow, those are some HUGE clutches! And some big girls. All my girls are much smaller. My first clutch was 5 eggs from a small (1300 grams, 1600 at peak) 2007 female that was a dedicated f/t mouser for most of her life. But in the next month or so I should get 6 eggs from a 2009, and 6 eggs from a 2008. And hopefully they won't both slug out. So:

1. 6 eggs
2. 1600 grams
3. ~2 S rats every other week
4. f/t
5. whatever Big Cheese feeds 'em.

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1) What's the largest clutch you've ever gotten from a female that was bred for the first time? And how many were good, how many were slugs?

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We had 4 virgin females give us 9,9,9 and 10 eggs last season zero slugs

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2) How large was this female when bred (in grams)?

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2000,2200,2300,2400 all weighed before growing follicles

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3) Also, what species of prey are they feeding on (i.e. mice/rats/other) and how often?

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rats once a week until September when I feed them 2 to 3 times a week until Dec. 1st

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4) What type of prey (live, fresh killed, frozen/thawed) are they feeding on?

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Live

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5) If you breed your own feeders, what type of rat food do you use (i.e. Mazuri 6F/9F, hog feed, dog food, etc.)?

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Mazuri 6f

Normal girl unknown age...
1st time clutch
9 eggs
All fertile, 100% hatch rate.
2800 grams before laying
2 Med/1 LG live rat every 7 days
Whatever scales n tails feeds their feeder rats.

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Originally Posted by LotsaBalls

Another question I think should be asked is the age of the female. Mine was 18 months old at the start of the season.

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Very good question! :) Mine was approximately 3 years old.

So far, it looks like the general idea for the ~2,000 gram girls' first clutches being the largest was those fed on Mazuri-feeding (or similar) rats. (I personally felt as though an ~2,000 gram girl would normally give about 4-6 eggs for a first clutch, and was certainly happy to see 10 myself. It's not uncommon for me for my 3,000+ gram, seasoned breeder girls to give larger clutches; I have an age unknown ~3,300 gram female that's been bred 3-4 times before that also gave 10 eggs this year.)

And, it also looks like the average between f/t or live (or pre-killed) is about the same--so maybe that is somewhat of a testament to f/t being no less nutritional than the alternative. It looks like it doesn't matter if the females are feeding on live or f/t, they are still producing large clutches regardless. So obviously they are getting proper nutrients either way.

Thanks for all the input so far guys, and keep it coming! :) I think it's interesting to see. I'm going to try to start a chart to keep up with average clutch size, female size, etc. when I get home (I'm at work now :P ).

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Originally Posted by mues155

1. 10 healthy eggs 2 slugs
2. 2800g
3. 1 Med rat per week
5. f/t
6. Mazuri 6F

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guess that could be confusing lol this particular female ate f/t throughout her breeding but I do breed my own rats for my more subborn bps. :P