Re: Unusual egg laying experience.
Maybe she is a he-she..... like that South African 800m Gold medal winner that is having gender testing done.
Apparently in humans you can have a syndrome where a portion of your dna is female even if you are male and vice versa...
Dunno if this is the same in BPs though, very interesting nonetheless, thanks for sharing:gj:
Re: Unusual egg laying experience.
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MarkS
The thing I found most curious was the fact that she didn't reabsorb her follicles despite not having been bred but instead allowed them to go full cycle.
A friend of mine made a suggestion that makes sense to me. I had a spare tub that wasn't being used on one of my CB70 breeder racks, so instead of leaving it empty, I moved this girl up early from her small sweater box tub figuring she would appreciate the extra space. So, she had breeding going on all around her in pretty close proximity. I wonder if the smells of all that breeding were what stimulated her to finish her egg cycle instead of reabsorbing the follicles despite not having the stimulation of actual breeding?
Interesting thought, I do know when I have a female who is developing follicles & one who isn't but is ready to go for the season, I can put the two together for a bit & the 2nd girl will develop follicles too.
However I did have two girls not "go" for me this year who had follicles. They just reabsorbed theirs. :confused:
