Multiple Sires?

Why do people seem to lock their females with a bunch of males? It would seem to me you'd want to know the genetics of the offspring. Unless...can multiple males fertilize a single clutch?


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Multiple males can fertilize the clutch. Therefor it can increase the variability of the clutch. Plus it makes it exciting not know what your gonna get :) Hope this helps.

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Why do people seem to lock their females with a bunch of males?

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Because they can ;), each year I pair a few females to 2 or 3 males dom or co-dom simply because regardless of the outcomes I know I will be satisfied with the results and have no specific preference. Now if I want to hatch something specific I will only pair the male that is needed to produce the specific combo I want.

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It would seem to me you'd want to know the genetics of the offspring. Unless...

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You will once the eggs hatch.

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can multiple males fertilize a single clutch?

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Yes they can. :gj:

As long as you aren't pairing a recessive gene male to her and a codom, for example, you would know who sired everything but the "normals" or any gene that both or neither male carried.

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Originally Posted by Gomojoe

Why do people seem to lock their females with a bunch of males? It would seem to me you'd want to know the genetics of the offspring. Unless...can multiple males fertilize a single clutch?


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It probably increases the chance of fertilization, however I wouldnt do it with recessive genes only inc/co dom and dom so I can tell who the sire was, and if they are normals from a inc/co dom or dom sire it doesnt really matter who the father was. Also like the other person said when the eggs hatch it will be like christmas, you could get some surprises.

I'm running 5 males through 4 females this year; should be interesting when they hatch!:D

So are eggs present when the fertilization occurs or does the female store the sperm and fertilize the eggs after they are formed?


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Originally Posted by Gomojoe

So are eggs present when the fertilization occurs or does the female store the sperm and fertilize the eggs after they are formed?


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I'm not an expert by any means but from my understanding they build the follicles and when they reach a certain size they are moved to the oviduct (ovulation) where they are fertilized by the sperm and then shelled. If they are fertilized they become eggs and if not they are slugs.

Cool so that would imply you can have multiple dads in a single clutch. Has anyone seen this proven?


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Originally Posted by Gomojoe

Cool so that would imply you can have multiple dads in a single clutch. Has anyone seen this proven?


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I assure you its possible. Ive seen people on here post about it happening before.
As far as the female storing the sperm i think its possible but not tht common. When she is ovualting that is when the sperm and the egg join forming a baby. Kinda like humans...a woman is more likely to get pregnant when shes ovulating, but that doesnt mean she cant get pregnant the rest of the time...
This is at least my understanding of it, but i havent bred yet so i could be wrong...