Ok so I have cooled my pair of BPs, and it is my first season breeding. This is my 3rd week of pairing them up, 3 days on, 3 days off. I have been traveling a little bit over the holidays and haven't actually SEEN a lock yet. I know that courting behavior can induce follicle growth in the female. I hate to jump the gun, but I THINK I can see her follicles growing as I have been feeding her small meals for the past 3 weeks and she looks real.... lumpy for lack of a better word. My question is this: How do you palpate for eggs? and If you were in my situation and hadn't actually seen a lock yet, how long would you keep pairing them up before you would say it is safe to stop?