will my 09 male be ready to breed?

[littleindiangirl]

No one can really answer that for you. Have young males sucessfully bred? Yes. Will yours? It all depends on the individual animal. You need to be able to read your animals - at the time you are wanting to breed him - what is his body condition, is he easily stressed, etc? Not anything that you can answer right now. Best NOT to count on it, and just be pleasantly surprised if he is.

It's possible, it's not a sure thing. I've had a 6 month old male breeding for me, he was also a very good eater and about 350g by that time. I've also tried breeding a male at a year and a half that was over 500G, not only did he not breed but he totally freaked out. He quit eating dropped a lot of weight quickly and if I hadn't resorted to using a pinky pump to get some food into him he would have died.

Just keep an eye on him and make that determination next year. But be realistic, If you don't have a good feeling about breeding him, then don't try.

Everything they said was spot on. Don't count your chickens before they hatch, learn to read your animals, and let them tell you when they are ready.