Opinions on breeding young / small females

[MarkS]

Hi Justin, thanks for you insight. From my understanding, what you described seems to be the consensus. Breeding smaller females can be done, but may not be the best in the long run not because their health but because it will take longer for them to start laying large clutches.

Actually I kind of disagree with this. In my experience, the smaller to mid sized girls are more likely to lay every year. Perhaps because it takes less time to get them back up to they're ideal breeding weight. Whereas many of my largest girls are more likely to take every other year off. Personally I'd rather get a 5-6 egg clutch every year then a 10-11 egg clutch every other year.