what % never breed

[muddoc]

To answer your original question, I have probably about 12 females out of about 200 that at 5 years of age have not laid eggs. Now, of that 12, roughly 7 of them are less than 1000 grams. So, about 5 of them are 5 years old, and over 1500 grams, and still not laid eggs. With that said, and these numbers used, 2.5% have not laid eggs. Now, I have been toying around this year with breeding those girls in the "off season". I say that because I have a breeding season at our facility, and maybe these girls develop when I am not breeding. So, I will begin introducing males to those girls in the next 1 to 2 weeks, to see if they will go. I know there are plenty of the big boys out there that are breeding year around. I have not tried that, as most of mine go at the same time, and working a full time job doesn't allow me to attempt hatching year around. I think that would be too disorganized for me.

With all of that said, I think anyone attempting to answer this question would be fathoming a guess. And, my guess would be <1%.

p.s. I also meant to say that the females that I discussed above that haven't laid, they do breed, just haven't given eggs yet. So, I would say that I have been able to successfully "breed" every female that I have attempted, but that doesn't mean you will get eggs from a breeding.

Hope that helps,