With one of my girls I started pairing her in November of 2009 and paired her up till July of 2010. She didn't give me anything by the end of August, so I thought she just wasn't ready yet as it was her first year breeding. Come November 2010 we put a male in with her at the beginning of the month take him out 3 days later then go to put him in 3 days later and low and behold we had to stop cause she was sitting on 7 pearly whites! So it took her over a year from being paired up until she gave us eggs. We are breeding her again this year and not seeing a lot good signs yet. If she waits and gives us another fall clutch this year we may just have to change her breeding cycle and plan on eggs in November from her.