Excellent question and I look forward to others responses.


As for me I think it depends on the animal. Some bounce back very quickly others take some time.

For example - one of my girls gave me 5 eggs last season and got down to 900 grams after laying. She went right back on feed and is now 1700 grams (100 more then last years season), so she will be bred again.

On the other hand I had another girl lay 7 eggs and then take 4 months to decide to eat again and now only eats every other week or so...so she will be getting the season off as I don't feel she is ready to go it again (even though technically she has the weight to)

Hope this helps,
Sean