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kinyonga
at Sat May 27 23:28:52 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by kinyonga ]
If I remember correctly, you are talking about veileds?
Although female veileds can produce eggs well before they are a year old, I never mate mine before they are at least one year old. I like to make sure that they have finished their bone growth before I expect them to lay fertile eggs.(My females usually live to be over 6 years of age, produce good healthy eggs that result in good healthy babies.)
I have three females right now that are over three years of age and have never produced a single clutch of eggs. I feel this is due to the feeding schedule (and temperatures) that I keep them at. I have bred females after these three years that have produced good eggs.
You said..."I have talked to a breeder who said that if they are in good health you don't have to worry to much about egg binding. Is that true or is egg binding just something that happens??"...the main causes of eggbinding are poor husbandry (vitamin imbalances mainly), lack of an appropriate egglaying site (there should be a site in the cage at all times once the female is sexually mature, IMHO), and physical problems (eggs that are misformed, fused eggs, reproductive tract deformities, eggs that have grown too big to lay) that prevent the eggs from being laid. Letting a female see you watch her when she is digging the hole can also cause eggbinding...she usually abandons the hole if she sees that she is being watched...if it happens too often, she will get past the point of being able to lay the eggs.
Hope this helps!
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- Egg production - nymph, Sat May 27 18:21:44 2006
- RE: Egg production - WillHayward, Sat May 27 18:41:51 2006
 RE: Egg production - kinyonga, Sat May 27 23:28:52 2006
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