From what I understand and anyone feel free to correct me if I'm off - but...



Your female grows her follicles all year long - going by seasonal changes she dedicates a certain amount of follicle which she will mature and fertilize - if no (or limited) male introduction is made than she will absorb her follicles. If an introduction is made then she'll proceed with growing her follicles and fertilizing them and you;ll get eggs and babies, etc.



Now here is the problem - she is already somewhere along in the process - if you wait too long she's likely absorb - on the other hand you can start breeding her now and she may continue breeding until April and you won't see eggs until mid summer. If you had an ultrasound or good at palpitating you might be able to more accurately predict where she is at but for the most part she'll go by what nature is telling her it's time to do. Just how much of natural manipulation you can get away with - I don't know.



Is there another breeder near you that you might be able to trust with caring for your eggs or the offspring if you should need it?



I hope that helped a little.



Congrats on the baby - and best of luck with breeding!!!
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Tosha

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