In my experience it all has to do with the female and the amount of weight that is lost during the first seasons breeding some girls go of food completely others will feed. I have bred many females very successfully in the second season and some I give a year off because they didn't put back on the weight. They really need the third season off if they produce two years in row though. Actually last season I had about 16 pairing in all. All the pairings with virgin females produced and none of the pairing with proven animals produced. Most of my proven girls were in the 8' plus range and very girthy this has led me to thin out the big this year because I felt they may have been a little to fat to bred. Most of us on her know what good body weight on a female looks like. So as long as you think they have put the weight back on I say go for it. I don't think it really matters from BCC to BCI that much either. It all has to due with thier fat stores being adequate to get them through the pregancy part of the breeding season.

Just my two cents!!!

Al Brown/Brown's Boas

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