Females have follicles year round. Each one has the POTENTIAL to become an egg, but there is certainly no guarantee, it depends on the rest of the puzzle.

Inactive follicles may be just 2-3 mm in diameter. As the cycle moves along, they grow to 10-15 mm, this is prime time for pairing.

They continue to grow to nearly 30 mm. If they were fertilized, she may ovulate and make eggs. If not, if your timing was off, you have a bad male, whatever, they will shrink back down again and you have likely missed your window for the season.

The Ball Breeding DVD from Doc Seward and TSK has some good video of follicular development and manually palpating for follicles.
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