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Markru
at Thu Jun 4 18:14:17 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Markru ]
Hey,
I am planning on having 9 females always producing. I am going to try and let each female go three weeks after each birthing before getting pregnant again. If my numbers are correct 9 females with that cycle should give me 5 litters each with an average number of 10 pups would yield me 450 rats a year total. That would be just about perfect for the numbers I will need. It may be a little on the shy side but I have some back ups if I go short. I will be able to add another 3 girls if needed, but i would like to stick with 9 breeding females for my first year. I am also starting with staggering the three breeding groups. I have 3 girls breeding now. I have another three that will be breeding in 4 weeks and the last group will be breeding in 8 weeks. So in about 2 or 3 months I will be at full production.
Thanks again for your guidance,
Mark
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