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About how long after breeding does a female lay her eggs?

After ovulation she will lay her eggs about 45 days later. If you think she has ovulated. Start counting from her next shed. 30 days tell eggs. Then after she laid her eggs 50 to 60 days tell hatching. Man i'm getting excited just talking about it.
Of course it could be 6 months from breeding to ovulation. Good luck and may all your clutches be fertile. Claude

>>Of course it could be 6 months from breeding to ovulation. Good luck and may all your clutches be fertile. Claude

Most of my friends are non-herpers and say things like "peace and love" and "stay safe" and "good luck, break a leg".

And then, there's reptile people, who say "may all your clutches be fertile".

I dono why, but it made me laugh.

~jenny
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0.2 rescue chinese water dragons (Yoni and Linga)
1.0 rex rat (Scurvy)
1.0 gerbil (Yerbul)
0.1 bunny (Spazz)
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1.0 fat fuzzy mutt (Smokey)
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1.0 goat (Billy Jack)
1.25 chickens (Ugly the rooster and his harem)

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Is 6 months how long it usually takes from breeding to ovulation? Or just a nuber you threw out there? How long Is it USUALLY between breeding and ovulation?

There is no "usual" time frame - unless you use an ultrasound system and can track and breed based on follicular development.

In a nut shell: the female grows her follicles year round, then according to seasonal cues she will commit a certain amount to fertilization, if she has not been bred, she will reabsorb them, if she has been bred she will use the stored sperm for fertilization (ovulation).

With this in mind if you breed the female when her follicles are larger and she is further along in her follicular development she will ovulate sooner than if she still has small follicles. So there is no real set time for this part of the breeding process as there is for the time between ovulation and laying, etc. It's very dependent on other factors.

Hope this helps.
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Tosha

Say she has been breedable for a few years now and was not breed this year will that help her alowing the eggs to be fertilized faster or no?

check out breeders websites....the bigger names will have their breeding system in place for you to view. Aside from KS that is where I gain a vaulable amount of information.
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Nick