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What is the quickest ovulation you all have experienced after introducing the males? I have a female who has been with one of my males twice in the past 2 weeks and both times for about a day or two after I take him out she goes belly up.. I know this isn't a ovulation but is a good sign.. Just wanted to hear everyone's experiences.

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Follicular development takes many months, unless your female was building prior to these last few copulations, she would still be far from ovulating.

Have you tried palpating her, feeling for the size of the follicules will clue you in on how far she is in the process.

Good luck.

This is what she has done both times after the male has been pulled from her bin. Any input is helpful..

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Hard to tell from those pics, she's got that gravid look, does she spend most of her time on the hot spot?

In order to properly diagnose where she is at, we need all details.

How long have you been breeding her, as in, could this be a very late 2009 clutch? Females can produce year round, could be that you cycled her late and she's finaly getting it done for you now!

Females will give a lot of signs of where they are at in the follicular building stages.

Here are some of them;

- Contorsioned spine (lumping)
- Wrapped around her water bowl
- Neck in water bowl
- They glow (get much lighter in color)
- Lying upside down (like your pic)

Take a look at this breeding page link, good examples of follicular development pics.

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