Me again. My first ever season of breeding BP's has started off well so far. One six egg clutch from pied to pied in the incubator, a clutch of DH VPI snow to DH VPI snow on the way within 2 weeks and a clutch of Lemon pastel to normal is looking likely in the next 4-6 weeks.
I do have a question about female BP breeding cycles. I have 3 more females that have been on the same cooling, heating, light and breeding cycles as the 3 that have laid or will lay soon. All 6 females have been well bred by the males. My pied male was bred to the pied female, a VPI axanthic female and a het pied female. My lemon pastel male was bred to 2 normal females and my DH VPI snow male was bred to a DH VPI snow female.
The het pied, axanthic and 1 of the normal females seem to be at least a month behind the other 3 females in their breeding cycle.
Is it normal to have numerous females in the exact same conditions cycle at different times?
Should I continue to put the males with the females until I am sure that they are gravid? When should I stop introducing males if there is no sign of eggs?
Thank you
Kevin
