Breeding consistency?

[SOS]

For all the ball breeders out there...how consistent are your females for successful breeding? Do the majority breed every year when attempted? Every couple years...etc?

Cheers...

[David Kwok]

Depends on the female, no, yes

[SOS]

Sorry. Was just trying to get some "personal experience" thoughts.

[Kathy Shaw]

They are all different.
This is my 4th breeding season with balls. My best mom is a wild caught female who has laid the last 3 years and increased her # of eggs each year, she had 5 then 6 now 8.

Some laid last year and are skipping this year. I only had 1 lay the first year I bred and she laid 2 years in a row then did not and now she has laid again this year.

It seems that fussy eaters lay less often. I think they just cannot regain the body weight to produce eggs.
If you let mom brood the eggs they do not lay as often, probably because they fast for 2 extra months.
My smaller girls tend to be more sparadic and have more slugs.
Hope this helps.
Kathy