Well at least at this point you have a lot of experience with this... :lol:
Just for curiosity sake, what is your protocol for after she lays her eggs? What are you doing in regards to feeding her and supplementation?
I only ask because I remember reading a study about an egg disease, and part of the study indicated that rich nutrient dense diets encourage the females to continue producing eggs. I'll have to find the study again.
It makes sense in the wild that they would produce as much as they could, as long as nutrients and energy were readily available. And that once picking gets slim, the body would stop and start storing them back up for mom instead.
Anyways, it's just a thought but where I'm leading with this is, perhaps you are feeding her too good. It's all just theory and this wouldnt be a good test for that as by 7 clutches youd imagine she'd slow down even if her diet continued this way, but it's just a thought I had the other day. Was going to wait to see if she was still producing before bringing it up.
So how long is it taking from egg laying to the next egg laying?
-Brandon
Just for curiosity sake, what is your protocol for after she lays her eggs? What are you doing in regards to feeding her and supplementation?
I only ask because I remember reading a study about an egg disease, and part of the study indicated that rich nutrient dense diets encourage the females to continue producing eggs. I'll have to find the study again.
It makes sense in the wild that they would produce as much as they could, as long as nutrients and energy were readily available. And that once picking gets slim, the body would stop and start storing them back up for mom instead.
Anyways, it's just a thought but where I'm leading with this is, perhaps you are feeding her too good. It's all just theory and this wouldnt be a good test for that as by 7 clutches youd imagine she'd slow down even if her diet continued this way, but it's just a thought I had the other day. Was going to wait to see if she was still producing before bringing it up.
So how long is it taking from egg laying to the next egg laying?
-Brandon