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05-Feb-07, 07:15 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-05 Location: Goulburn Valley Gender:  | | |
I've herd of people breeding their BHP's at the 18 month to 2 year mark, just curious as to other peoples methods and thoughts.
Are you breeding at this age?
If so, what size are your BHP's?
What c;utch size di you get if you?h
What months are a putting them together?
etc.etc.
Like I said I am only curious to the way other people go about breeding them.
Cheers Rob |
05-Feb-07, 07:28 AM
|  | hazz Subscriber | Join Date: Jul-06 Location: Hazzardous area Gender: | | | | It can be done, but I haven't done it. I think True Blue might be able to give you more info on this one.
Personally I don't like pushing my animals and I'd wait an additonal year. It needs to be fairly large, between 3.5 to 4kg's I'd suggest and 7ft.
At the age you suggest I'd expect the clutch size to be 7 or below.
If you check out wiki there should be a care sheet. Generally you start putting them together at the begining of Winter. Some people combat males, there are are whole range of techniques used.
The important factor is that they are cycled properly. I reduce daylength gradually from 14hrs in summer down to as low as 8hrs mid winter. The temps are reduced considerably to from 32 deg gradually sown to about 22 deg (daytime) and no heat at night. A good cooling helps, but you need to be careful depending on where you live. Leaving them to get down to below 5 degrees at night is not reccomended. |
05-Feb-07, 07:33 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-05 Location: Goulburn Valley Gender: | | | | Yeah, I've herd TB say this and that's what got me curious as to other peoples methods.
I would stil like to know what TB's sizes are all the same. |
05-Feb-07, 09:38 AM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Nov-05 Location: QLD | | | | pmed you.
cheers. |
05-Feb-07, 09:43 AM
| | | | my freind bred his female at around that age and it died i would not recomend it at all unless someone wants to make quick cash its not fair on the female |
05-Feb-07, 09:45 AM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Nov-05 Location: QLD | | | | bhps have regulary been breed by a number of people at 18 months with out any problems, although a must admitt i perfer to let them go the extra year. |
05-Feb-07, 09:46 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-05 Location: Goulburn Valley Gender: | | | | Thanks TB.
As I said Speedy, I'm only curious, I'm not breeding mine yet even though they are past that age. But all the same thanks. |
05-Feb-07, 06:53 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-05 Location: Goulburn Valley Gender: | | | | Still curious as to others methods. |
05-Feb-07, 07:21 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-06 Location: townsville Age/Gender: 24 | | | | [quote=hazzard;738944] It needs to be fairly large, between 3.5 to 4kg's I'd suggest and 7ft.
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that dosent sound right to me? 7ft and 3.5 to 4kg! my scrubbies 12ft and just getting over 4kg.
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05-Feb-07, 07:59 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: nowra nsw Age/Gender: 25 | | | | it might be a very fat BHP
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05-Feb-07, 08:00 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-05 Location: Goulburn Valley Gender: | | | Maybe, maybe not, my female Bredl is just a smidgen over 6ft and is 3.6kg's @ 2years 1month of age. Heavy boned I think you could call it.  |
06-Feb-07, 12:20 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-06 Location: Victoria | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by TrueBlue  pmed you.
cheers. | I'm also looking at breeding BHP's this year. Any info or advice you can give me would be much appreciated.  | |
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