| 31. | Egg laying season can last from September to June, with the peak occurring between December and March.
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| 32. | Modern egg laying breeds often suffer from osteoporosis which results in the chicken's skeletal system being weakened.
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| 33. | The egg laying usually takes place in the morning, at the rate of one egg per day.
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| 34. | During this time they feed on flowing sap from tree branches, and mating and egg laying occurs.
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| 35. | Mating and egg laying occur from the time adults emerge in mid-March until they die by July.
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| 36. | One suspicion is that animals vary in response to the hormones we inject to induce egg laying,
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| 37. | Early planted fields that have completed pollen shed are less attractive and therefore have less egg laying activity.
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| 38. | The egg laying ability is highly valued as the production exhibited by some hens rivals that of chickens.
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| 39. | There is a characteristic pattern of fine concentric lines around the site of oviposition ( egg laying ).
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| 40. | Once its egg laying has begun, however, the turtle will remain, regardless of the gawking visitors around it.
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