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