What age does breeding start with Jack Dempsey

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Now That I know roughly how old and sex of my Jack Dempsey, When do JD start breeding?
My jack is roughly 3-4 month old, Male.
Thank you for all your help,
Stephen
 
I've been shocked at how early they can breed. I've had mine breed as early as 3 months. At that stage, they were about 2 inches.
 
YankeeJack said:
I've been shocked at how early they can breed. I've had mine breed as early as 3 months. At that stage, they were about 2 inches.
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I guess my Jack is shy, or can also be big for his age I'm not 100% positive of how old he is.
Thank you,
Stephen
 
Hello,

this is week 5 no fry. I am trying to breed a convict with Jack Dempsey.

Convict is always in the log and rarely comes out, when she does Jack chases her back. is this normal? saw them fighting a few times since I got Jack, Jack always back down. Today Jack and Con were outside swimming near each other for a few minutes.

Thank you, and Happy Thanksgiving.
Stephen
 
Convict with a JD? I don't think I've ever heard of that happening. I'll have to defer to the others on this forum.
 
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StephenJMm said:
Now That I know roughly how old and sex of my Jack Dempsey, When do JD start breeding?
My jack is roughly 3-4 month old, Male.
Thank you for all your help,
Stephen
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From what I have read, they reach sexual maturity at 6 months of age. Thats what the internet says so take it with a grain of salt I guess. I have my own JD breeding project going on as well, no luck so far but they just hit the 6 months of age mark so we will see.
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They do all the things a mated pair do, flashing chasing each other and all that just no eggs yet.
 
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Jexnell said:
From what I have read, they reach sexual maturity at 6 months of age. Thats what the internet says so take it with a grain of salt I guess. I have my own JD breeding project going on as well, no luck so far but they just hit the 6 months of age mark so we will see.
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They do all the things a mated pair do, flashing chasing each other and all that just no eggs yet.
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Thanks my convict and jd do the same mating pairs do but jd might be a little to rough. keep me posted on yours.
thank you
 
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