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Koi Spawning Season is Here!

Posted on by Casey LeFever

The weather has finally stabilized, and one of our favorite times of the year has finally arrived…spawning season.

This is the time of year when we spend long, tiring days bringing in all of our brood stock from the mud ponds, pairing the males and females for spawning, and eventually putting the fertilized eggs out to hatch. These next few weeks will produce all of our one-year old stock for next year.

Check out the pictures below for a peek behind the scenes…

live koi broodstock blue ridge fish hatchery
Co-owner and Production Manager Rick Brown, along with his daughter Kirsten, displays three prized Kujaku breeder. These koi are sedated, and can be held easily. Don’t try this at home!
live koi fish brood stock injection
Rick injects an aquatic hormone into a sedated breeder in order to facilitate ovulation.
live Showa koi fish breeder
Kirsten displays a female Showa breeder weighing in at 22 3/4 pounds. Our largest standard fin breeder this season.

Have questions about the breeding process? Post them below and we will be happy to answer!

Casey LeFever

8 thoughts on “Koi Spawning Season is Here!”

  1. Anonymous says:

    how old do they have to be to start breeding? or should i say how big do they have to be to start breeding?

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