Eager Beaver ~
What lakes where you hitting? Up here in my area, I've been fishing at Maskentine over by Stanton (Maskenthine is very low already, lots of weed beds growing up in 5 to 7 feet of water), and at Willow Creek by Pierce, and I have found pretty much the same as you. Females all still with eggs.
My father and I fished the crappie tourney at Sherman last weekend and they still had eggs as well.
Being pretty much new to the more serious crappie fishing, I was a bit puzzled by what you meant by the females absorbing their eggs. Do you mean to say that if they do not spawn after a certain time they won't?
Glad you are having some success over there in your part of the state!
Take care.......Joe