What is the Gestation period for Red Foots? Also my pen is just water garden and grass, will I need to make a special area for her to lay eggs, or will she dig through the grass? Thanks for your time.
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Red Foot Gestation
Hacker
Jul 06, 2003 11:32 AM
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gabycher
Jul 06, 2003 12:35 PM
It will take between 120 and 175 days for hatching. Incubation
temps between 29 and 30 degrees Celsius to obtain both sexes,
humidity around 80%.
For a nesting site outside build up a hill (best supported with
wood logs or the like on three sides) from sand / loam, that will
support a hole when digged in (not too sandy, so it would slide
back while digging and not too hard / clay, so excavation gets
too hard). If there is enough time, planting this hill with
plants that develop a fine root system (to support a hole) would
nicely resemble a laying site chosen in the wild.
Good luck,
Gaby
Hacker
Jul 06, 2003 05:33 PM
I want to know the gestation period (how long she carries the eggs for). I saw my reds breeding on the 4th of July and I just want to know when to expect eggs.
So I have to build up a hill of nesting material for her to lay in, she will just not dig a hole in flat ground?
