Redfoot breeding questions

[Ashley & Anthony DeGilio]

Hello all, just have a few questions:

1. How big does a redfoot need to be to have viable eggs? I have read when they are small eggs tend to be infertile.
2. Do they dig when they lay eggs or just on top of soil?
3. Avg period until hatching?

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Eggs get deposited in or on the soil. And take 180 days to hatch

 

[HLogic]

The northerns I have tended were usually about 8" before fertile eggs were deposited. Average incubation was 130 days at 86.2 °F (30 °C) and all eggs were deposited underground in nests. (61 eggs in sample).

 

[ZEROPILOT]

I have adult females, but an 8" male...Can an 8" male father babies?
He seems willing to try!
(I've been waiting to see the answers)

 

[HLogic]

An 8" male can but you will probably see rather low fertility. The bigger the male, the better the fertility - usually...

 

[Ashley & Anthony DeGilio]

Good to know

Would like to get as much as we can on the subject before we get 2 more red foots for breeding