finch eggs take 12 to 14 days to hatch.
how long do finch eggs take to hatch?
12 to 14 days
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after mating has taken place, the females move about one mile from the booming grounds and begin to build their nests. hens lay between 5 and 17 eggs per clutch and the eggs take between 23 and 24 days to hatch. there are between five and 10 young per brood. (inrin, 2005). the young are raised by the female and fledge in one to four weeks, are completely independent by the tenth to twelfth week, and reach sexual maturity by age one (ammann, 1957). a study of female greater prairie chickens in kansas found that their survival rates were 1.6 to 2.0 times higher during the non-breeding season compared to the breeding season; this was due to heavy predation during nesting and brood-rearing. one problem facing prairie chickens is competition with the ring-necked pheasants. pheasants lay their eggs in prairie-chicken nests. the pheasant eggs hatch first; this causes the prairie chickens to leave the nest thinking that the young have hatched. in reality the eggs did not hatch and the young usually die because the mother is not there to incubate the eggs.
greater prairie chicken