The female will lay between 5 to 6 eggs. One egg is laid per day until the clutch is complete. Incubation starts after the last egg is laid. The incubation period last 13 days. During this time the female will spend twelve minutes on the egg and eight minutes off.
Incubation is done only by the female.
The eggs usually hatch all on the same day. The female will brood the young for the first few days. The young are feed by both parents. After 16 days from hatching, the young are ready to leave the nest. After fledging the nest, the young continue to be fed by the parents.