The Purple Swamphen can lay 3-6 speckled eggs, pale yellowish tone to reddish buff, blotched & spotted with reddish brown. The incubation period is 23-27 days & is performed by both sexes. The precocious chicks are feathered with downy black feathers. This photo was taken on my Nikon D5200 camera, using Nikkor AF-S DX VR 55-300mm(4.5-5.6G)lens. The Image Size is 1.6MB, Dimensions 2908*2141 pixels, Flash Not Used, Focal Length 300mm, Expo. Time 0.00025(1/4000), Aperture 4.97, F-f/5.6, ISO 800.