I've created a turtle farm according to the youtube link below and and, while the turtles mate, there is no digging and egg laying.
Also I found some eggs and have been watching them and they are not hatching after several minecraft weeks.
I've verified there is sand 2 layers deep and have expanded the design to a 5X5 sand region and added a 3rd turtle + mated it to one of the original 2.
It seems after mating, one turtle becomes unmatable (not accepting grass with hearts) while the other will accept grass after aperid of time.
So now I have two turtles that do not accept sea grass and one that still does in the pen.
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I found the turtles, did not move them, and only sea grass led them 15 or so blocks to a common location. Penned them in as shown in the build video. Mated them with grass and received the heart response from them. Afterwards only one of the turtles would receive and respond with heart to the grass. After many minecraft days occurred with no digging or eggs appearing I increased the pen size to 5X5 and waited several more minecraft days. When no eggs appeared I added a 3rd turtle from 15 or so block away and mated that turtle with the existing turtle that would still accept grass. Again several minecraft days and no digging and no eggs.
Q: is there a maximum number of blocks from a turtle's original hatching block for that turtle to lay eggs?
Q: Do I have to not sleep for the turtles to lay eggs?
Q: Do I have to not sleep for turtles to hatch?
Q: Do I need to be present for turtles to lay eggs or hatch or can I be somewhere else in the realm and return?
Q: Is there a distance I need to stand back from the turtles for them to lay eggs and hatch (like slime spawning)?
Q: Has it been confirmed by replicating what I have done here? I have found 3 videos on line specifying a turtle farm is much the same way that claim to work.
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Sorry Im not sure what this comment means.
I tried to gathering information on the discord community help but alas there was not anyone on there able to offer more than basic knowledge. these follow-up questions ae a bit more detailed and I wasn't thinking the general community would be able to answer them.
First of all Turtles that are found naturally can only lay eggs where they spawned (let the turtles out) and second turtle eggs only hatch at night (so you need to wait) see if doing these things help with your problem.