Luvachicken Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Do gingernut rangers get broody ? My 2 often go and sit in the egg compartment, sometimes together sometimes not and can be in there for ages muttering stuff to each other. Then when they eventually come out I rush out excitedly to get the eggs but there are never any there. It has been a long time since I last had an egg, just before Christmas in fact. If they are broody what do I do ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkysmum Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Wouldn't have thought they were broody as hybrids rarely are. What age are they I only ask because Boris my old ex batt girl has given up laying (thank goodness) but still goes for a sit in the nesting box from time to time. Broody hens are very different. They totally flatten themselves and rarely leave the nest box except for short periods and can be quite cross if you try to move them. So hopefully not broody and fingers crossed you'll be back to eggs again soon. Alli xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minty_76 Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Boris? Good name! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted March 4, 2011 Author Share Posted March 4, 2011 Wouldn't have thought they were broody as hybrids rarely are. What age are they I only ask because Boris my old ex batt girl has given up laying (thank goodness) but still goes for a sit in the nesting box from time to time. Broody hens are very different. They totally flatten themselves and rarely leave the nest box except for short periods and can be quite cross if you try to move them. So hopefully not broody and fingers crossed you'll be back to eggs again soon. Alli xx Thanks sparkysmum, they are just over 2 yrs old. I got them when they were POL mid Feb 2009 so I guess they might have been born in Nov/Dec time. I'm glad they are not broody, I thought I did read that hybrids don't get broody. I guess I am just impatient to have their eggs again. Still, the sun is shining and that might encourage them mind you, Matilda is on antibiotics so even if she did lay we couldn't eat them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roobaloo Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 My hybrid, Toph (Magpie/Sussex hybrid) went broody last summer. She's always been one to take her time in the nestbox but eventually the time lengthened and soon I realised she was going broody. She'd wedge herself over the nest, flatten herself down and scream and peck if you got too close. When you finally turfed her off, she'd puff up her feathers so she looked twice as big and strut about in a grump...charging back to the nest at first chance!! The thing with hybrids is they're not good sitters generally...I gave Toph fertile eggs...and that very day she decided she didn't want to be broody anymore!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
