IS SHE WANTING TO BREED?

dreamypigtails · Post by **dreamypigtails** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 2:14 pm

I JUST BOUGHT TWO BREEDING RINGNECKS FROM AN AUCTION 1 MONTH AGO, WE LIVE IN ALBERTA CANADA AND I DO NOT HAVE A BREEDING BOX, BUT I NOTICED THAT MY FEMALE IS DOING THIS VERY STRANGE ACTION THAT I AM THINKING IS SOMETHING TO DO WITH BREEDING. SHE WILL LIE HER BODY DOWN TILL SHE IS ALMOST LIEING ON HER BELLY THEN ARCH HER HEAD BACK AND SWAY IT SIDE TO SIDE SLOWLY,SHE ALSO MAKES A KIND OF ALMOST PURING SOUND. BECAUSE WE HAVE ONLY HAD THEM 1 MONTH AND NO BREEDING BOX WITH REALLY NO IDEA WERE TO EVEN GET ONE AND REALLY STILL HAVE SO MUCH MORE TO LEARN ABOUT THEM WE ARE NOT READY TO BREED SO ANOTHER QUESTION WE HAVE IS WILL THEY STILL BREED IF WE DO NOT OFFER THEM A BREEDING BOX?

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 12:19 pm

It's almost May so you probably already missed the breeding season. Also, they will not breed if there is no nest.

Although that action you described is normally associated with breeding, I've had a hen that displayed the mating sequence that you described but she never bred or laid an egg.