Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Poultry and Pets => The Hen House => Topic started by: Pony Girl on December 19, 2011, 12:10
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Can anyone give me any info on 'brown ranger' hens? Are these the same as Warrens?
I'm getting a bit confused as breeders seem to give them all different names but can't find much listed on the internet.
Would they be okay to mix with pekins and a favorelle?
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Most "ranger" type hens are a basic production red. They are sex-linked so are colour-sexable at one day old.
They are usually a Rhode Island Red cockerel and Light Sussex hen, though any gold cockerel and silver hen will work.
They all have different names, because the hatcheries which produce them specifically breed the parent stock for certain traits. Therefore ISA Browns, Warrens, Lohmans, Rangers etc are all "patented" even though they are basically the same genetic mix.
They should mix fine with pekins and a Faverolles
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It isn't a good idea to mix vaccinated and non vaccinated chooks so take care. The hybrids are more likely, although not necessarily, to have been vaccinated. :)
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I have a ranger mixed with 3 pure breed and they work amazing together infact my ranger made me think i wanted a whole flock of them AMAZING charactors so placid and inquisitive really beautiful little girl i love her so independent and determend to try everything always dirty and always playing bless her can you tell i love my girl x
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Thanks everyone, that's really helpful. Your girl sounds gorgeous, PixieSwift. I've now reserved two, which will be arriving in February so really excited and looking forward to getting them home. They've been vaccinated so hopefully all will be okay. I love my three but they are not the best layers!
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My ranger has never missed a day laying since she started my pure breeds lay maybe every other or every few days and they make a right song and dance about it rosey so everyone can hear they have laid an egg Ranger is so cool he doesn't make a sound just looks around as if to say well that's me egg out ( same time every morning before 8 am ) chucks a few twigs and leaves on his back ( i love watching this ) and then off to have breakfast and a scratch AMAZING hens GREAT choice :D
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My ranger has never missed a day laying since she started my pure breeds lay maybe every other or every few days and they make a right song and dance about it rosey so everyone can hear they have laid an egg Ranger is so cool he doesn't make a sound just looks around as if to say well that's me egg out ( same time every morning before 8 am ) chucks a few twigs and leaves on his back ( i love watching this ) and then off to have breakfast and a scratch AMAZING hens GREAT choice :D
errr shouldn't that be her back? :unsure:
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Ha ha ha ha you caught me out i have tried to say she all the way through that post Joyfull let me explain obviously she is a hen and a girl but i call her a him because it's my ranger she is such a boy so i refer to her as him in my crazy world but when i talk to you guys i have to say she as you will think she is a cock but my ranger is my good lad ha ha Ranger should be a boy, looks like one, plays like one so in our little chicken world out in the garden he is one :mad: hope that makes sense