Home builder: reliable chap joining broody female?
I believe the answer is:
bricklayer
'home builder' is the definition.
'bricklayer' can be an answer for 'builder' (thesaurus). I'm not sure about the 'home' bit.
'reliable chap joining broody female?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'chap' could be 'rick' and 'rick' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bricklayer that I've seen before include "Builder of 36 ac" , "Construction worker" , "Wall builder" , "worker in bonds" , "Labourer" .)