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Well here is two cents from a old man. Chicken Obesessed My chickens have not layed hardly any eggs to speak of since they went into molt, about a month ago. Some years that last a month and others not molting lay during this spell. Sometime that last two or three months like the case now. You...

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Will sale one each Mille Fleur Rooster and Hen.

Will trade Millie Fleur eggs for delaware or speckeled sussex,golden laced wyandotte. Located in choctaw oklahoma. Always avaliabel.

Try vet X You can purchase it at most feed stores works wonders on colds and scally leggs. Follow directions on bottle it is easy to use and want harm your bird.

Hello Everyone Tell me has anyone ever had a hen go broody anytime other than the early spring and the spring months or early fall. I am just curious this is the only time I have ever seen it happen. Also if they are not broody hens I would think it would be almost impossiabel to get them to...

I have three old hens like that from a breeder. Could be a calcium problem with there moms before hatch. Mine do great. They are three years old now. I call one old sleuth foot. Dont worry about it.

Sorry to here about your chickens illness. I have a like problem on one of my millie hens. She has been setting on eggs for a sometime and her feet have broken out in scales and bumbs kinda like a light colored wart. I bathed her feet in warm soapy water then dryed them. I folowed up with vetr/x...

I have heard that in the early spring and sometime in the fall hens go broody.That is if they are a broody hen. Most production layers are not. However bantams are know for being great Moms and going broody.Mine have went broody on just one egg and the other hens would come in and lay eggs...

Here are some pictures of my new millie chicks. I think one might be a roo or a brown legg horn. It is larger than the others. I wanted to say thanks to the ladys that gave me such wonderful advice several weeks back when I was tring to make a decision to move the hens or not. They were broody...

Llysse and bantymum Thank you for your comments. Lysse I do like all my chickens and am very attached to them all. The speckeled sussex is named Momma she is so gentle and kind just loves to be handled and a good layer as well. I have two of them both are wonderfull and a breed I will try to...

Picco Thank you for your advice. I will move them at night. I was thinking about building two small houses,covered, with small run's. Mabey put some plywood around edges just to keep nest area in the dark and make it quiterand keep out predetors. I know how angry it makes you when your chickens...

Hello Friends Here is a picture of my coop and pen. It is still in constuction. Always hahahah.You Can see the one little hen trying to get in the box with the other broody hen and set her eggs. Both these girls were trying to set there own eggs in the same nest and were doing quite well untill...

Hello Friends I am new to your site. I have two broody MILLE FLUER hens. My question is would it be ok to move them out of the nest they are in and move them to a safer place. I have one in a nest that is about three and half feet off the ground, the other is in a pet carrier. I would like them...