I broke up a nest from another miner hen the other day. Eggs weren't any good anyway. This particular hen was molting bad. I still don't know where she was I looked everyday for two weeks with no luck. No worries I know where every single bird came from on the yard all are marked and or banded. Except for these 5 new chicks that she showed up with.
I have leiper, ruble, penny/wh, black/ruble, wh/Kelso stags running loose, so it's a miner cross with one of them. No proof so I'll eat em or give me away I suppose.