Recent content by Alpen Way Chickens

It all started a bit earlier this week when out of the blue one of our younger hens (almost 3 years) started picking on one of our older hens (7 years?) very aggressively. She had never demonstrated this behavior before, but was constantly pecking the older hen and the older hen had a very pale...

Thanks everyone - her poop was normal this morning and she seems to be back to her old self. Will continue to monitor, but seems to have been a temporary issue.

I don't think she is egg bound so stopped the baths. Still have her separated, but her poop is getting firmer also and she is showing much more energy. She is eating and drinking fine. Here are some pics of her latest poops. Was going to keep her separated again tonight and see how she is in the...

She seemed to be walking funny, but this morning she seems much better. Still very watery diarrhea.

Our 3 year old hen Fajita who is one of our friendliest hens started acting standoffish yesterday. She also didn't go up on the roost last night, she was huddled in the corner on the floor. This morning she didn't come out of the hen house for breakfast. I took her off the roost and put her in...

It seems now that the weather has gotten cooler we have a mouse that is making it's home in our chicken coop. It seems to be able to get behind the nesting boxes. We've only found droppings in the chicken dropping tray under the roost, not in the nesting boxes or on the floor of the coop. We...

I am new to chickens just in the past year, so trying to not go crazy when their behavior changes, but would love some piece of mind and advice. I have seven reds which I inherited when I bought a lodge in Evergreen CO. We hatched three more chicks this past spring and integrated them with the...

This handsome guy has found a new home :-)

Out of the four baby chick we got in mid February, one has turned out to be a rooster. Unfortunately we cannot introduce him into our current brood and are actively searching for a new home for him. We are located in Evergreen CO and are willing to meet up.