Help! Flock Sick, Not Eating, Lethargic, Runny Poo, Color change in eggs to no eggs

With the heat and the humidity, do you think it's possible that they have coccidiosis. I realize that hens normally don't get it at their age but, it is possible and you have brought in stuff from another part of your property and could have introduced some oocysts that they aren't immune to.

Do you have Corid? If you do, I would treat with that. It can't hurt and who knows, it might help. It's just a wild shot in the dark but, it's better then just waiting for them to die or, get better.
 
Nslangton & leadwolf1, I am so sorry to hear what you a both going through. It's just awful.

I'm not a doctor or a vet, so take what I am asking with a pound or two of salt.
Nslangton, is there any way one or more of the weeds you gave them were toxic? Down here in Texas, several livestock were lost to eating milo, aka sorghum. I'm not saying that's what has your birds so ill because the prussic acid in sorghum works fast and is deadly.You can search on "sorghum poisoning" to see the symptoms don't match. What I am wondering is whether you accidentally gave them something that didn't agree with them. For example, Henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), many nightshades (solanaceae), including tobacco, can be toxic to animals. Many plants have alkaloids that can make animals sick.

Were they exposed to mosquitoes? We've got West Nile Virus all over the country; one of the symptoms of that is lethargy. I just read about an owl that died from West Nile Virus, and the major symptom was lethargy. I'm not sure where you are, but it's really bad down here in Texas.

If they are eating creamed corn, but nothing else, maybe just keep them on it for a while?

I sure hope they pull through. Best wishes and I'll pray for you.
 
With the heat and the humidity, do you think it's possible that they have coccidiosis.  I realize that hens normally don't get it at their age but, it is possible and you have brought in stuff from another part of your property and could have introduced some oocysts that they aren't immune to. 

Do you have Corid?  If you do, I would treat with that.  It can't hurt and who knows, it might help.  It's just a wild shot in the dark but, it's better then just waiting for them to die or, get better.
THis would be what I would do as well. If it is cocci, they will most likely die. If it's not cocci, the corrid won't hurt them.
 
So I poisoned my hens. With what we still don't know. After weeks of research and multiple conversations with vets and other chicken owners, we concluded that they ate something toxic. I couldn't bring myself to take a live hen for a necropsy, but would have had one done if any of the hens died. Thankfully they did not and seem to be doing much better. We even got an egg today. I was so excited you would have thought I laid it. They have been on a diet of creamed corn, yogurt, scrambled eggs, and pro biotic/electrolyte water along with their layer feed which they just started eating again. Their poop is mostly normal but still runny at times. This was very scary and heartbreaking for us and we learned a valuable lesson of not feeding any weed or green we can not properly identify. We are covering the entire run with roofing to eliminate any puddles from forming too so that will be another few hundred dollars. Guess chickens are like any other animal exceeding your planned budget by ridiculous amounts.
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