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    Need advice/help for sick, dying flock

    I ended up losing 5 of my 10 hens. The remaining appear to be better but not completely back to normal. Still not sure what the problem was.
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    Need advice/help for sick, dying flock

    I don't think so. I have tomatoes but I'm pretty certain they didn't eat them. I don't know that they would. I may do that today. Several birds appear to be improving, scratching around the run, and generally more active. Some are still lethargic, just sitting around.
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    Need advice/help for sick, dying flock

    I would have to dig them up to send them to a lab as I already burried them. I'm not sure how to send a dead bird to a lab, I thought I would have to drive it up and it's 2 hours one way. I started by removing the feed thinking the fresh bag I just started using may have something wrong with...
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    Need advice/help for sick, dying flock

    I lost the third bird today. She decline from this morning, I found her in the coop laying down panting. I tried to get some water down her with a syringe; I got some down but she must have been too far gone. I may go ahead a try the corid. I don't know what else to do.
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    Need advice/help for sick, dying flock

    Are there any no nos on stuff to mix together in their water. I have some acv, electrolytes, and probiotics mix, but don't know if I should mix it.
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    Need advice/help for sick, dying flock

    What do you mean by environment drastically changing? Could letting them free range after several weeks confined to the coop/run be drastic enough? Thy don't seem that interested in food, they only want to drink water. I've not seen improvement after replacing the new feed, so I'm starting to...
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    Need advice/help for sick, dying flock

    Would it be advisable to try corid in the event it is coccidiosis? Would this complicate things if it's sour crop?
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    Need advice/help for sick, dying flock

    My thought was if they will die without help, emptying their crop is worth the risk of aspiration. I found that I lost another hen when I checked them this morning. Some still have full crops this morning, while some are much smaller. None appear completely empty. They only have access to...
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    Need advice/help for sick, dying flock

    They have been drinking a lot of water so they took care of that for me. I held them a bit head down while massaging the crop until it came up. It was pretty clear, maybe just a little cloudy.
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    Need advice/help for sick, dying flock

    Thanks for the advice. I will get some chick feed as mentioned somewhere above in the morning and see if they act hungry. They didn't eat much when I let them out in the yard yesterday, just sort of stood or sat around.
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    Need advice/help for sick, dying flock

    I've been afraid to give them more feed for the time being. I only took it away yesterday. There is one or two hens whose crop feels pretty firm, so I was hoping just giving them water only for a day or two would flush things out.
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    Need advice/help for sick, dying flock

    I tried flushing on a couple birds with very large soft crops and what I got up looked like mostly all water.
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    Need advice/help for sick, dying flock

    They also haven't laid for 2-3 days but I thought that was likely due to stress of feeling badly.
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    Need advice/help for sick, dying flock

    I can try. I am having difficulty finding a vet near me who will deal with poultry.
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    Need advice/help for sick, dying flock

    Thanks much everyone for the help and advice. I don't know what they could have gotten into in the yard. There have been a few mushrooms as it has rained a bit the last week or so. I don't even know if they would eat something like that. They also seem to be drinking a lot. Poop picks...
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    Need advice/help for sick, dying flock

    I checked on them again this morning, and luckily I didn't lose any more. Most of them still had large crops without access to food, so I'm wondering if it wasn't the feed. A couple had crops that were much firmer than the others. I am assuming this indicates sour/impacted crops, possibly due...
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    Need advice/help for sick, dying flock

    Does that happen?
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    Need advice/help for sick, dying flock

    I did open a new bag of feed several days ago. I also thought they might have eaten something bad in the yard because they hadn't been out of the run for a while until a several days ago.
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    Need advice/help for sick, dying flock

    Is there a reason for throwing old feed out?
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    Need advice/help for sick, dying flock

    Located in central Indiana.
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