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Just becuase they free range in the garden, it dosen't mean that they pick up enough grit. It is always good to provide extra grit. I do not no anything about the OP's garden, so for all we know it may be all lawn. But yes, I am sorry about the wording I used in the first post as it could have...

This thread is about the OP's birds getting sick. I think we're getting a bit side tracked here. I agree, it does depend on may factors, epically the quality of the land and space they have. I realize that my wording was incorrect. What I meant to say is that dried corn can cause crop impaction...

I am not against feeding chickens a properly formulated whole grain based feed. However I do not feed it as many people have had trouble with birds having a favourite grain and leaving the rest. There for missing out on some valuable nutrition. This is my personal choice. Others have had and...

It may be a grain based feed. Could you please take a picture of the bag? Do your chickens have access to grit? Chickens need to to grind up whole grains. If it is indeed crop impaction this would be the cause. Give your chickens grit as soon as possible. However, because two chickens have it...

Have they experinced natural heat like that before? It could be heat exhaustion. Give them lots of water and electrolytes.

The resoning behind this is too much dried feed can cause an impacted crop. I do recall @Wyorp Rock mentioning this a number of times. Please correct me if I am wrong. Thank you.

It looks like you are feeding your chickens scratch. Scratch is not a specially formulated chicken food. It is a treat that should be given sparingly. Change this as soon as possible. Scratch contains corn which can cause a condition called crop bound. Check her crop early in the morning, if it...