~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~And I'm a chicken Dentist...The symptoms he described was indeed poisoning...And the FIG??..Without any kind of deterant such as cameras to possibly ID someone, be it a kid, old man, woman, etc. what...
It almost sounds like a neighbor unhappy with your chickens....Although changing the coop area to a protection netted area, a determined person would just cut up the figs into smaller pieces that would pass through the netting, or use raisins.....I myself would be installing motion activated...