2 hens dead, runny poop

[Cathrine]

Help!
I was gone for 2 days (daughter watching hens) and checked this morning. One was dead in the coop. Another barley alive. Took it inside to give some water and it struggled a little, had a big watery poop and died on the kitchen floor.

Help - what do I do for the other hens? I have 11 others and I'm worried sick. I just cleaned the coop last week with all fresh pine chips. Should I clean it again?

The Astralorpe that dies seem a bit low energy when I left, but I though it was molting (she was getting new feathers). The Barred Rock that died in the kitchen seemed fine.

I really need advise.

 

[LoveMyChickenBabies]

What are you feeding them? Are there any others who have runny poop?

 

[Cathrine]

They get pelleted layer feed (they are a year old). Some scratch grains every day and vegetable scraps (lettuce, cucumber, zucchini, apples with seeds removed). I've also given them parslane and dandilion that I weed out of my vege gerden (organic - no lawn sprays)

 

[Cathrine]

I have not seen others with runny poop - and there is normal poop in the run, but there are 11 of them so I'm not sure about all of them. They are molting - but getting new feather tips. Laying fewer eggs, but I thought that was due to molting (new chicken owner).

 

[LoveMyChickenBabies]

Could there be any coccidiosis within your flock?

 

[LoveMyChickenBabies]

I had chicks that had runny poop and they kept dying randomly and that was what had happened. I got some corid and treated thier water then they were fine

 

[Cathrine]

They don't seem right to me - the weather has been rainy and yucky, but they seem to be spending more time inside than they normally do, even given the weather.

 

[Cathrine]

They were immunized as chicks... that would still be effective a year later right?

 

[LoveMyChickenBabies]

Maybe. You should contact your local vet and ask them. Them spending more time in the coop is a little bit strange. Are they eating and drinking enough?

 

[andreanar]

We need more info. Go look at your birds. Check them all for lice/mites, look at all the poop you can find. Do you see any blood in it? Feel their crops, basically do a thorough exam. Do any look lethargic? If they were mine, I would get Corid into them asap.