If they need corid, good they got that first. Should work in a few days if that was the problem. I knid of doubt mites are the problem, or the dead one would have been swarming with them. Still good to treat for that because the are more susceptible since they are weakened from whatever it is.
Offer both sizes of grit if you have it.
I wish! I have been trying to come up with an exclusionary device that the chickens will be brave enough to push through but scare the jays. Hanging strips of cloth or beads or something. The chickens might be too chicken to have something new like that, and the jays are just too smart. Wonder how many broken eggs I got today.