We have some juvenile chickens we are raising. I saw one was looking real droopy and sick, its droppings were runny brown, very different than all the others. I separated it from the others and the next day it died. Not sure why, something internal, worms ?? there was a lot of flies on the ground in their fenced area and I don't know what they were attacked to. My concern now is my older hens are not laying many eggs, only 3 a day for 7 hens. And I see some droppings are the same runny brown, not all but one of them . So I'm wondering if the one with the runny droppings is sick? Don't know what to do to find the sick one, they all seam to act fine. More info, I am in Florida and it is hot summer time. I have a caged area right next to the hens area where I put our juveniles. And they still have flies all over the ground in the juveniles area. I don't know what the flies are attacked to. Could the flies be the problem or are they attacked to the droppings since one is sick ? The juveniles all look fine and healthy.
I'm not much help with chicken illnesses unfortunately. Perhaps if you could post (here) the answers to the questions asked in this thread, someone will be able to help you: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3569 Good luck
