PLEASE ASSIST Several folks with sick chickens!!

ladrholman. It could be lice/mites, visually inspect your hen for lice/mites especially around the vent area. Inspect all your chickens for lice/mites, it's seems it's been a bad year for them. The next time she poops, see if there's worms in it. I think she might be too young to have a heavy wormload, but you never know.
 
Sorry you are feeling frustrated with the lack of responses.
Dawg is right it's probably the heat. He's pretty knowledable about chickens.
It could be drinking a lot of water, or it is normal for chickens to have cecal (watery dark) poo occasionally. If they are acting normal I wouldn't worry too much unless other symptoms show up or it continues for long. And by too long I mean they start in with other symptoms like refusing to eat, weak, or lethargic.

If you give yogurt the organic with probiotics are best. That's what will help the digestion. If they are not eating the yogurt, try mixing it into something they like.
You can feed them either cooked or uncooked rice, but I think Dawg was meaning cooked white rice, as it is easy to digest. And making it into a mash (rice pudding) type consistency

Colored poop can refer to a disease, but can also just be what they are eating. I'll attach a couple links.

http://www.welphatchery.com/poultry_health.asp

http://www.colchesterpoultryclub.com/health.htm

And ladrholman,

I hate the lethargic hen posts. Gets posted a lot and there never seems to be a good answer. Sounds like you are doing something for her. Without a diagnosis it is tough to recommend a specific anti-biotic. I wouldn't know which one anyhow. Is vet an option?

Good luck

Imp
 
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Hi Imp.... I was not feeling frustrated.... just worried about the other people's hens who seem sick.... Mine was more of a question about mine did this and why, how long should i let that go on before i intervene etc...... sorry if it came across that way, but If i were frustrated I'd have used the "bang my head on the wall" icon or the "screaming one" or something
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Mine was more like a
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"please someone help out"
I hope the other hen are ok.... thank you for responding
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Oh and Dawg had great suggestions
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