Please Help!! No one can figure this out. My flock is in trouble.

[Aunt Angus]

You are getting great advice, but I have a few more ideas.

Is it possible there is something in the run that is poisoning them? You might check plants and maybe have your soil tested.

Have you checked their crop function? Crop should be full at night and empty in the morning.

Have you wormed them? You might have a fecal float done.

There are diseases that can lay dormant in a flock until there are new stressors.

Can you share the state lab necropsy results?

I'm really sorry you are going through this... I hope we can help you find answers.

 

[Marie2020]

The tall waterer is empty, that is for when it is really hot, I fill it with ice and water.
It has only been in the 80s this week.

Are the surrounding lands using chemicals that you may know of

 

[Marie2020]

I see a bunch of different problems, and you have solved quite a few of them:
--chicks died in cold weather (solved)
--predators killing birds (hopefully solved)
--quail with picked toes (solved)
--hens bullying chicks, causing starvation (solved)

For the most recent ones, this stands out to me:


That "eat and drink like crazy" makes me think they are not getting enough food.

Do they always have food and water available?
You may still have some bullying going on.

I would try putting out several more feeders and waterers, more than any reasonable person would think they need. And I would make extra efforts to never let those feeders and waterers run empty.

I would also set up some things to block lines of sight, so chickens can get out of sight of other chickens-- it could be a simple as haybales or cardboard boxes or old tables turned on their sides in the middle of the run, with feeders & waterers on several sides. If it helps, you can make it look more pleasing later. This provides more chances for chickens to eat & drink without being noticed by any bullies there may be.