Anybody who's willing to dig a little deeper than a Google search and a bunch of posts on their Facebook feed.
Not a black and white issue, certainly, but even a half hearted stab at proper, unbiased research would do wonders.
Let's take this from the top, op.
How old are your hens? What breeds?
What was their diet? What was their symptoms besides 'off'? Did you attempt to treat them first any illness or worm them? Any new stessors such as predators, noise, changes?
Very true. I'm chalking off behavior as a rough molt, though it could be something else like an illness, Deficiency or parasites. It's hard to say unless more info is offered. :idunno
Daylight is the key factor, it was dark everywhere this winter, also stress, illness, lack of protein, newbie owners from covid not understanding lay/molt cycles... just a perfect storm of situations which a few 'influencers' exploited to make people hysterical and get views.
Byc is the biggest...
Please go read all the threads on this instead of starting a new thread.
Not one person on social media ran tests on the feed, just their mouths.
Most chickens who have been "poisoned" are covid chickens who reached 2 and 3 years old, so they don't lay their second or third winter or they've...