10-m-o female has never been "right", failure to thrive, now very weak, possible seizure, diarrhea,

Looks to me like internal laying. Based on my experiences with it, I have not doubt in my mind. I only had one hen who died from it poop yellow like this. I doubt it's blackhead.
The antibiotics were working because her illness is probably due to the yolk buildup in her abdomen becoming infected. When you stop antibiotics, the infection kicks in again. That yellow in the poop if the yolk in her abdomen being excreted. The blood in her nostrils is probably a side effect of her body shutting down under massive stress and infection. Two of the girls I lots to internal laying had blood in their nose/throat upon death, one other had bloody stools mixed with egg yolk. There is no cure, the infection inevitably kills. Some people have prolonged life by sucking the excess yolk out of the abdomen it a syringe and continuing a life-long regiment of antibiotics, but it's no quality of life for the bird :(
 
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Jrose - Can she have that even if she's never laid an egg ever? She has never developed enough to lay eggs. She never had comb or wattle growth or squatted or anything. She's just always been undernourished looking and never developed past the pullet stage.
She didn't have this yellow poop until about a week ago. It was green/dark green before.

Thank you fro your response! Much appreciated!
 
Jrose - Can she have that even if she's never laid an egg ever? She has never developed enough to lay eggs. She never had comb or wattle growth or squatted or anything. She's just always been undernourished looking and never developed past the pullet stage.
She didn't have this yellow poop until about a week ago. It was green/dark green before.

Thank you fro your response! Much appreciated!

My first girl I lost was about 6-8 months old I think. Under a year. She never laid an egg that I know of. I was new to chickens and didn't think twice about how easy she was to pick out because of her tiny comb. She went from apparently fine to dead in less than 3 days. I had only had her a few months. I treated her for egg binding thinking that's what was happening, but upon death she released a strong rotten egg smell and lots of yellow feces- I discovered internal laying.

Squatting is just a sign that hens think you're Mr. Man and are asking for a favor. Laying hens may or may not squat for you. Only one of my internal laying gals had filled out comb and wattles, the rest never really filled out properly. The one hen was less than a year, but other hens I didn't lose til 2-3 years. I have a girl now that's 3 (two of her sisters have passed from internal laying) and I suspect she's slowly succumbing to this as well. Her abdomen is becoming distended, she acts a bit disgruntled, her laying is decreasing, her comb is losing luster. I have two other girls that are a year old and still haven't laid, still haven't filled out, and have distended abdomens. They act fine but I'm worrying about them too. All these girls are from factory production lines. My quality breeder birds don't seem to have any issues yet.
 
What a shame that she isn't getting 100% better, Im sorry I don't know about the lump above the nostril, in reality it could be anything from an ingrown feather, acne/skin issue tumor etc. Also you may want to file back her beak a bit. That poop doesn't look good, once again im suspecting internal organ failure, does it smell sulphury? if so then that's a sure sign her innards are slowly shutting down. If she was looking better on the corrid then I would put her on that and see if she perks up again, if nothing else she may have to stay on that forever, and house chicken it. I would also worm her again, and give her an ivomec as well just to rule that out. she does look quite fluffed up like she has cocidiosis.

My appologies that I cant be of much help otherwise
 
Thank you both very, very much!

She's about the same today. Her poop has turned more green and less yellow now. She's eating a tiny bit and drinking a little. I guess time will tell.

Yes, I plan to file her beak. I just can't bear to do it when she's feeling so bad. I need to clip her nails too.

I'm looking for a reasonable vet in the area. I'll keep you posted.

Oh, and no sulfur smell from her that I can detect. Her poops are pretty much odorless, but then again I don't exactly smell them on purpose.

Thank you again!
 
Another update. She's doing well! I only have the powder and giving it to her was difficult. She hated the taste. I wasn't as consistent as I should have been. I can see her poop turning watery again, so I ordered tablets and started her on them today. Hopefully with consistent use of the tablets for a few days, we can finally get rid of this thing.
Thanks for your help!
 
Good luck with the tablets, if not you may have to tube feed so she doesn't taste it so much.
Im currently tube/syringe feeding a white silkie pullet who has stopped eating, not sure why she has no other issues, she eats enough to stay alive but not enough to recover have energy etc, so I know it can be hard to get meds/food into them
 
Good luck with your silkie. I hope she pulls through!

Buttercup is doing very well! Her poops are still a bit runnier than normal, but she's gaining weight and looking better and better!
 

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