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Great news! Glad that I could help. As far as vets - even avian vets aren't trained to care for chickens, let alone old, backyard hens. There's no research on older chickens, and people never used to keep chickens past the age of two, so there's not much even in the vintage poultry care books...

Chickens get many issues that you simply cannot diagnose. I've done autopsies on my own birds, and even after over 16 years of keeping chickens, I've been surprised at the real cause of death. Squishy abdomens, not able to eat, weakness, can be signs of cancer or internal laying or ascites...

In my experience, the Golden Comets, like other hybrids, begin to have serious health issues by the end of their second laying year. They simply give out after producing so much. If she isn't diseased, and is simply depleted, I've found epsom salts to be of great help. Read this blogpost about...