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Great link that everyone should read!

That was sad... Then there was this one. This person did their own surgery! https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/735682/has-anyone-ever-tried-to-do-surgery-on-a-chicken-that-is-internally-laying-warning-semi-graphic-pics -Kathy

This person has lots of experience with internal laying and EYP, I think. If you have any questions just send her a PM. https://www.backyardchickens.com/u/348/speckledhen -Kathy

Forgot to mention, spaying is an option, but someone else I know was quoted $1500 for that. -Kathy

Thanks for the update. Don't beat yourself up, 'cause everything I've read say it's not usually treatable even with the most powerful antibiotics, and it would have cost you several hundreds in blood tests, xrays, lab work just to find out what to treat, and what antibiotics to give, then the...

Sorry you lost her, but unless you were giving her ~200ml of water each day I'd be willing to bet that she was. There is just no way to safely syringe enough water to her. Honestly, though, I doubt anything could have saved her. -Kathy

FYI, without the proper amount of fluids and food she is going to die from dehydration and starvation, period. Tubing takes a few minutes three times a day, whch is way less stressful than what you're doing now. Let me be direct.... Her only chance is tube feeding, but once they get too thin...

They will get to the point where they look forward to tubing. -Kathy

As suggested earlier, mites could also make her ill, so I'd dust her with 5% Sevin or poultry dust. If you decide to worm her, go to the feedstore and get some Safeguard (Fenbendazole), liquid for goats, or paste for horses. Do not buy Wazine! Do you have a way to weigh her? If so, weigh her in...

That would be her daily dose, but you should also keep giving her Corid water. When i have a sick chick it gets one dose in the morning and the rest of the day it drinks from a gallon with 2 teaspoons of Corid, but if they aren't drinkng, they get tubed. To quote my vet "it's not usually the...

Fingers crossed! If you have a kitchen scale it might be a good idea to get a baseline weight on her. -Kathy

I have been able to feel cancer in a few of mine, some feel like little pimples and look like the pictures in the spoiler below. -Kathy

You and me both! -Kathy

Tube feeding info: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/805728/go-team-tube-feeding -Kathy

And to answer you question about how far to go, if there is an egg in the uterus, it's been my experience that it's no more than: 1.5" - 2" on 30 pound turkey 1" - 1.5" on 10 pound peahen 1" - 1.5" on most large chickens .5" - 1" on medium chickens .25" - 1" on bantams Here are some...