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I bring my chickens inside and bathe them in my tub in the bathroom. That way I can control the water temp better and rinse as much as I like. The ones I've bathed so far tolerated it surprisingly well. A moderately stiff bristle brush for feet and legs is helpful. I use non-flea killing pet...

Sounds like your bird may have ascites aka water belly. This is a symptom of something wrong with the reproductive tract or liver(?), often cancer. Birds with ascites don't recover, but will eventually succumb to whatever underlying condition caused the ascites. You can give antibiotics and...

Oh no! That's not good. Likelihood is high that your hen may need an antibiotic, since an egg broke inside of her. Can you take her to the vet? How old is she and what breed? What do you feed her? If she's had issues being eggbound before, they may continue. For a stuck egg, giving her...