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Yes, it was! I know from own experience that with every passing day you care for an animal it gets harder to come to this decision, but sometimes it is the only thing you can do to stop the suffering when there is no chance for recovery left. :hugs

@KRack : She is living in Pakistan and if it is already too expensive to have the droppings analyzed, I doubt that a complete necropsy would be within her possibilities.

In this picture her comb already looks cyanotic.

If you cannot get the antibiogram, then just proceed with what you are doing for a few days. And in case she gets worse, I would put her out of her misery. Maybe a neighbour would be kind enough to do it for you.

Get it analyzed properly. Everything else is just a continuous guessing game. You already treated her with antibiotics, but she might be suffering from a kind of bacteria that did not respond to the one you used. The green colour of these tiny poop particles is caused by bile and indicates that...

This looks to me like a dropping from a chicken suffering from cancer. I am sorry she is still declining despite all your efforts.

Maybe call a laboratory and ask for the procedure to have the swabs taken and analyzed sending them in?

At least 5-7 in her case. It tastes very nice and does not have any bad side effects. Prepare fresh every 3rd day and keep in the refrigerator. The other chickens can have it too. Warm up to room temperature before feeding it.

Their abilities of treating chickens aside, the vets in your area should be able to analyze a swab (cloacal and oral) and sreem a sample of droppings for parasites etc.

I would start to give Cupcake a scrambled egg with millet and fine rolled oats once a day to regain some strength. You can add the dewormer to it. And let her have some Moro carrot soup 20 minutes before serving the scrambled egg, as it will line the intestines and bind the bacteria before the...

I would consider this as not enough protein and above all: no animal protein at all. Do you add some Poultry Vitamins and electrolytes ot their water?

What source of protein do you feed them? The above mentioned feed is only different grains, but no animal protein. Cupcake is very cute.

If you go to the vet today, they might be able to determine whether it is a viral, bacterial or parasite infection and prescribe the therapy accordingly. From far, we can just try to find out what is wrong by process of elimination. I hope she will recover.

Yes, by 1 kg. The normal weight for a standard Auatralorp hen would be 2,5 kg.

1.5 kg isnot much, unless she is a bantam. I would start her on the Moro carrot soup immediateley and in case the shivering persists, give antibiotics. But be aware that in case of a viral infection, the antibiotic treatment will not help. Let us see what @Eggcessive and @azygous have to say.

How is her bumblefoot looking? The infection from it might have progressed to systemic. You could try some antibiotics and see if it helps. Are there informations available about actual cases of avian influenza or other viral diseases in you location?

I am not familiar with pharmacy stocks in Pakistan, sorry. Here are some of the countries listed and the names under which you can get Flubendazole dewormer: https://www.drugs.com/international/flubendazole.html# Diarrhea, nutritional defeciencies, weight loss, weakness, feather loss...

It does, but to me it seems that the bumblefoot is not her only problem. Not laying since May hints to issues of the reproductive tract, which might be cancer, salpingitis, EYP or similar. Or she might be suffering from a severe tape worm infestation, which needs to be treated with a different...

Despite not laying since May she is drinking more water than usual, which for me hints to some kind of inflammation/infection.