On the egg bound chicken and whether they can poop thing, i'm not sure if that's entirely accurate. But i'm not sure. I suppose that might be true if there is an egg actually blocking the opening, but if she is having a problem somewhere else along the egg route, then i don't see why the...
you're feeling for a hardness in her abdomen. **feel gently** basically you're feeling for an egg. but if it's in her lower abdomen, it's probably a little stuck.
i thought of being egg bound because i've read where others' chickens had a hard time walking because of where the egg is...
Have you isolated her? I think i would isolate her in a dark place so that you can watch her carefully and she can really rest.
I've never read about the imbalance thing having anything to do with cocci, just lethargy and sleepiness.
It does occur to me that she may have had some kind of...