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I'm so sorry, Tiffany. I know exactly how it feels to lose your original girls and feel helpless to do anything for them. (((hugs)))

Jess is so right. Laying an egg almost every day of their lives really takes its toll. And I have a theory that breeding natural broodiness out of our chickens that has been done over the last years is contributing to reproductive cancers, etc. If you really think about it, when a hen sets, she...

Sorry, Tiffany, I just saw this. Yes, if it's internal laying, there is nothing to be done for it except expensive surgery that she may not survive. It's a hormonal thing with no cure. To me, it sounds like you already know what you need to do. (((hugs)))

Could be pulmonary, Tiff, but I just lost three hens to internal laying this year. All your same symptoms. Their abdomens were soft-feeling, comb went to purplish at times, especially on one of the girls. They all moved slowly and lost lots of weight, even though they continued to eat and drink...