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As Wyorp Rock said, we need to know your location to be of much help.
Especially to be able to suggest feedstuffs.
I'm assuming you are in Africa, Middle East or South America, What country?
To begin with, stop feeding the sugar, potato chips and onions.
In the absence of a complete poultry feed offer any type of squash/pumpkin.
Chickpeas and maize are OK, rice is very low in protein. Is the maize white?
Do you have any other grains available like barley, wheat, millet?
Milk is ok for adding protein and vitamins when mixed with the grain. Does your milk get vitamin D added? With very little access to sunlight, they need a source of vitamin D3.
Some chopped/diced vegetables like green leafy ones and root crops like carrots for a vitamin boost.
Any type of fruit or berry is good. Can you get ackee, tamarind, melon, mango, papaya, dates or guava?
Do you have access to any other protein sources like fish?
Whenever you are feeding anything other than a ground feed, it is important to cut up the foods very small. Chickens don't have hands or teeth so they need bite size morsels. If I put out a carrot or a stalk of broccoli the chickens will ignore it, but if I dice it they will eat it all.
I can't imagine a chicken with a wound still bleeding 5 months after the injury. Were they attacked by a dog?
Flush the wound well with saline solution (salt water), then a antiseptic like betadine/iodine. Then coat it with sugar or cornstarch to stop the bleeding.
I doubt your bird is egg bound this long. I think she would be dead by now.
Since they aren't laying now, you can cut back on the calcium. They won't need more than that which is in the milk and greens till they start laying again.
Do you know what breed your chickens are?
No, but I uploaded the pictures, can you tell me what breed it is?
Please answer all the questions in this and Wyorp Rock's post above the best you can.