are we losing her?

[TomandBarbara]

Since yesterday penny, our oldest bluebell(nearly 4yrs old) has been huddled in a corner of the coop just laying there,no sign of eating or drinking.
Bit of past history she began having problems about a year ago and started laying the occasional soft she'll this improved but then laid shell less eggs quite often.
We've had a few eggs from her over the past couple of months but they have usually been thin shells.
We've just cleared the coop of red mite (only a small infestation caught it early) and none of our other girls are showing signs of illness.
We've recently wormed them all (flubenvet mixed feed for a week) and her vent looks clear.
I don't know what it could possibly be or what to do.

 

[sourland]

It may very well be that her reproductive problems have 'caught up to' her. Keep her comfortable and be thankful that she's had a good life with you.

 

[chickenstar]

Yes sounds like reproductive problems, my guess is she recently had a soft shelled eggs rupture inside of her oviduct as she was trying to lay it and this has now become a septic internal infection, she needs powerfull antibiotics asap like baytril or clavamox and she whould really benefit if you stopped her laying cycle completly buy taking her to a avian vet that can install a suprelorin implant into her which will stop egg production, its like microchipping a dog and it needs to be replaced every 6 months or a bit sooner depending on the individual hen, your hen shouldn't be alowed to lay again as it will result in her death because of her thin shelled eggs