If you really want to save her, I'd go and get some lactated ringer solution (for rehydrating) and a needle and give her subcutaneous hydration. You just put the needle in under the skin on the little flap of skin on the back of the leg where it connects to the body and let the lactated ringer flow, I'd guess about 25 mL per session for a standard-sized chicken? Do it about every two hours for maybe twelve hours, and then you can start doing it every six hours and eventually every twelve hours, though by then she'll hopefully be hydrated enough that she feels better and starts drinking on her own. There are more instructions online on giving subq if you need more help, even though doing it on chickens is uncommon so you'll have to improvise a bit. (I wish I was there, I subq teeny tiny birds so a chicken would be a piece of cake!)
The thing is that when a bird gets really dehydrated, their system starts shutting down and they don't feel well enough to eat or drink. Also, their body can no longer process food, so it's most important to get her hydrated first and worry about getting food in her once she's perked up a bit.
Once she's well enough to be eating and drinking, I'd look into treating the mites. Because she is so compromised, you'll probably want to use a gentle method to remove them, not a strong pesticide, because the pesticide itself could be enough to make her shut down.
I think there might still be hope if you do this! It all sounds a bit overwhelming probably, but it's really pretty simple and easy to do. And please at least give her twenty-four to forty-eight hours to perk up with the hydration--their body has to absorb it and start working again and sometimes it takes a bit.
Good luck!
The thing is that when a bird gets really dehydrated, their system starts shutting down and they don't feel well enough to eat or drink. Also, their body can no longer process food, so it's most important to get her hydrated first and worry about getting food in her once she's perked up a bit.
Once she's well enough to be eating and drinking, I'd look into treating the mites. Because she is so compromised, you'll probably want to use a gentle method to remove them, not a strong pesticide, because the pesticide itself could be enough to make her shut down.
I think there might still be hope if you do this! It all sounds a bit overwhelming probably, but it's really pretty simple and easy to do. And please at least give her twenty-four to forty-eight hours to perk up with the hydration--their body has to absorb it and start working again and sometimes it takes a bit.
Good luck!
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