Chicken gasping/inflamed vent. Help!

[daizymay]

I discovered my poor hen this morning inside of my coop gasping for air. I immediately noticed that her vent seems to be inflamed/backed up. Took her inside of my home, utilizing warm water + a rag, I was able to remove the solidified stool from her vent area. She was able to make a minimal bowel movement. However, she is still gasping frequently— She'll gasp every 3-4 seconds, and then she'll gasp every few minutes.
She'll only eat scrambled eggs, and I've been forcing her to drink water with electrolytes/probiotics. I'm personally not in a financial position to be able to bring her to a vet, my preference would be to solve this at home- if possible.
The image I have attached is her vent prior to cleaning it.
Any & all advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Welcome To BYC

I'm sorry about your hen, it sounds like she's in a bad way.

I'd continue to give her fluids and see if she will eat bits of food.

She may be constipated, you can give her small chunks of cold coconut oil to eat. Since she's so lethargic, I wouldn't soak her, but if possible, apply warm epsom salts compresses to her vent and abdomen to see if that will help get things moving a bit.

When was her last egg? I'd also consider giving her 300mg Calcium Citrate+D3 once daily for a week. Or you can give 1 TUMS daily.