Chicken Going Cold with a pale comb

[Eastcoastchickens02]

My Buff Orpington recently started acting sluggish and had a pale comb about a week ago, leading us to believe she was eggbound. We gave her several epson salt baths and added more calcium to her diet which we hoped would cure what ailed her, but now her comb is pale again, she has strange red markings on her talons, and has lost a considerable amount of bodyweight. She feels very cold, and i'm not sure if this is just natural causes taking her or if i'm missing something. What worries me is the epson salt that my roommate used to clean her had lavender, and i'm not sure if that had any effect.

 

[nuthatched]

Her heart might be failing. What is her diet like, including treats?

 

[Eastcoastchickens02]

Her heart might be failing. What is her diet like, including treats?

Chicken feed, oyster shells, and grass. We occassionally give her any vegetables that we dont use.

 

[nuthatched]

Chicken feed, oyster shells, and grass. We occassionally give her any vegetables that we dont use.

Ok, that good, how old is she? when did she last lay? The lavender likely didn't help but it shouldnot be fatal.

 

[Eastcoastchickens02]

Ok, that good, how old is she? when did she last lay? The lavender likely didn't help but it shouldnot be fatal.

she last laid about a week ago, and she just turned three last month.

 

[nuthatched]

she last laid about a week ago, and she just turned three last month.

She could probably do with some more protein, like a higher protein feed and a vitamin boost. She could be doing a soft molt.

 

[Eastcoastchickens02]

She could probably do with some more protein, like a higher protein feed and a vitamin boost. She could be doing a soft molt.

I'm not so sure that's the case, she seems vacant, unwilling to eat much, kind of just stood in the run for the same place, with little balance. I worry she may just be passing from natural causes earlier than expected.