Lethargic hen, watery poop with black and white

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Golden Commet, 2-3 yrs old
I noticed she was lethargic and had a droopy comb Sunday. Gave her an epsom salt soak, isolated her, provided water with electrolytes and oil of oregano. Reduced appetite - shows initial interest and will eat (scrambled egg, corn meal mush) but loses interest and has lost weight. No obvious wounds / trauma. Her poop is watery and initially I just saw a white film, but last night for the first time I also saw some small dark turds as well. It is possible that I missed this before. Picture shows.
I have several (50+) other hens, none show symptoms. My girls free range during the day and are on coops with hay/straw bedding at night. She seems "stable" in that she isn't getting better or worse - though definitely losing weight, which I guess does make her worse. But she continues to eat with the same not-so-great appetite. her crop is not at all full at night.
I don't have a vet to take her to, so am looking for things I can do for her. I have several "standard" treatments on hand (VetRx, Corid, monistat) but I'm not sure they are a match for her symptoms.
Happy for any insights / help!
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Golden Commet, 2-3 yrs old
I noticed she was lethargic and had a droopy comb Sunday. Gave her an epsom salt soak, isolated her, provided water with electrolytes and oil of oregano. Reduced appetite - shows initial interest and will eat (scrambled egg, corn meal mush) but loses interest and has lost weight. No obvious wounds / trauma. Her poop is watery and initially I just saw a white film, but last night for the first time I also saw some small dark turds as well. It is possible that I missed this before. Picture shows.
I have several (50+) other hens, none show symptoms. My girls free range during the day and are on coops with hay/straw bedding at night. She seems "stable" in that she isn't getting better or worse - though definitely losing weight, which I guess does make her worse. But she continues to eat with the same not-so-great appetite. her crop is not at all full at night.
I don't have a vet to take her to, so am looking for things I can do for her. I have several "standard" treatments on hand (VetRx, Corid, monistat) but I'm not sure they are a match for her symptoms.
Happy for any insights / help!View attachment 4118145

Golden Commet, 2-3 yrs old
I noticed she was lethargic and had a droopy comb Sunday.
When was her last egg?

Has she been dewormed?

She may be having some reproductive problems. If she's not laid an egg and should have start her on at least 300mg Calcium Citrate+D3 and give that for a week.

Any lice/mites?

Work on hydration and see if she will eat some wet mushy feed.
 
So here's the update, but I won't bury the lead - she didn't make it. She had not laid an egg in the time that I isolated her, but I also don't know how regularly she was laying - she was one of my older Golden Commets (I estimated 2-3, but she could have been 4), so I expect she had slowed considerably. For several days she would still enthusiastically eat corn mush, scrambled egg or yogurt, but she didn't eat much. I gave her calcium tablets. No signs of lice or mites. Sunday night she wasn't interested in eating, and she snuggled into a corner adn was gone in the morning. Sometimes I think it is just their time - there didn't seem to be anything acute that was wrong.
Thanks for the tips - I didn't know about Ca tablets, and have them on hand now for future use.
 
So here's the update, but I won't bury the lead - she didn't make it. She had not laid an egg in the time that I isolated her, but I also don't know how regularly she was laying - she was one of my older Golden Commets (I estimated 2-3, but she could have been 4), so I expect she had slowed considerably. For several days she would still enthusiastically eat corn mush, scrambled egg or yogurt, but she didn't eat much. I gave her calcium tablets. No signs of lice or mites. Sunday night she wasn't interested in eating, and she snuggled into a corner adn was gone in the morning. Sometimes I think it is just their time - there didn't seem to be anything acute that was wrong.
Thanks for the tips - I didn't know about Ca tablets, and have them on hand now for future use.
Thank you for the update. I'm sorry to hear she didn't make it:hugs
 

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