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I see she's outside. It may be better if you take her inside, and set her in a calm, quiet area with feed and water provided. To aid in expelling the material you could set her in a bathroom, and turn the shower, not touching her, but to raise the humidity in the room.
Hopefully, she passes the rest of the material soon, due to the slimy-like nature of the material, it's often hard for them to properly expel the material which can result in some lethargic behavior. If she doesn't pass it soon, I may try to lube up my finger, and insert it into her vent and see if I can feel any egg material, and try to gently pull it out.
The head shaking could be due to mites, ear infection, neurological, if she's gasping afterwards it could crop-related, or some sort of blockage. A video would be helpful. What did you use for the mite treatment?
I would check her crop, her abdominal area for swelling, and her whole body for mites if you can. If she is on the older side, and the lethargy doesn't improve, and the yellow-colored urates persists, it possible she has a reproductive disorder.
I will tag @Eggcessive , and @Wyorp Rock , as I hang out more on the duck forums, and am a little more familiar with the protocol we do there. They may suggest something different along the lines of treatment.
Thank you Isaac! Once she roosts tonight I will isolate her so I can monitor better. I’d like to get some electrolytes In her if I could. She has been eating, just not really drinking that I could see. I used diatomaceous earth in a large bag, put the birds one by one with their heads out of the bag and dusted all over their bodies and manually did it on their heads.