Please, help my hen!

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She is puffed and closing her eyes. She's been like this for two days now. Initially, i thought she was egg bound, because before she started acting lethargic and puffed up, i saw her in the brooder box. Also about a week before she was acting lethargic and layed a shell less egg and afterwards she went right back to normal. So i have given her an Epson salt bath and lubbed her up a few times, but nothings has worked. She doesnt seem interested in eating or drinking. I loaded her up on some nutridrech. I've been using a syringe to almost force feed her wet food and recovery 911 water mixed in. Im starting to think something else is wrong with her. I gave her Corid last night because of the her stance and diarrhea. No blood in her poop though. I checked for mites. I didnt find any. I don’t want to lose her but I’m still very new to chickens so I don’t really know what else to do for her. Attached are pic of how I find her standing all puffed up and her poo.
 

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She is puffed and closing her eyes. She's been like this for two days now. Initially, i thought she was egg bound, because before she started acting lethargic and puffed up, i saw her in the brooder box. Also about a week before she was acting lethargic and layed a shell less egg and afterwards she went right back to normal. So i have given her an Epson salt bath and lubbed her up a few times, but nothings has worked. She doesnt seem interested in eating or drinking. I loaded her up on some nutridrech. I've been using a syringe to almost force feed her wet food and recovery 911 water mixed in. Im starting to think something else is wrong with her. I gave her Corid last night because of the her stance and diarrhea. No blood in her poop though. I checked for mites. I didnt find any. I don’t want to lose her but I’m still very new to chickens so I don’t really know what else to do for her. Attached are pic of how I find her standing all puffed up and her poo.
How does her crop feel? Squishy? Hard?
 
Maybe I should add her breed and age? Easter Egger and she is about a 1 year and 1 month old.
 
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She is puffed and closing her eyes. She's been like this for two days now. Initially, i thought she was egg bound, because before she started acting lethargic and puffed up, i saw her in the brooder box. Also about a week before she was acting lethargic and layed a shell less egg and afterwards she went right back to normal. So i have given her an Epson salt bath and lubbed her up a few times, but nothings has worked. She doesnt seem interested in eating or drinking. I loaded her up on some nutridrech. I've been using a syringe to almost force feed her wet food and recovery 911 water mixed in. Im starting to think something else is wrong with her. I gave her Corid last night because of the her stance and diarrhea. No blood in her poop though. I checked for mites. I didnt find any. I don’t want to lose her but I’m still very new to chickens so I don’t really know what else to do for her. Attached are pic of how I find her standing all puffed up and her poo.
Im sorry, I'm not sure what's wrong with her either. Seems to me you've done a lot of good things. Is there any chance she has worms of some kind?
I really hope she recovers
 
Im sorry, I'm not sure what's wrong with her either. Seems to me you've done a lot of good things. Is there any chance she has worms of some kind?
I really hope she recovers
Thank you. I don't know. I've only ever treated my chickens for round worms in the past because I had noticed them in their poo. I don't think her symptoms line up with worms but im new to all this. My other chickens behavior has been normal.
 
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have you felt her underside? Can you feel a lump or an egg? I don’t believe the calcium in the e nutridrench is enough if she does have an egg problem. Do you have tums or calcium pills?
 
I am so sorry you and your hen are going through this. :( I'm not an expert, but have you tried giving her some electrolytes, like Hydro Hen?
 

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