Salpingitis/lash egg in 3 y.o. hen; comfort measures?

[EleventhHour]

From the highest of highs to the lowest of lows...I had just returned a recovered hen (prolapse) to the flock then I noticed this girl slowing down and looking ill...she is a 3 y.o. Amberlink who hasn't laid since December. In the last 1-2 weeks she has become sluggish, slightly penguin-stanced, puffy, and going to "bed" earlier than the others, but still eating, drinking and looking for treats. I was about to search for a local vet to do a fecal float test on her but then I found a grape-sized lash egg in a nest box today...so I think I have my diagnosis.

I know she's about at the end of her lifespan for an Amberlink; but are there any comfort measures I can take for her? In the absence of a local avian vet, are there antibiotics I can try (I'm assuming this is bacterial)? I don't want to stress her more my removing her from the flock if I don't have to; she's at the bottom of the pecking order but the other hens have left her alone.

 

[Kiki]

Poor thing...at this point I don't think antibiotics are going to do anything. I wouldn't remove her if I were you.

 

[Kiki]

I just looked at your other thread where you recently had a problem with a different hen.

Please think about limiting treats for the rest of your birds. It may be too late for the others that are this same age but your future birds...limit their treats.

 

[EleventhHour]

I've cut back significantly on treats in recent months, but not entirely. They get layer feed and all flock feed, but I do give them a handful of scratch when they need to get inside their pens, plus the occasional apple core or wilted grapes and whatever they scavenge while free-ranging.

My hens are all 3-4 years old so I suppose the damage has been done and I'm paying for it now!