VERY sick chicken! Possibly egg bound

[Beakadoodle]

I went to check on my girls and noticed my sapphire gem was staring of listlessly. She is pale combed, lethargic and tail down. Her eyes keep closing.

I rushed her inside and started checking her vent area. I did not see or feel anything. I started her in a warm Epsom salt soak in case she is bound. But I don't know.

 

[Beakadoodle]

I also tried giving her some tums for calcium. But she is barely responding.

 

[Beakadoodle]

I let her soak for 30 minutes. I just took a picture of her underside. She has been molting. But it looks swelled to me. She is not 2 years old yet. I also checked her crop and it's just squishy. She seems to be going down fast. I noticed nothing yesterday.

 

[Beakadoodle]

She passed. It was quite startling. But she thrashed a few times and made a few noises out of nowhere and then was gone. I looked at the rest of my girls and they all seem fine. Should I have concern of an illness in the flock?

This is the first loss we have had in the almost 3 years we've had chickens.

 

[Sussex19]

I'm so sorry that she passed
Its quite likely that it was something reproductive, in which case your other hens should be fine.
But I'm not the most knowledgeable.

 

[Tookie]

I'm so sorry she passed.
It looks like she may have had ascites, which is caused by a reproduction issue.
What she had is not contagious.