Weight loss, diarrhea, red rash on abdomen. Advice please!

[DepotMudilk]

I have had chickens for several years and dealt with predators, fowl pox and mites. I have sick chickens and cannot properly diagnose. I have 2 redstars that have been losing weight and combs are pale and sagging. They both have red bare bumpy abdomen and weight loss. One more so than the other and is acting lethargic. I brought her in for several days and wormed her as well as the entire flock with molly herbal wormer. I have checked and sprayed for mites ( yes also at night with a flashlight) and found nothing as of late. I have been adding life lytes to the water and adding scrambled egg to their grains to encourage weight gain. Both chickens breast bones are visible but they have swollen squishy feeling lower abdomens. The hen that was inside seemed to be perking up but is now acting more lethargic again. They have diarrhea and normal looking poop so I'm at a loss. I have 5 other hens that seem to be doing well. I'm concerned about this spreading and I don't know what to do for them. Any advice or recommendations are greatly appreciated. They are still eating drinking and dust bathing but not improving from what I can tell. They are sweet, great laying hens and survived some nasty bobcat attacks 2 yes ago. I would love to help them ! I will post photos. Thanks !

 

[DepotMudilk]

Any knowledge or help would be greatly appreciated. From her breast bone down in between her legs she is extremely swollen. Crop is tiny and very very skinny everywhere else. Could she be egg bound?

 

[Eggcessive]

Is she laying eggs? A swollen lower abdomen could possibly be from internal laying, peritonitis, or ascites (fluid in the belly from those or from heart failure.) Do you have a vet that could see or Xray her?

 

[DepotMudilk]

No I haven't had eggs from her in days. I checked her last night to see if see was egg bound but I'm not sure what I was feeling for. There was something there but I'm not sure it felt like an egg. I soaked her in warm water and tried to massage her for 20 min or so. I've crushed up a tums this AM in hopes the calcium will help. She was definitely trying to push but no luck. I'm not sure about the vet or if I could afford it. I was hoping these methods would help first but I don't want to lose her either. Is there anything that can be done for internal laying?