Hello Evelyn's Mom,
I appreciate you checking in (you're not prying at all

). I apologize for not posting for a few days...
Amber's condition now:
She is not getting better overall, I'd say she is a bit worse even. I can now see some new bumps on her skin/body: a couple on her vent, some (very small ones) on her crop area and there is a bit of a swelling with small greyish/whitish spots under the skin 2 inches down from the vent.
She is too weak to stand, so lies down all the time - accept for when I hold her/cool her body with towels. Her eye area is very swollen. The eyes are inflamed and watery (like when you rub them too much, the whites of the eye becomes filled with clear liquid). She doesn't open them at all now.
I can see a couple of little lumps on her next to her comb. They look consistent with the comb color but are bumps nevertheless.
She is very very skinny. I keep a close watch on her crop, and feed her once-twice a day, but her digestion is super slow and doesn't nourish her body enough (yesterday I saw a couple of scratch seeds in her poo. Those seeds were eaten by the healthy Amber herself
two weeks ago!!! They are coming out only now.....). Her poo is still green, but not what I call a "toxic green" anymore....but it's still very very infrequent and not normal. The consistency is more "grainy" now, but sometimes has slimy chunks in it.
Here is what I've been trying to help her:
1. Penicillin injections 1/4cc. (yesterday was day 10, so the course of Penicillin is finished)
2. Cooling her body down with wet towels to bring fever down (-every 2.5 - 3 hours.).
3. Comfrey poultice overnight on her comb scab. It really helped with healing the scab, but the crust itself hasn't fallen off yet. I take the poultice off in the morning to allow for healing of the skin (as comfrey herb acts as a stimulant for cells in the soft tissue to heal, but then skin need rest from it to do actual repair) and also for drawing out the infection. I could see the difference next day actually - the whitish stuff around the scab was pretty much gone. So, I will keep doing this treatment.
4. Arnica cream on her comb to moisten the chapping skin and to keep the healing process. Also some arnica cream on her vent area - because of frequent vent cleaning/temperature measurements. It's hard to tell with the cream if it really IS helping yet, because the whole comb is very swollen still. Bumps on the vent didn't go away either.
5. Echinacea tea as a boost for immune system.
6. Manuka honey orally in her mash/feed - for better infection control and as immune support.
7. Colloidal silver 2-3 times a day in her drinking water.
She isn't eating/drinking/standing/opening her eyes....just lies there... Is it cancer?
I am not sure whether to continue antibiotic treatment - this time Tylan 50 ..again?
She still has feeling in her legs/feet and flaps her wings...not that she is using any of them to lead a normal healthy chicken life...
Any thoughts? Anyone is welcome to share...