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TheOddOneOut said:
If you think she’s egg bound, why don’t you try to help her instead of culling her? :idunno
She does have parasites.
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I don’t have time nor money for a vet visit, I love all of my animals but if one of my chickens is egg bound I dont know how long she will last and I don’t want to wast money
 
21hens-incharge said:
First...I am not a vet at all but.....

I would treat her for mites/lice immediately. Permethrin 10 is what I would use. I would do a full clean out of the coop and spray it too. Then every flock member needs treated as well. If one has bugs more are likely to as well.
Repeat the entire process every 7-10 days for at least 3 treatments.

Poor girls comb is not a great color. She may have an underlying condition that made her weakened allowing the (looks like lice to me) to infest her.
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Yes recently I had a young hen die over night and it was very weird she and this chicken both had their comb turning black 😣🧐
 
Wyorp Rock said:
Those things look like beetles to me, but they need to be gone. It can't be comfortable for the hen to have them crawling all over her.
Treat her with the Permethrin, there is no egg withdrawal if you follow application instructions on the bottle.
Shovel up all that extra scratch/corn that's laying around and throw it away so it doesn't get moldy.
Gather your hen up and feel inside her vent for an egg. Feel her abdomen below the vent between the legs for bloat or fluid.

Feel her crop and monitor it to see if it's emptying overnight.

Her comb is drooping and turning blue which, IME, is a good indicator that she has a reduction in oxygen intake. She may be egg bound, but I would suspect that she's having some other difficulty like Peritonitis, cancer or similar.

If she does not improve in a couple of days with your offering supportive care (making sure she's hydrated, getting rid of the bugs and encouraging her to eat), then consider putting her out of her misery. If you put her down, do your own home necropsy if possible so you can learn more about problems that affect laying hens, if not, then consider sending the body to your state lab for necropsy and more information.
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The bugs most likely are too big too be fleas. I can see them much too well for them to be fleas. I know much more about canines and their pests than chickens and I really don’t think those are fleas. The beetles deal is throwing me off also. Weird. If she has had several eggs explode inside she may have repetitive peritonitis and that won’t be good and it good be drawing some type of flies in different stages. I would buy that more.
 
Wyorp Rock said:
What do you mean "others"?
How many have you lost and what's the time period?

Please get some photos of the White Leghorn and her poop. Thank you.
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Lil peep (She was supposed to be a jersey giant but I think that was wrong) died from same symptoms like 3-4 weeks ago

Marmalade died just yesterday buff Orpington

and now I am noticing the leghorn (her name is Crackhead😜) her comb is turning a dark purple which was one of the symptoms both marmalade and lil peep had
 

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