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It may be lice eggs at the base of feathers. Look for live lice crawling around on skin under the vent and elsewhere once she is dry. Lice or mites are killed by permethrin garden dust or permethrin spray used once and then again in 10 days to get the hatched lice eggs. Treat the coop as well...

Oh I am so sorry. It may be very difficult for it to get enough to eat and drink with this beak injury. When this injury happens to grown chickens, they usually need to be tube fed and learn to eat again. You could try dropper feeding it, just placing a drop of water or mushy wet feed on the...

How is the chick injured? Yes that is bloody mucus in the dropping. Was it dropped, did it suffer a fall, or hurt by another chicken or animal? Can you dip it’s beak in some water with sugar 1 tsp per 8 ounce cup? Electrolytes or Gatorade may be used.

Could she have injured her beak and rubbed her face against chicken wire or wire fencing? Are others chasing her? Chickens can suffer fractured or injured beaks on chicken wire or being chased.

The bare patch could be a sign of bloodiness or wanting to sit on eggs, but usually they go into a nest box. With the ragged feathers, I would examine her for the presence of lice or mites. Corn and seeds do not have a balanced nutrition as chicken feed and mash have. I would try to see that she...

I cannot really tell you a dosage for TriSulfa tablets. Here many use SMZ TMP or bactrim, a combo of trimethoprim and sulfa, so I could help with a dosage for that. Can you ask your vet for a dosage?

I would not withhold water. As LaFleche posted, there could be an electrolyte imbalance after draining ascites fluid. Never withhold water, and go ahead and offer some electrolyte water. Hens with reproductive disorders or infection, or ascites, can have pressure in the abdomen that may slow...

It is best to only treat the chicken showing symptoms. You can accomplish that by keeping her in a wire dog crate with the others in view. Here is a link for TiaGard or Denagard tiamiulin: https://www.amazon.com/Aurora-TiaGard-Concentrate-Generic-Denagard/dp/B0B4T4Y9B1

It looks like there may be bubbles in the right eye. Is that what you are seeing? That and swollen eyelid can be mycoplasma gallisepticum or MG/CRD, a chronic respiratory disease. You may want to treat her with an antibiotic, such as Tylosin powder or Denagard in her water. Here is where to find...

Does it feel squishy, loose, or firm inside?

Is the skin still covering that or is that the interior abdominal wall. Has it been punctured anywhere or is it leaking fluid? Keep her separated on a soft towel for bedding. Let us know what it looks like now. Chickens can have hernias, fluid, or internal egg masses from salpingitis that may...

To prevent confusion, it would be best to start a new thread of your own, given details and symptoms. Here is where to do that: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forums/emergencies-diseases-injuries-and-cures.10/post-thread

The best thing you can do is get a chicken necropsy through your state vet if you lose another. They do testing for respiratory diseases as well. Chickens can suffer from mycoplasma/MG/CRD, coryza, infectious bronchitis, aspergillosis from mold, and other diseases. Sorry for your loss.

I would use the calcium citrate with D3 for 7 days to see if it makes a difference. She may have salpingitis or another oviduct issue. The danger of shell-less eggs is that they can become egg bound. I had a hen hurt by a dog once, and she laid shell-less or very thin eggs after that.

Here is a link for finding your state vet for a necropsy: https://www.metzerfarms.com/poultry-labs.html

Corid can be drenched once a day 0.1 ml per pound, in addition to a 5-7 day treatment in the water. Dosage of the Corid liquid is 2 tsp per gallon, while the powder dosage is 1.5 tsp per gallon. You can also then reduce the dosage to 1/3 of that for an additional 5 days. Give no B vitamins that...

Wrinkled egg shells are a symptom of infectious bronchitis, not too much calcium. With a scratch and peck feed, they can pick out the more desired pieces of feed, and can still suffer a deficiency.

I usually cut the jugular vein with a very sharp knife to euthanize. Some use the broomstick method of cervical separation. There are some videos online. But if you could post pictures, we might help if she can be saved. So sorry.

I can’t help with assisted hatching, but the article in post 11 may help.

I think just a bit of Neosporin on it and leave it open would be fine.