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  1. PeepsCA

    Guinea hens not moving

    I have either rabbit feeders or small feeder pans of oyster shell hanging in all my pens/coops, and sometimes I'll mix in a scoop with the feed or sprinkle some on top... but for the most part I let them have access to it 24/7 and they can eat it when they want/need it. They go thru it pretty...
  2. PeepsCA

    Guinea hens not moving

    Oystershell free choice is always the easiest... they will usually instinctively eat what they need. If they had access to yogurt and egg shells tho.. hmm. Makes me wonder what else could be going on. I really doubt they are eggbound, but check for messy vents and if you have the stomach for it...
  3. PeepsCA

    Guinea hens not moving

    Have they been on a layer feed, with free choice access to oyster shell while they have been? If not... my guess would be a calcium deficiency from laying so many eggs, and their leg muscles are weak because of it. I'd put them in a crate with some soft bedding (in the coop or pen or somewhere...
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