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Meck- a bird walking off balance can be a sign of lots of different things, from an ear infection, to an injured leg or foot to a bump on the head to something more serious. Adding calcium is a good call on your part. Combined with the soft shell eggs the calcium may very well help clear it up...

It's more important to get fluid into her than food. If she's not drinking you need to either learn to tube her, or at the very least take a syringe with water and drip some in her beak several times a day. Tubing is by far the better way to go, as you can get a LOT more fluid into her. As with...

You need to manually feed the dewormer to her, not put it in food or water and hope she eats it. This is especially important for a bird that's off her food & water. It sounds like you might need to start tube feeding this gal. Liquid first. Search for Kathy (casportpony) she has been awesome at...

DE does NOT deworm chickens. It doesn't prevent them and it won't kill them. It helps deter fleas and other external parasites, but if your birds have those, DE will NOT eliminate them. You need an actual dewormer to deworm them. Is this lethargic hen acting off in other ways? Puffed up, staying...

At 17 weeks their combs are usually rather pale. They redden up as they get close to point of lay. If she's lethargic, I'd deworm to make sure you have that covered. Add some chicken vitamins (I use Rooster Booster--not the wormer, the vitamins) to their water. Do you have other pullets too? Are...