Keet wings looking weird

[Nuts4fluffbutts]

Hello, this is my first time owning guinea fowl and our local farm store had some keets. I absolutely adore them and think they would be a great addition to our farm. They are about 1.5 weeks old and I noticed one of them has weird wings. I assume this could be a normal stage of development? Is there anything I should be concerned about?
They are currently in half a treadmill box in a bathroom with gamebird feed, water and a heating plate until they get big enough to go out in the garage “brooder” (a giant outdoor dog kennel in the garage built for growing chicks and turkeys until they move out to a coop and fenced ranging area while meeting the flock for their safety)
Any advice is welcome! Thank you!

 

[R2elk]

Hello, this is my first time owning guinea fowl and our local farm store had some keets. I absolutely adore them and think they would be a great addition to our farm. They are about 1.5 weeks old and I noticed one of them has weird wings. I assume this could be a normal stage of development? Is there anything I should be concerned about?
They are currently in half a treadmill box in a bathroom with gamebird feed, water and a heating plate until they get big enough to go out in the garage “brooder” (a giant outdoor dog kennel in the garage built for growing chicks and turkeys until they move out to a coop and fenced ranging area while meeting the flock for their safety)
Any advice is welcome! Thank you!

Sorry, I can't really tell anything from those images. Try putting it in a round bucket and take the pics looking straight down at it.

It isn't recommended to use wood chips for their bedding until they are at least 2 weeks old. If you are going to keep them on wood chips, make sure they have access to appropriately sized grit. They can eat the wood chips. Without grit in their system, they cannot digest them and they can develop blockage and die.

Guineas are a flock bird. They do best in large groups with other guineas. I never recommend having fewer than 10 of them so they can have proper flock dynamics.

Read the thread Raising Guinea Fowl 101 and pay particular attention to posts made by @PeepsCA.

 

[Gill-b]

Hi
I see that you are a new member to Backyard Chickens... Welcome to BYC, and welcome to the Guinea Fowl section.

I personally have little experience taking care of Guineas, so unfortunately I can't be of any help to you with your keet's wings issue, but from my observations of Guineas I have noted that they are quite resilient birds so hopefully your keet will be okay.