Sick/deficient guinea hen?

[Freddiey]

We have 7 guinea fowl, almost positive there are three hens as that's approximately how many eggs I get from them a day. For a while now, one light cream egg has been appearing very wrinkly and warped, still completely solid and hard. This morning I let everyone out of the coop and one of the white guineas was flapping on the ground unable to stand. Still very vocal and very alert.
I have her (I assume) isolated with food and water. The food has crushed egg shell, which I will replace with oyster shell once the feed store is open, and the water has emergency flock aid mixed in. I'm not sure how to get this bird to actually eat and drink though. What else should we be doing to help? Or might it be too late?

 

[R2elk]

We have 7 guinea fowl, almost positive there are three hens as that's approximately how many eggs I get from them a day. For a while now, one light cream egg has been appearing very wrinkly and warped, still completely solid and hard. This morning I let everyone out of the coop and one of the white guineas was flapping on the ground unable to stand. Still very vocal and very alert.
I have her (I assume) isolated with food and water. The food has crushed egg shell, which I will replace with oyster shell once the feed store is open, and the water has emergency flock aid mixed in. I'm not sure how to get this bird to actually eat and drink though. What else should we be doing to help? Or might it be too late?

Get a liquid calcium supplement and give it to her. Calcium deficiency which most often shows up during laying season can cause the loss of motor control. The inability to walk is one of the signs.

I fed an all flock with free choice oyster shell on the side. One of my hens would not take the oyster shell from the feeder. Whenever I started noticing soft shelled eggs, I would dump some of the oyster shell on the ground and her eggs would be good in a day or two.

Other causes can be failure to properly absorb calcium which may be due to a vitamin D deficiency. ACV can also interfere with the proper absorption of calcium.

 

[Freddiey]

None of the eggs have been soft shelled. All hard, just mal-formed and wrinkled. What's a good recommendation for a liquid calcium supplement? We live in a super small rural area and the feed store is also very small with not a lot of options when it comes to bird medical care.

 

[R2elk]

None of the eggs have been soft shelled. All hard, just mal-formed and wrinkled. What's a good recommendation for a liquid calcium supplement? We live in a super small rural area and the feed store is also very small with not a lot of options when it comes to bird medical care.

If you have one, try your local pet store.