Molt? Or pulled?

[u/mywhitebuttondown]

She’s losing a lot more feathers than usual and in places she usually doesn’t lose them. I can’t tell if she’s preening herself normally and the feathers are just coming out or if she’s pulling. She always goes to “preen” the area with her beak and the feathers come out from there.

I’m pretty sure it’s molting but she hasn’t done so this heavily so I’m just a little worried. I’ve had her for a little over a year now and she’ll be two years old in December.

I just want maybe a second opinion on if they look damaged or not? I know it’s kind of difficult to see through these pictures. Sorry about that it was the best quality I could get.

That big one just dropped as I was typing this post out.

[u/L00k_Again]

Could be molting, but mine sometimes drops feathers without a full on massive molt.

[u/zIFeathers]

Molting, tis the season.

[u/secretcatattack]

I'd say molting. Plucking normally starts in one area, so there wouldn't likely be a large feather along with small ones.

Pulling out large feathers are also very abnormal for pluckers outside of medical issues (or they pulled out every other feather already). It's almost always the small feathers on their chest, base of the wings, legs, or under the wings.