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Hey everyone, I thought I ask to err on the side of caution, Rosie is a recovering plucker. Since she adopted us about 2 months ago it appears some of her feathers are starting to grow back in. When I give her scritches I can feel pin feathers however she does not let me help her with them, she very politely grabs my finger and pushes it away. About a week ago I started to notice what appeared to be some baby feathers and some larger feathers at the bottom of her cage and her play stand. The first time I wrote it off as molting, but I have begun to see more. I have not noticed any blood at the base of the feathers, but I thought I would ask the group to see if anyone has any ideas. She is out of her cage about 8-10 hours out of the day with me in my office. She gets chop in the morning that my wife and I make and pellets in the afternoon. She has a playstand with toys and in her cage has several toys she can shred/chew although she is not much of a toy bird. I attached a picture of a few of the feathers I found at the bottom of her playstand. Is she going through a molt as her feathers start regrowing or is she back on the plucking train? Any advice would be welcome. Thanks in advance. Jeremy.

Greytness/Neoow, The only time I have seen her do this is when she makes an odd noise and has regurgitated for me on a couple of occasions. She will also drop both of her wings when she is feeling particularly amourous as well. I think you are right that it is a balance thing as I have not seen her do it since this picture and have not noticed any other signs of health issues. She seems to be doing good and now and the honeymoon phase is over :). The sounds she learned from her previous owner are hysterical to say the least, the other night she started screaming no no stop don't hit me again. My wife and I were both horrified and couldn't stop laughing! Thank you again for advice.