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When your gouldians go through a heavy moult, how heavy is yours?

As Ive said in a previous post my female gouldian became egg bound, and was on calcium drops for a a while.
Well after this she regained her strength and started moulting lightly on her back.

Now it has turned into a heavy moult where she has lost feathers on both flanks of her belly, her back is very patchy just showing the down.
This has also triggered my male, Pirate to moult, and also their silver baby is moulting to his adult colors.

Does anyone have pictures of their birds when they have gone through a heavy moult?

Im curious to see. How long does it last? Does it go faster since its a heavy moult as opposed to a regular moult.
I wonder if it has varying degrees.

Heres a picture of Marigold

Another shot

Please share your pictures. I think this would also help some people.

Looks normal to me.. here's my Romeo in the throes of an all out HEAVY molt.. LOL
He looks so pathetic.. In the top picture you can see the actual quills/pins coming in through his breast area



And here he is finished:


I would say this molt from start to finish took probably 1.5-2 months.

Wow look at him!
They sure look horrible before they get their feathers back dont they!
So it could take up to 2 months...thats what I was thinking.

Anyone else have any pictures to share?

Heres my guy. His was as bad as Tiffany's bird. His whole head was bald and at one time was all white with quills....LOL