Rocksteady bald? - can some cresteds have bald patches?

[chirpy]

Hi (AGAIN) I don't mean to flood.

but today I was cleaning out their cage a little and saw that Rocksteady who is creshed (not the usualy bowl hair cut crested but more like a mohawk-ish...? its weird lol) seems as though the back of his head is bald.

OR maybe i didn't notice it before? but i mean... i think I would know if he was bald previously.

I looked for feathers - the back of his head and neck is white and I would be able to see it on the ground since i have brown wooden flooring but all i see is dark down-like fluff. and possibly a tail or wing.. maybe ONE is going through a little molt? not sure but NO white feathers.

are crested regularly bald just below their head? but above their necks?

Just concerned thanks a bunch everyone!

[dcompt]

I don't know about the crested being different. Could someone be plucking? As for the other feathers, might it be time for your youngsters to molt into their adult feathers? A couple of weeks ago I was seeing feathers, all types, so at least one of mine decided a molt was a good idea. It wasn't anything like last July though when they all did. There were feathers enough to go around. Everywhere.

Probably others can help you more.

[chirpy]

dcompt they were born late July... Would that sound right? (Molt) they don't look beat up like they are going through one.
I hope nobody is a plucker! But he's been running away from George now. I don't know if he just doesn't want to be by her or he's just doing it. I hope its a molt..I haven't seen him go through one just yet!
Where do they start molting?
Or there's isnt a certain spot they start at?

[dcompt]

Mine never really looked rough, or much different when they were molting, maybe a little more low key than usual. I didn't notice a particular spot. There was an assortment of flight and tail feathers the whole time and drifts of small or downy feathers. Mine all molted around mid-July last summer.

As for when you could expect a molt, I really don't know, because I'm not sure what triggers it. I just know it when it happens - extra vacuum cleaner bags required!