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Thank you for your reply, Interestingly, the other birds seem to be leaving it alone, but it is clearly in distress and not eating or drinking. After the first time I cleaned the rump, the down all fluffed up but now it has chewed its backside bare of feathers and is starting on the lower...

This sounds very similar to a problem I'm having with one of the chicks hatched in my primary classroom... However my chick is also pecking at its rump feathers and has pecked many of them off. Finally after 2 days I had a chance to look close and found the scaly stuff as described and gave it...