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- May 25, 2019
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Were they eventually okay?I remember (I think, it was years ago) some of my first chicks doing something similar when they were a few days old; when preening, they would pull so hard it would make them lose their balance and it looked like they were trying to pull something out. I agree that it might be them reacting to uncomfortable growing feathers.
She's being really persistent about it and isn't even distracted by food or a change in environment.