6 month old lovey questions

[AmySkull]

Hello All

I have a peach face lovebird, his name is joseph. He is about 6 months old, He is is happy and loves to play and chirp and eat. I have one concern tho, he is missing a few feathers on his chest, he has no bald patches, but I can see white little feathers(he is all yellow). I have never owned a lovebird before and I'm Just curious if anyone knows what could be causing this? is he moulting? I don't think he is plucking his feathers, I spend a lot of time with him and have never seen him doing that. I feed him seeds and a vitamin supplement and attempt to feed him fresh veggies and fruits. Anyhow if anyone has any advice to offer or any links it would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you kindly

[linda040899]

Hi and welcome to our community!
How long have you had Joseph? You said he's about 6 months old? Could he be younger? A lovebird's first molt begins at about age 4 months so Joseph could still easily be getting his adult feathering. Was he like this when you got him?

If you could give us a bit more information and, perhaps a photo in the photo gallery, we may be able to be more specific.

[AmySkull]

Hi!

I got him as soon as he was able to come home. I was feeding him formula for a week and that was at the end of february. Maybe he is younger. I am not sure. He wasn't missing any feathers when I got him, I hope you ar right about his adult feathers. I will try and get a picture of him up, Im not really sure how I do it! But I will Figure it out!

Thaks for your reply!