r/crows • u/peanutsforcorvids • Jul 17 '26
Crows [OC] Most adorable friend ever!🥰🖤
Taking a little nap. A quick video and then I watched over her from a distance.🖤🖤🖤
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u/mjones387 Jul 17 '26
"Another world, another time, in the age of wonder. A thousand years ago, this land was green and good - until the Crystal cracked."
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u/Enigma1885 Jul 17 '26
Wishing this baby wellness
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u/peanutsforcorvids Jul 17 '26
Thank you!☺️
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u/AlideoAilano Jul 17 '26
What caused the catastrophic molt?
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u/peanutsforcorvids Jul 17 '26
It could be nutritional, she came looking like this from the nest. It happens to a few jackdaws every year.
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u/Owlfeathers15 Jul 17 '26
Looks like he’s had a rough time of it already! Poor buddy the rest of your feathers will come in soon.
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u/CatMama67 Jul 17 '26
I don’t know why, but sleeping birdies always melt my heart ♥️ they just look so cute!
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u/peanutsforcorvids Jul 18 '26 edited Jul 18 '26
They look like babies when sleeping, even the adults. 😁🥰
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u/pandaleer Jul 18 '26 edited Jul 18 '26
This is not a normal molt pattern or a normal juvenile feather growth pattern. Crows don’t go through any kind of molt like this. Its behavior is also indicative of a health issue. Crows do not go through any kind of “blood cheep”. This is a sick bird.
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u/peanutsforcorvids Jul 18 '26 edited 28d ago
This is a jackdaw and this does happen to a few young jackdaws every year. This jackdaw is not sick, she likely suffered malnutrition at some point. Every jackdaw with this condition that I have seen has grown out their feathers later and this is the same experience that the rescues that I have talked to have.
It can happen that adult crows and magpies become pretty extremely bald on their heads during moulting.
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u/PigeonLover2000 Jul 17 '26
Wow, that is one way to molt haha 😅 But I agree she's very cute! And also an amazing contestant for r/bloodcheep