Bald spots?

[Cuervo's mama]

So Cuervo just got his first bath! He loved it and I posted a pic in another section. But while he was soaked down I noticed some bald patches. His breast was very visible. Almost all I saw was pink and he had two small spots on his wings. I haven't noticed any plucking and there were no feathers laying around when I cleaned his cage. He has plenty of toys that I rotate weekly and he seems happy. No screaming (unless I just came home or his dish is empty that is) and when he's out with me he's super snuggly and chatters to me constantly. Is it just a baby bird thing? Or is he plucking and I'm not noticing? I found out his hatch date was May 7nth if that helps any.

[Wolf]

I am seriously doubting that you have a plucking problem, especially given the age of your bird. No bird is completely covered by feathers and certainly not uniformly thick. In some places the feathers are thicker than in others and so sometimes when wet the feathers will part in such a manner that you will see different size patches of skin. This is normal.
I understand that you want to be the best mom for your bird that you can be, but needless worrying will not help you be a better mom. There are plenty of pitfalls for you to avoid yet to come and some worrying is normal, especially with first time moms. so take a deep breath and relax a little and enjoy your bird.

[Pajarita]

Very few species of birds have feathers all over their bodies (penguins do), most species grow their plumage in feather tracts which are 'stripes' of skin where feathers grow from and, between these 'stripes', there are bald spaces (the feather tracts are called 'pterylae' and the bald spots are called 'apterylae'). Sometimes there is down on the apterylae but no contour feathers (the little round or oval shaped ones that cover the body of the bird).

The feathers grow in different directions on the body (depending on where they are and what they are for) and because of this characteristic, when the plumage is healthy and dry, we don't see the skin but, when the feathers are wet, they stick and clump together showing the bald skin under. So nothing to worry about, it's normal.