OK OK , im gonna blame this on the jet lag, when i got home, (after a night flight) i obviously didnt inspect her well enough, cause when i went round to pay and thank my nieghbour for looking after the birds, she said, what do you think to the bald one, i said well it seems it could be mites, she laughed and said you didnt see my note then??
apparently they let them out for a fly and the weekend and a sparrowhawk took her landed in the field and started to pluck her, she saw it and ran out to chase it off, if tried to fly away with the bird, but dropped her again, after a few seconds they thought she was dead she got up and flew straight back to the loft!!
i couldnt belive it, sooooo ive been out for a closer inspection of my poor baby who must have been thoroughly terrified, and she had a wet scabby cut to her wing but other wise seems ok (apart from being bald! in patches)
should i give her some antibiotic to be on the safe side?? or leave it to heal on its own ??
thanks anyway guys :