Hopefully my imgur link to the pictures is working; there should be multiple pictures there but I'll include one here too. As far as feathers being pulled out, not to mu knowledge but perhaps a few may have fallen out due to the swelling or underlying issue. I was thinking about also maybe...
Pictures: http://imgur.com/a/rnr1w
My 8(ish) week old silver cochin has swollen, scabby, and missing scales on both of her legs. We just noticed this about 5 days ago due to her leg feathers obscuring the problem. We took her to our local feed store and showed her to the, "chicken lady" there...
My 8(ish) week old silver cochin has swollen, scabby, and missing scales on both of her legs. We just noticed this about three days ago and took her to our local feed store and showed her to the, "chicken lady" there who examined her (she is not a vet, just very knowledgeable and been around...