My quaker started molting for the first time in about a year and 3 months, and its been his worst molt yet. He was doing fine with the molting till he got a couple pins on the tip of his wing. He simply went crazy on his right wing, and as a result he pulled 2 of his clipped flight feathers. Now he has no problem with feather plucking whatsoever, but he would not leave his wing alone. he kept flapping and biting his wing. Well when he pulled those two flight feathers, he started bleeding really bad. So i got him cleaned off fast and poured flower all over him. The flower barely stopped the bleeding, and he would not leave the wing alone and he started bleeding a second time. So i cleaned him off a second time and poured flower on him again. Then let him lay in my hand upside down, and rubbed his belly to calm him down. He calmed down, so i let him back on his cage, and after about 20 minutes he started again, so i sprayed him down. He doesnt like being sprayed so after that he curled up and went to sleep. Well the next morning as im getting ready for work he started at it again, and i couldnt have him start bleeding while im at work so i wrapped him in a towel, with just his head sticking out and put him in a closet to keep him off the wing. Ever since then he has been fine with his wing, but im worried about next time something like that happens. Is this normal behavior to molting, or is this a different issue. And is there anything else that works better than flour because the flower barely stopped the bleeding.

You need to check him closer to see if he has a broken blood feather. Also instead of pouring flour over him you should pack the flour in to the area that is bleeding it works better as a coagulant that way. You might even apply direct pressure to the area to get it stopped.

I don't know that I would recommend that you put him in a closet wrapped in a towel unless you are staying with the bird. Keep checking his wing. If he has a broken blood feather it can be bumped again and again and bleed again.

Also keep in mind that when they molt they preen and it might seem that they are preening in the same area when they actually aren't. But if he continues to pick at that area I would definitely get him in to see an avian vet and have him checked out. You might also increase the humidity because they do get itchy and dry air makes it worse.

that's what I did with the flour. As far as checking the feather what distinguishes the feather. Also he pulled the feather completely so I'm pretty sure that's where the blood was coming from.