Poor Oscar has every right to be a grouch.

The cockatoo named Oscar has a disease which deforms its feathers. The deformity results in an irritation to the skin and the miserable bird plucks out its own plumage to find relief.

The Humane Society of Broward County in Florida is home to the funky “chicken.” The disease is supposedly fatal and contagious to other birds so Oscar was put in isolation when she was first taken in. That was 12 years ago and the perky bird is still ruling the roost at the Humane Society office. Of course, the old saying goes “Birds of a feather flock together.” It doesn’t really have any basis for birds without feathers.

Oscar actually isn’t a grouch and, like most trained cockatoos, can say a few words and do a few tricks, amazing school children who sometimes tour the office.

The South Florida Sun-Sentinel has the full story and more pictures.

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