Yes, a plucking issue means she pulls out her own feathers.

Birds will often do that for several reasons: medical, nutritional, emotional, etc. In her case I am fairly confident that it is nutritional and emotional along with plain out boredom. Nothing that can't be fixed with good food and lots of love.
That is so sad about the poor puppies. It breaks my heart too.
PMS stinks! Since my hysterectomy I've felt like I'm in a permanent state of PMS. Finding the right hormone replacement is not an easy task.
I say go buy a bag of Hershey kisses, put your feet up, and take it easy the rest of the night!