Dropped tail flight

[Tony C]

What do you think causes it?

 

Do you think its a weakness in the pigeons make up?

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DONT KNOW THE CAUSE  BUT WE HAVE WON WITH A YOUNG BIRD WITH ONE TAIL FEATHER "HANGING"  WE HAVE HAD A FEW MORE OVER THE YEARS THAT LOOKED GOOD APART FROM THAT BUT DID NOTHING.

THE YOUNGSTERS THAT SURVIVED THE PROGRAMME STILL HAD THE "TAIL" AFTER A MOULT    BUT WITHOUT EXCEPTION THEY ALL WENT DOWN AS YEARLINGS

[deanbruton]

don't know the cause maybe a weakness but if the bird is healthy leave it be. Has they say they come in all shapes and sizes. We had a yb with end 2 dropped this pigeon topped the section as a yb, yearling and 2 yr old and won 24 prizes in first in club with many fed positions. The flights were normal once moulted. So I say give the yb a chance only time will tell.

[jimmy white]

i dont like a youngster with a dropped tail flight, i beleive theres a weekness somewhere along the line, i daresay the yb will moult it out and race ok, but the weekness is still there in its breeding, i beleive a yb should be no less than perfect, from the start of its life

[jacksafc]

I'm sure a well known liverpool fancier once offered as tips, to look out for "a cock with a dropped tail flight" and a "tic eyed cock",as pigeons to do you a bit of good.

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I'm sure a well known liverpool fancier once offered as tips, to look out for "a cock with a dropped tail flight" and a "tic eyed cock",as pigeons to do you a bit of good.

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just one mans theory does not mean anything I have had many ticked eyed cocks most of them could not find their way out of a paper bag the basket sorts out the good ones not theorys.