see threw tail feathers

[Guest craig8684]

hello there , i have recently been to a sale and payed a lot of money for a hen when ive getting home ive opened its tail although all  its feathers are in alot of them have see threw its in ive never seen this before in ten  years of keeping them could someone tell me what this is are what causes it ty.

[Tony C]

Out of curiosity has the pigeon any fret marks on it flights and what number flight is it moulting now.

[Guest craig8684]

no fret marks and 3 to go ive never seen this before you can see straight threw its tail only when you open it up thou .

[OLDYELLOW]

could it be a cock bird showing ? dragging its tail on floor ? perhaps a picture of it could help

[Guest craig8684]

could be a cock will try post pictures on tomorrow its not its whole tail just patches on each tail feather thanks

[Guest bigda]

could also be a sign  of  contaminated feed  or  over use of drugs  and the  ecoli  injection

is under scrutiny  has the guy been using disinfectant in the water manly TCP  

[Guest craig8684]

not sure on that one but thanks ill look into it.

[Guest craig8684]

and bigda i also purchased 3 other birds from the same sale and all them are fine.

[Guest lvlasked]

just maybe its a winner

[Tony C]

Possibly damaged its *expletive removed* end somewhere down the line.

[nogin]

HAD ONE WITH 1 TAIL FEATHER THE SAME WAY 2 DAY'S AGO. WHEN I LOOKED MY BOOK IT HAD 2 VERY HARD RACES, ONE OF THEM IT WAS OUT FOR A WEEK SO I BLAMED THAT. :-/

[Guest bigda]

not sure on that one but thanks ill look into it.

 

have heard  TCP can deform feathers

[jimmy white]

no fret marks and 3 to go ive never seen this before you can see straight threw its tail only when you open it up thou .

 

has the tail been pulled out at any stage?? if the hardly  newly moulted tail was pulled out, this would come out as blood quills , and could  damage the new tail growing in,, i,e poor moulted new tail ,,,, but a picture would help