Lost tail feathers

[buttonwillow]

Very happy to have found this forum.

My found pigeon was a fledgling when he was apparently blown out of his nest and found his way to my open garage. I brought him inside and offered seeds and grains which he readily ate.

This was about 2 months ago. He's now mature but......he recently lost half his tail feathers for no discrenable reason and I notice the feathers at the back of his neck looks a little rough or perhaps he has lost some of them. I'm thinking his feed needs to contain more protein. And a cuttle bone might be worth trying.

By the way, I was told at the pet store that pigeons don't eat sunflower seeds. But my guy pefers them, the little black ones, to anything else in the bag.

Comment, anyone?