Is this rear in pigeon?

[MaryOfExeter]

Originally Posted by rudolph.est

Becky is right, both the father and mother are spread indigo (or andalusian). Neither are homozygous for the indigo trait, though the youngsters seem to be, even though they are remarkably light for homozygous indigos. Maybe they are dilute also?

I think you are getting the birds mixed up. The two birds in question are not related. And the picture with the two andalusians are the young bird on the left and its father on the right. Then the lighter baby with the weird tail feathers, has a recessive white parent and what looks like a reduced mother. Which the baby also looks reduced to me. The mother of the andalusian baby looks like reduced spread brown.


But anyway! This thread is not about color, it's about the middle tail feathers being considerably longer than the others. But like I said before, don't worry about it and see if it corrects itself with the moult.

[gbhman]

Originally Posted by sev3ns0uls

right now she dont look like she is going to moult. She is ready to start her next clutch. I saw them mating frequently now.

Shall i pull those 4 long feathers out and see if its a juvile feather or not? Sure it will grow back in 2 weeks.

No the long ones in the middle aren't the juvenile feathers... its the ones towards the outside edges of the tail. Pigeons moult the tail from the center first and then out towards the edges. I wouldn't pull them anyways... just wait till they moult on their own, especially if she is going to lay soon as that will be stress enough.