Flight Feathers

MaraWentz

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Red Front Macaw, Elvis, 10,male RIP

Red Front Macaw, Erin, 1.5,female

Goffin Cockatoo, Blossom 2,female Rehomed

Blue & Gold Macaw, Oscar, Male, 21 years old, Rehomed

American Bulldog Mix,
So Erin was clipped in April since we were trying to handle her. We are flight training her as most know and we are waiting for those feathers to grow in and she is going through a molt for the last few weeks and has only grown in one flight feather :( (out of like 7 or 8). She also has one long flight feather in the middle of the clipped ones that was never trimmed. How long til her wings grow out?
 

lene1949

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Cory: Short billed Corella -
Echo: Galah -
Max: Alexandrine -
Skye: Yellow Sided conure -
Luka: Green Cheek Conure -
RIP Shrek: Quaker
I think they do a full molt once a year... so that's when the new feathers will come in.
 

Mare Miller

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sierra foothills of central California
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13yr. old male umbrella cockatoo,
we call him Amigo!

7yr. old Goffin cockatoo, she IS Sassy!!
From what I know of my birds, Lene is correct. My newest bird, though, is just coming out of a molt like I've never seen! She's getting a new flight feather every other day!
 
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MaraWentz

MaraWentz

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Red Front Macaw, Elvis, 10,male RIP

Red Front Macaw, Erin, 1.5,female

Goffin Cockatoo, Blossom 2,female Rehomed

Blue & Gold Macaw, Oscar, Male, 21 years old, Rehomed

American Bulldog Mix,
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That's a relief. I was begininng to worry. I read online that some birds grew them back in 2-6 months and was begining to worry, but you cant always trust the internet.
 

horsesculpter

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Catalina Macaw, Sunny
Sunny was clipped when we got her a year and a half ago and she has been through one big molt. She still has one clipped feather. I read somewhere that the big macaws may take two years to regrow every feather as they don't lose all their feathers in a single molt.
 
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MaraWentz

MaraWentz

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Red Front Macaw, Elvis, 10,male RIP

Red Front Macaw, Erin, 1.5,female

Goffin Cockatoo, Blossom 2,female Rehomed

Blue & Gold Macaw, Oscar, Male, 21 years old, Rehomed

American Bulldog Mix,
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I guess I have quite the wait ahead of me...
 

luvmytooo

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*Yoshi* Goffins Cockatoo
* Rosie*Rose Breasted Galah
*Stella*Hyacinth Macaw
*Baby*Catalina Macaw

*Multiple Parakeets*
I guess I have quite the wait ahead of me...


You have plenty of time to polish up all the training you have invested so far.
It will be so worth the wait :)
 

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