Help with baby ringneck

[Lanazielinski]

One of my ringneck pairs was successful in hatching in 3 eggs this year and 2 chicks are happy and healthy however the youngest of the clutch got an infection in the oil gland at the base of his tail. He was on antibiotics and is healthy now but it seems to have impaired the growth of his tail feathers and they are just starting to grow in now. My question is will he learn to fly with no tail? They are growing in slowly now though but he's so far behind the others

This photo is a week old but I took them out of the nest to clean it and it's a good comparison between the healthy chick (left) and Norbert (on the right). Don't mind the one in the bottom whose trying to hide.

 

[DonnaBudgie]

He should be able to learn to fly pretty well without much of a tail. Short tailed parrots like parrotlets can fly so I don't see why an IRN with a stubby tail wouldn't.

 

[Lanazielinski]

Oh I didn't think of like that haha I hope you're right

 

[DonnaBudgie]

They're such cute babies! Post more pictures of them as they grow up.

 

[Lanazielinski]

Almost ready to leave the nest. They grow up so fast. Norbert is actually insanely cute without a tail.

 

[DonnaBudgie]

They do grow up way too fast!

 

[Angel2025]

Is it possible that they will come through in a later moult?

 

[Lanazielinski]

I thought the feathers would just thought later after the healed up because they were starting to grow on one side but it's been a couple weeks and I still can't see any tail yet.

He flies alright a though. Just really fast and hits perches a bit hard but he'll get better

 

[DonnaBudgie]

He'll grow a tail eventually but looks adorable without one. Kind of like a big solid green lovebird!
What do you breed in all those nestboxes?

 

[Lanazielinski]

Oh nobody nests in those I just had a bunch and wanted a row of houses. Never got around to painting then different colours except that blue one. Thought it would be cute

 

[DonnaBudgie]

It is cute! A neighborhood of bird houses.

 

[Lanazielinski]

I wanted the whole wall of houses actually. I need to collect more!