Tail feathers missing?

[FinchGrinch]

Ive noticed over the past few days that my baby Societies dont appear to have tail feathers. I just noticed, looking back on a pic when they fledged that they all had tail feathers. Now they are gone? or is this part of a molt?

In this pic, you can see two babies ( on the top) clearly have tail feathers.




I took this pic below, tonight, I call this the Finch Kabob.. LOL
But you can clearly see, no tail feathers on the babies. ( the two with tails are mom and dad)



I never realized when they fledged that they actually had tail feathers, until I looked back at the pics.

Is this part of the baby bird growth process? They dont have any trouble flying without tails thats for sure!

[Barbara]

FinchGrinch my babies never lost there tail feathers,are they still piling in a nest maybe they broke off? Not sure are they in a cage with just society?I do know that after reading about them loosing tail feathers the article said with society they grow back rather quickly.They are adorable love the colors

[lem2bert]

FinchGrinch

I just purchased my first society and have not bred, so not much help to you , sorry . I did want to say how beautiful your societies are !!! So many different colors. congratulations on such beautiful babies.

[FinchGrinch]

They have been in a flight cage with just mom and dad, until today I put them with the rest of the Societies that I have. They seem to be doing just fine and im sure they will grow in quick, I just thought it was odd that they lost them in the first place.

Thanks!

[lovezebs]

FinchGrinch

Society Finches in particular drop their tail feathers very easily.

I've had situations, when I've had to grab one of my Socies, and ended up with a Socie tail in my hand, while the bird flew away minus the tail.

The feathers do grow back in fairly quickly.

By the way, beautiful babies.