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Pheasant with no tail

  • 08-03-2020 12:58PM
    #1
    finla
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 174 ✭✭


    Hi all. Just watching a beautiful cock pheasant in the garden, he has all the lovely plumage you'd normally see but lacks the long tail feathers. Anyone know why this might be? Do they lose them at any stage? He's definitely not a juvenile. Thanks.


Comments

  • #2
    Helium
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 386 ✭✭Helium


    A close encounter with a Fox would be my guess.


  • #3
    BuboBubo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 926 ✭✭✭BuboBubo


    Could be moulting, if it's shabby looking in general it's usually a sign. Or it could have caught it's tail in something.

    It should grow back though.


  • #4
    fryup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    great song title


  • #5
    Tiercel Dave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 798 ✭✭✭Tiercel Dave


    Too early to be moulting. Gun clubs sometimes release 'cocks' around this time, possible that he lost his tail being caught up.
    I wonder would it affect the impression he makes on the 'ladies'.....


  • #6
    Eddie B
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,994 ✭✭✭Eddie B


    Yes could be a released bird, close encounter with a predator, or a car for that matter. Saw a lucky escape for a cojple of pheasants on the roads over the years, where they lost their tails.


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