Left and Right sided feathers

[kendrafitz]

She does have most of her primaries clipped I think.

But if I remember correctly, they were identical to on both sides. Is that not typical?

The other feathers on her wings are identical as well. Are they normally not identical? Now I am completely confused...

[plax]

She does have most of her primaries clipped I think.

But it I remember correctly, they were identical to on both sides. Is that not typical?

The other feathers on her wings are identical as well. Are they normally not identical? Now I am completely confused...

Is it possible that your vet's staff meant Rosie's feathers are exact opposites?

Here are a couple quick snaps of a few of Salsa's flight feathers:



You can see the natural inward curve of each feather and how the quills are closer to the convex leading edge of each feather. Moreover, you should as well notice an absence of color on the inward edges (appearing as a charcoal gray on the top, rather than blue, and a maroon on the bottom, rather than red). So I think it depends upon which part of the bird the feathers are from... none of the flight feathers should be symmetrical, and each of them should have a nearly exact opposite counterpart feather on the opposite wing. Does that make sense?

[kendrafitz]

Thanks Tony. Yes, that was what I meant. Just wrote it wrong.

[plax]

Thanks Tony. Yes, that was what I meant. Just wrote it wrong.

Ah okay. And you're welcome.