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Definition of sickle feather in English: sickle feathernoun Each of the long middle feathers of a cock's tail. Example sentencesExamples - The males are ‘hen feathered’, having none of the long sickle feathers belonging to males of other breeds.
- The term hen-cocks is, in consequence, often applied to them; but although the sickle feathers are thus modified, no bird possesses higher courage, or a more gallant carriage.
- The only fault I can detect from this photo is the top sickle feather has a spot at the base of the feather where the dark barring is missing.
- The tail coverts, sickle feathers, and main tail black both in primaries and secondaries.
- These smaller sickle feathers are much like the main sickles but are shorter.
- They look too small to be sickle feathers at this stage, but might well be.
- Although the sickle feathers in the males took several months for complete growth, it evidently did not interfere with fertility.
- Rear part of its back presents a very distinctive look because of large black and white sickle feathers attached with secondary underwing coverts.
- Large and strong with long sickle feathers and side hangers.
- Then wait until the adult sickle feathers are completely in before they dub the wattles and ear lobes to promote longer tails.
- The tail is gracefully accented with long, cardioid curved sickle feathers that drape around their nicely spread tails.
- They are characterized by having a beautiful, pheasant-like body with profuse lengthy saddle feathers and long tail furnishings including sickle feathers and side hangers or tail coverts.
- The length from the large fowl male's beak to the end of his sickle feather is about 24 inches.
- The tail of a Yokohama is not marked by very long sickle feathers but the well developed saddle feathers.
- It has the right length of sickle feather and also tail carriage.
- A portion of the tail does partially molt its sickle feathers annually and the body feathers may molt only every second or third year.
Definition of sickle feather in US English: sickle feathernoun Each of the long middle feathers of a rooster's tail. Example sentencesExamples - The tail coverts, sickle feathers, and main tail black both in primaries and secondaries.
- Although the sickle feathers in the males took several months for complete growth, it evidently did not interfere with fertility.
- These smaller sickle feathers are much like the main sickles but are shorter.
- It has the right length of sickle feather and also tail carriage.
- The tail of a Yokohama is not marked by very long sickle feathers but the well developed saddle feathers.
- Rear part of its back presents a very distinctive look because of large black and white sickle feathers attached with secondary underwing coverts.
- The males are ‘hen feathered’, having none of the long sickle feathers belonging to males of other breeds.
- Large and strong with long sickle feathers and side hangers.
- They look too small to be sickle feathers at this stage, but might well be.
- A portion of the tail does partially molt its sickle feathers annually and the body feathers may molt only every second or third year.
- The term hen-cocks is, in consequence, often applied to them; but although the sickle feathers are thus modified, no bird possesses higher courage, or a more gallant carriage.
- The length from the large fowl male's beak to the end of his sickle feather is about 24 inches.
- Then wait until the adult sickle feathers are completely in before they dub the wattles and ear lobes to promote longer tails.
- The tail is gracefully accented with long, cardioid curved sickle feathers that drape around their nicely spread tails.
- They are characterized by having a beautiful, pheasant-like body with profuse lengthy saddle feathers and long tail furnishings including sickle feathers and side hangers or tail coverts.
- The only fault I can detect from this photo is the top sickle feather has a spot at the base of the feather where the dark barring is missing.
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