Hi all, I have a mates pair of budgies who have hatched and raised two clutches of chicks. The oldest clutch are 1 year old, and the youngest are 6 months old. Recently I have noticed a trend of sorts in the plumage of a couple of the babies. There are a total of 5 birds from the same parents, and two of them, each from separate clutches of eggs, have short tail and wing feathers. They have never been clipped, and they were not pulled out or mounted recently. These birds’ wings and tails have grown this way since hatching. The primary/flight wing feathers are simply shorter than they should be, and they lack long tail feathers, and thus neither bird can fly. I don’t think it is an environmental problem, as my birds are fed a variety of vegetables and live in a large flight cage with plenty of sunlight. I’ve searched online for a while and cannot find any information on this. Has anyone else experienced anything like this?