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Help! Is this normal?

Tenleigh

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My cockatiel is molting and this just fell on the floor. I was so confused was this is and why is it so long. The breeder clipped all the birds wings before giving them away, but other than that I never will clip my birds wings. Please help me I’m a new bird owner and no idea what this is. 24FFD1AE-42CC-4720-A552-FB0416B33859.jpeg EAAF86D6-F312-45B4-A549-A9E29900894A.jpeg
 

flyzipper

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It's one of the flight feathers that was clipped and also looks normal to me.

The proportions may look odd because the majority of the feather is missing.

 

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I was also going to suggest that the proportions look off because of the clipped feather :)
 
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