Help! Is this normal?

[Tenleigh]

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.

 

[Mizzely]

Are you asking why the feather shaft is so long? Looks normal to me?

 

[Tenleigh]

Are you asking why the feather shaft is so long? Looks normal to me?

Why its so long

 

[flyzipper]

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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[Mizzely]

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