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Roosters have long, bright-coloured tail feathers really for only one reason; to show off to the hens. These feathers are known as Ornamental Feathers and the most colourful always results in good courting results.
I'm pretty sure all male chickens (AKA Roosters or cockerels) have tail feathers. Actually, roosters are the pretty chickens with really really long tail feathers. If a male chicken is lacking tail feathers, they were probably pulled out by an outside source.
A male peacock is covered in colourful feathers, with especially long, showy tail feathers.
He has 3 tail feathers.
Nirthern mocking burd
Tail feathers are for steering, like the rudder on a boat.
how to oil paint a rooster's tail feathers
flight feathers
The 'lyre' is formed from the ornate tail which is 75 cm long. There are two ribbon-shaped outer feathers forming the frame of the lyre, with two black wire-like feathers and 12 silvery filamentary feathers between them.
A buff brown colored dove, with a long tail and white outer tail feathers in flight.
Contour feathers are on the wings and tail.
the tail has flight feathers and the flight feathers help a bird to fly.