The phrase to ruffle your tail feathers means to annoy someone and get the angry, when a ducks becomes frighted or is bothered it makes itself seem bigger by ruffling its feathers so it puffs up.
He has 3 tail feathers.
Tail feathers are for steering, like the rudder on a boat.
how to oil paint a rooster's tail feathers
flight feathers
Contour feathers are on the wings and tail.
the tail has flight feathers and the flight feathers help a bird to fly.
Many websites state that the tail of the Superb lyrebird has 16 feathers.
tail feathers
turkey feathers are bigger
All 1879 issues have 7 tail feathers.
This phrase is referencing the way a horse holds it's tail high in the air as it runs.
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.