hi,
I came from Germany and can NOT good english, but in Germay we have no Taxidermy Forums on Net.
I`ve a question to my taxidermy peacock:
He is 10 yeras old and his tailfeathers are very red-brown,but as he was new,his tailfeathers was very green and lighd.
why his tail feathers now red?
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The green feathers are actually on the lower back and are extremely long covert feathers, well sort-of anyway. Without seeing your bird, all I can figure is that the long green feathers fell out or were removed, and what you have left are only the tail feathers showing. The green color is not a pigment, so it didn't fade since it is structural in nature. The only other thing I could imagine is if someone came with spray paint and covered your green with brown.
My peacocks tail eye feathers were green on the 'fringes'and i had noticed the same thing lately - in that they appear brown. i have photos of it when just finished and they were green.
He doesnt sit in direct sunlight.
No feathers have fallen out.
But as to why - well, i am as much in the dark about it as you.
They change from green to bronze (brownish) depending on which angle the light is coming from. I also suspect that the amount of humidity in the air my affect them temporarily. (Just my personal theory)
I think they would still look green if the light hit them just right.
hi,
thanks for help!
hm also my peacocks tail is ever bronce!
in the sunlighd,in dark lighd..
when he was new his tail was green in sunlighd and bronce in dark lighd.
but now his tail is ever bronce!
nobody has paint his tail with a spray-can!
the peacock is 10-17 years old and i have the peacock from a old men.this old men was zigaretten-smoker and he cleaned the peacock never!
is the bronce colour from the smoke ?
the peacock has side-tail feathers,this feathers are green!
but the another feathers are now bronce!
when i see the peacock the first one in the old mens house 11 yeras ago his tailfeathers was all green but now they are bronce...
sorry it was wrong,i mean the peacock ist 17 yeras old and not 10!
that was a spelling error.
and sorry for my not very good englis,i am a germany-people.
PS:
zitat from PA:
Without seeing your bird,
I have a photo from my peacocks tail,i can send it with a e-mail!
He's the bird expert. His website is: http://www.aviandesign.com/
I'm sure he'll be more than happy to help. If he doesn't know the answer, he probably knows someone who will.
Hope this helps!
Your English is much better than my German! =)
I did not realize how old it was.
It might be damaged by light. If so, there is not much that can be done to help it. The effect is like getting tarnish on copper, although that is not what is really happening.
Another possibility is that it may need cleaning, but with it being 17 years old that could be very risky.
You could try very gently washing one feather in warm water (with soap) to see if it helps. Rinse the feather very well and then dry it with a hairdryer. If it turns green again then you will know that the peacock needs cleaning. Try to find a taxidermist to do it for you, because cleaning the entire tail will be a huge job.
If it stays brown then the peacock is probably damaged by light or smoke residue and nothing will help it.
hi,
thanks for this help!
i have now wash a tailfeather from the peacok ,but this feather is still bronce-brown.
i think it is not change.
i buy me a another peacock with fresh green feathers,them i have two peacocks and the new peacock has a pervect tail..
its lucky but i find a peacock with a green tail better.
mfg kathe