yes, tail or no tail, it's the only way unless you just hold them the hole time. Wire cages are what you have to watch, with on the tails, they will get pushed threw , split, and just ratty looking in wire ones while transportsing, , pet taxi's or carboard shipping boxes work very well to combat that.
also, just an FYI, If you ever get one broken at the blood line, or picked at when new are coming in, you need to pull that feather, there have been cases of them bleeding out over broken quills, just incase that ever happens to any of yalls birds along the way. I had one get pecked at this year when he molted, just got 2 feathers, but when I came in from work to feed up (he was white mind you) but it looked like a massacre had happened in the pen. Pulled those two feather and it quit.
also, just an FYI, If you ever get one broken at the blood line, or picked at when new are coming in, you need to pull that feather, there have been cases of them bleeding out over broken quills, just incase that ever happens to any of yalls birds along the way. I had one get pecked at this year when he molted, just got 2 feathers, but when I came in from work to feed up (he was white mind you) but it looked like a massacre had happened in the pen. Pulled those two feather and it quit.