I've never done shows before, and this year I wanted to enter one of my roosters at the Del Mar Fair, but they won't post their rules and regulations until later in the spring. He is a black and painted Silkie mix, and I didn't know if poultry shows required the birds to be "purebred" like you...
One of my 18 month old Silkie roosters is chewing his tail feathers, not plucking them. The shaft (Rachis) of the feathers are still there, and cut short, but the vane of the feather is gone. I haven't actually seen him in the act, I just assume that's what he's doing, because my other rooster...