Thread: Redundant Calibres

Originally Posted by scotty

looks like a good one to take out of the gene pool before the roar......
how far off before they start rubbing do you think , 4-5 weeks?
oh yea far from redundant i'd say

The top one (not a spiker age, probably 3 year old) was hard and ready to strip. The wonky one had soft tips.

Originally Posted by Tahr

The top one (not a spiker age, probably 3 year old) was hard and ready to strip. The wonky one had soft tips.

The top one is a spiker, we can tell because it has not formed a coronet. Often there is longer hair growing over the future coronet suture, masking the position of the forming coronet. The lower one - a 2yr old has a coronet from previously casting his spikes. Looks like he damaged his soft tops a while ago and they have subsequently grown bent. No beys, short brows and narrow so likely never going to amount to much.

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

The top one is a spiker, we can tell because it has not formed a coronet. Often there is longer hair growing over the future coronet suture, masking the position of the forming coronet. The lower one - a 2yr old has a coronet from previously casting his spikes. Looks like he damaged his soft tops a while ago and they have subsequently grown bent. No beys, short brows and narrow so likely never going to amount to much.

Why I didn't think he was a spiker was because of his stature and he had tusks that were stained. But you are correct. Now I look he hasn't formed coronets:

Originally Posted by Tahr

Why I didn't think he was a spiker was because of his stature and he had tusks that were stained. But you are correct. Now I look he hasn't formed coronets:

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Oh well, next NZDA Notornis discoverer's trophy in 7 yrs