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I take a handful of feathers from each special bird I have to part with (whether because it passed away on its own, or because I had to cull it), and make a keepsake bouquet from them. Some of them are really beautiful indeed.

Just pull really hard. Even if you take some skin with it... The chicken won't care :lol:

Wow, I can't imagine setting anything like that down and coming back to find it in the same place! It's always some kind of windy over here.

If I want to keep some feathers, like as a keepsake from favorite chickens, I pluck them before I scald, while they are still dry. I haven't bothered plucking large amounts to use for something else though, but if I wanted dry feathers I would pluck before scalding, instead of trying to dry them...

Very creative! How did you make the socks? Just stuff feathers into regular socks, or did you attach the feathers to the socks somehow?

Not sure where to put this, just wanted to share a very cool (and impressive) observation, on how great chicken feathers are at doing their job. A couple of days ago I had to urgently process a cockerel (doing a favor for somebody whose neighbors had complained, and the bird had to go). She...