Feathers Feathers Feathers!!!!

[Smpino72]

What does everyone do with all their feathers after the molting cycle???

 

[nuthatched]

Rake them up and Throw them away.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

What does everyone do with all their feathers after the molting cycle???

This is my first time for this, but I had planned to just compost them with everything else. Feather meal is frequently an ingredient in organic fertilizers.

 

[Folly's place]

Mine stay out there on the ground and rot into the soil just fine. And most of my birds are molting right now!
Mary

 

[Ridgerunner]

If you want to collect them and use them to make jewelry or fishing lures you can, but I just let mine rot. They go away pretty quickly.

 

[Folly's place]

Some of the feather are beautiful, and decorative, worth keeping.
Mary

 

[rosemarythyme]

Clumps that are easy to gather go into my compost pile, the rest will decompose in place in the run.

 

[ChickyCh00k]

Clumps that are easy to gather go into my compost pile, the rest will decompose in place in the run.

Same!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Some ... blow away and I assume other birds use them to "feather their nests." Some I save if they are sturdy and pretty. And others end up in the compost. .. in my garden container with the Daily Poop, lol.

 

[K0k0shka]

Nothing. They compost in place over time (and fairly quickly, too).