How to classify chicken feathers?

[GracefulBantams]

I am starting a collection of feathers from my chickens and ducks. I've gathered some feathers, cleaned them, and sorted them..... now I have to label them

I need help locating any charts or pictures that shows different poultry feathers and their names. I've got the sickle tail feathers figured out (

), but that's about as far as I've gotten! Help!

 

[Goose and Fig]

Are you also sorting by type (vs location) like hard, soft & silkied? There might be more kinds- but that's all I know

 

[LeBlackbird]

Are you sorting for color, or soft/hardness or what?

 

[GracefulBantams]

Thanks for pointing out that I should be more specific in what I am asking!
I do know some of the names, but I need a complete list of names, and a photograph or drawing of what each feather looks like. Things like Main Sickle Tail Feather, Tail Covert Feather, Primary Wing Feather..... and as specific as I can get

 

[Illia]

Look at bird feather anatomy, it is the same but for a couple other things. Neck - Hackles. Rump - Saddle (on males) Wing - Primaries and Secondaries. And of course tail feathers and sickle feathers. Those are the main ones, but of course there is the chest too.

I think the best thing to do is look up chicken anatomy, specifically the outer body and feathers. I've seen some diagrams that show the different feathers.

 

[LeBlackbird]

Here we go!

Female

Male

 

[LeBlackbird]

sorry, It's kinda hard to read

 

[GracefulBantams]

It's perfect! Thanks so much!

 

[LeBlackbird]

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No problem

 

[Gonzo]

Thats pretty cool! You know, I'd never even given two thoughts about feathers being different like that!