Ideas for crafts using chicken feathers?

[taprock]

Before my son was born I was a florist. I love doing arrangements and will try anything so I did up some feather arrangements. I have only sold one so I wouldn't call it a hot item, but they are cute and fun. I have also just sold containers of various feathers for other crafters to use. The guinea feathers are the hot item.

 

[vclark321]

Everyone has such great ideas! One of the reasons I love this site! I am going to order a fly tying kit and use some of the feathers that way. It looks very relaxing from what I have seen. Anyone remember 'roach clips' from the 80's? Maybe the head shops need some new merchandise. Thank you everyone for super ideas. I just get so excited when the girls leave me feathered presents around the yard.

 

[betterfeather]

Hi, I'm wondering if anyone could tell me where I could sell some beautiful rooster pelts and saddle feathers at? Any suggestions would be great. Thank you.

 

[bluestar.ranch]

try craigs list... you can sell almost anything there!

 

[Snozzle]

Dream catchers was already mentioned, but any kinds of indian crafts, rain sticks, medicine bags and such.
I have friends that make a lot of these and they are all about my mille fleur bantam feathers lol

 

[Glasshen]

I give some of them to a couple of friends who make jewelry.

 

[alscatS]

Recent Rooster Skinned - saving all savable areas and nailed and rubbed in borax - 2 last wing pieces were saved and layered in box with borax -those will be at least a month - skins have been stretched with borax for a week and today have to hit any wet spots with borax -

But I am looking for how to clean the borax off the feathers.... and how to make stuff out of the skinned portion - any ideas or web pages you could point me to would be great!!! I am looking for more fashion - craft ideas then tying flies - although flies have not beean ruled out -i just don't know anything about tying flies