Which chicken breed's feathers are used for fishing ties?

[cackleberrycoop]

My husband was just having a conversation with a local fisherman who makes his own fishing ties. The man said that he buys feathers harvested from a chicken who is raised exclusively for this purpose. Just curious to know what breed of chicken this would be.

 

[flgardengirl]

My dh has made them from barred rock feathers. Probably any barred bird would do I think either the silver or golden cuckoo marans or even dominiques would work as well. I was looking at my pearl grey guineas feathers the other day and I think those would probably work good too.

 

[Redcatcher]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=24918

 

[cackleberrycoop]

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Yeah, I have a friend who does this as well, so I really expected to get a bunch of replies saying that it's just Roosters with the right color/length feathers. I'm rather surprised by Redcatchers post. Absolutely fascinating! Thank you for the link.

 

[Redcatcher]

This stuffed bird is enough to make a grown man cry. Well some things are just too pretty to live I guess.

http://cgi.ebay.com/AMERICAN-COUNTR...tem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item588468cd41