egglicious Posted July 25, 2011 Author Share Posted July 25, 2011 Here is another: http://m.flickr.com/photos/65572480@N02/5972553837/lightbox/ Sorry the pics are not great because I took them myself. I have no idea what kind of feathers.. pheasant makes sense. I hope no bird was hurt for this!!! Hadn't considered that.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollie333 Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Feather-Hair-Extensions-Unique-Designs-/260821414024?pt=Women_s_Accessories_UK&var=&hash=item8264e5c8f0#ht_630wt_932 WOWWWWWW. I like them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 I'm getting the black page too.......through Firefox I think Will go & have a look at Mollie's link..........mmmm interesting Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 I definately am a chicken I think - at work (GP surgery ) if someone is more than 10mins late we put a message next to name - REBOOK PLEASE - several days I had written "REBBOK PLEASE and not noticed - no said anything as they are ignorant of the chickens ways. I am slowly becoming a chicken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Hey they are wonderful. You are becoming a Yokahama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haehnchen Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 FYI, this fashion trend is creating a bit of a crisis for fly fishermen who tie their own flies. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/29/sports/when-fashion-meets-fishing-the-feathers-fly.html?_r=2&smid=fb-nytimes&WT.mc_id=SP-SM-E-FB-SM-LIN-WFM-062911-NYT-NA&WT.mc_ev=click “For someone to use them as a fashion statement is just sacrilegious,” said Bob Brown, 65, a fly fisherman who lives in an recreational vehicle parked in Kennebunk, Me. He said he had been tying flies for 50 years and this is the first time he had ever heard of a feather shortage. “They’ve been genetically bred for fly tying, and that’s what they should be used for,” Mr. Brown said. Fly fishing feathers — which individually are called hackles and as a group called saddles — are harvested from roosters painstakingly bred to grow supple feathers. It takes more than a year for a rooster to grow feathers long and pliable enough for use by fly fishermen. Because no one could have predicted the fashion trend, there are not enough to go around. Thomas Whiting, the owner of Whiting Farms, the country’s largest hackle producer, said the company stopped taking new accounts several months ago after being unable to fulfill orders for current customers. Today, about one-fifth of their feathers are used for “fashion fodder,” Mr. Whiting said. Mr. Whiting produces about 80,000 roosters a year for feathers and owns specific genetic lines that guarantee long, strong feathers. Each bird has his own “apartment” where he is “truly pampered” before being euthanized and plucked, he said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egglicious Posted July 27, 2011 Author Share Posted July 27, 2011 I truly wish I hadn't read that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egglicious Posted July 27, 2011 Author Share Posted July 27, 2011 Not that concerned about the fisherman, but I feel awful that roosters are bred for this. Should have done my research. I am usually so careful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
migsy Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Now, what could we do with our moulting birds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Not that concerned about the fisherman, but I feel awful that roosters are bred for this. Should have done my research. I am usually so careful. Don't feel too bad. It is no worse than eating chicken and if their feathers are to be cared for then they won't be squashed into battery conditions. On the other hand they won't be enjoying a good scratch in the earth, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haehnchen Posted August 7, 2011 Share Posted August 7, 2011 It's hitting home already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted August 7, 2011 Share Posted August 7, 2011 I cant get your links to work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
