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I am looking for a topic that was discussed a while back about using feathers from chickens and it took a special breed and maybe they were only in china. anybody remember where that is at? I searched "feather" "chicken"

and didn't find it. It may have been right in front of me and I didn't see it.

thanks.

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There is no doubt that the result you are looking for is on screen, but no Chinese references. The search for Feather and Chicken gave only two results and one was recent, so I eliminated this, as you stated a while back.

 

In post No4, there is a link to Doodads which talks about 'Chinese necks' in the paragraph titled 'Feathers and Hooks'. This is probably what you remember.

 

Dave

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I just spent a couple of hours reading about chickens, interesting stuff.

 

When people talk about quality feathers for tying, it is usually fly tyers and they are looking for small feathers for tying size 12 down to size 16 hooks. The smaller the feather, the higher the quality rating. If you are tying for bass and musky, this quality of feather may not be suitable for your application. Another question is regarding dry or wet. The top quality, top price napes are for dry tying, this also may not be what you need for your application.

 

This narrative may not be helping you much, but basically what I am saying is that there is a lot more to it than you might think. Long or short, wet or dry, then search for a suitable breed.

 

Dave

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