Moulted Feathers available for Sale:- Quality Chicken Feathers for Sale

Naturally moulted, quality feathers from prize winning Show Birds.

Feathers can be used for fishing lures, craftwork, fashion, jewellery and accessories, festive decorations, and toys for cats and kittens.

These are feathers which have been shed naturally by free-range chickens. Birds moult once every year, in late summer and autumn. The moulted feathers are collected and sorted by hand. Any dirty or badly damaged feathers are discarded. Some of these feathers are from prize-winning Show Chickens.

All the birds these feathers have come from have been fed on Organic non-GMO food, and kept in a clean, free range, natural environment. Here they live in comfort in small family groups, akin to they way their wild anscestors would live. Contented chickens grow beautiful feathers, and look after them well, thus they are of the highest quality possible when they are finally moulted.

Most of these feathers are shed naturally - no bird has been unduly stressed to produce these feathers. Breeding chickens to conserve pure breeds produces a certain amount of surplus cockerals each year. Any surplus birds that cannot be re-homed are culled with dignity and humanely, their meat eaten and their feathers kept, so that nothing goes to waste.

Please note: Because the feathers have been on the living bird for a year, they may be slightly worn. Dark feathers are subject to fading and white feathers are subject to yellowing, due to exposure to sunlight and British weather conditions.

*** The Different Types of Feather Available:-

Different types of feather come from different parts of the body of the chicken.

Body Feathers:- The feathers covering the main body of the bird.

Hackle Feathers:- The long and pointed feathers from the neck of the bird.

Wing Primaries:- The long, stiff main flight feathers from the wing of the bird.

Small Wing:- The smaller feathers covering the wing of the bird.

Rooster Saddle Feathers:- The long pointed feathers on the back of and near the tail of the rooster (male chicken).

Rooster Tail Feathers:- The long pointed feathers of the tail of the rooster (male chicken).

Pheasant Feathers:- Taken from surplus birds which have been shot, and would otherwise have been thrown away.

*** The Different Colours of Feather Available:-

Different colours of feather come from different breeds of chicken. Please use the "search" facility to view different types and colours of feather available.

*** Postage & Packaging:

Feathers can be sent almost anywhere in the world. For more details please email ket@broodyhen.co.uk

Environmentally friendly packaging ! Feathers are packaged in strong re-sealable, re-usable plastic bags. The bagged feathers are then placed in a protective envelope ready for posting.