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UK Bowyers meet - heads-up on UK event next year
markinengland:
Nice feather stash.
The free range turkey farm I used to get feathers from now dips the turkeys in wax so no feathers from there now. :>(
bobnewboy:
Yep, I was lucky and got my request in before Christmas, so the guy saved 15 birds and plucked them dry and by hand. Most turkeys over here are wet plucked by machine. After that the feathers arent much use for anything, although the guy at Surrey Turkeys said that the waste feathers are now being used for insulation products and stuff like that. When I went round to see him, he still had 6 birds left (2 broze cocks and 4 white hens), and offered them as a job lot, but my garden is too small.......
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