Re: [VFB] Any need for Crow Feathers

[mark romero]

I've been raising them for about 4/5 yrs. now. They roam wherever they want. 
You can't keep 'em penned if you want to get the most benifit from them. 
They eat all the ticks and mosquitos they can get..........which is good. 
And yes they are good to eat. But i have yet to do that. I have a very hard 
time killing anything i raise. In fact, i won't. The guy i know who does the 
bows and arrows, does traditional African type bows and arrows and things 
like that. You'd have to ask him. All i know is he uses Guinea feathers for 
the arrows. Guineas are an African bird by the way. mark

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Subject: Re: [VFB] Any need for Crow Feathers
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 20:25:04 EST
In a message dated 2/14/2005 6:30:07 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Del, yes Guinea is great for soft hackles, and many other things as 
well.
> Wings on Salmon flies and wets, throats on salmon flies, even palmered
> hackle, or ribed hackle. Can also make tails and or tail vailings out of 
it.
>
> A local guy here also uses it for the feathers on his arrows, to go with 
the
>
> bows he makes. You can have half, and Chaz can have the other half of 
what i
>
> have saved. My birds will always drop more. There are about 14 different
> Guinea species/kinds/whatever that i know of and i have a couple 
different
> ones in there. mark

Mark,
    I take it that you raise them. Are they penned or free range? Also, 
other
than the feathers, what are they good for? Are they tastey? You mentioned
arrow fletching, arnt they kinda short feathers for that?
                                                 Del