chicken feathers

[broncstomper]

have any of you tried chicken feathers for crappie jigs. could i dye them? I have about 120,000 chickens on hand all the time so the supply is endless.

[shipahoy41]

If you have extra neck hackle I sure would love some. If so PM me and I'll send you my address.

About dying chicken feathers, you would IMHO have a mess trying to dye individual feathers just because of the mess unless they were still attached to the cape. (I'm thinking about the drying process)

I imagine you could try and dye them the same way you would a bucktail or a kip tail as long as they were not separated. I have never died chicken feathers though.

Here is a thread on dying hair

http://www.crappie.com/gr8vb3/showth...dying+bucktail


and a thread on dying bucktail.
http://www.crappie.com/gr8vb3/showth...dying+bucktail

[broncstomper]

thanks for the info PM'd you.

[skiptomylu]

Chicken feathers is about all the feathers you see on jigs that are hackle feathers. Some come from Roosters and some flies are tied with hen back to make soft hackle flies.

Yes you can dye them as that is how all the colors come about.

Here is some info on Hackle..
http://conranch.com/hackle_article.html

I find some on dying and get back.
http://www.google.com/search?q=Dying...e7&rlz=1I7GGLR

There is one I am looking for, but not yet found for you.

Skip

[broncstomper]

thanks skip

[shipahoy41]

Thank you Skip. You do a fine job on this forum. Perhaps I'll try to dye some hackle like I do kiptail. I'll string it together first and put it in the dye bath.