Doll sized feathers

[Wardah]

*geeks out* HOLY CRAP!!!! It's you! Back when I used to read a lot I have read several of your books and loved them, you were one of my favorite writers! *fangirly squeals and then dies*

[kurosu.chan]

VV, that's so cool!
I like to write
But my brain isn't organized enough to finish a story

[victoriavictrix]

*geeks out* HOLY CRAP!!!! It's you! Back when I used to read a lot I have read several of your books and loved them, you were one of my favorite writers! *fangirly squeals and then dies*

Casts a revival spell then schlumpfs back to feeding birds in an old t-shirt and pants.

[catshem]

My husband and I rehabbed birds of prey, including the fish-eaters (egrets, rails, cranes, herons) for almost 20 years. We stopped 'cause someone opened a 401C (nonprofit) nearby and they can do more than we could. We don't actually "own" the owl, we take care of it for a local master falconer who doesn't have room for it in her mews. And the owl loves Larry, insofar as something with a brain hardwired for hunting can "love" anything. We also have a dozen parrots and cockatoos.

You'd have to pluck the wings; there's no good way of preserving them and they'd get bugs real fast. That's basically it. The wings and the feathers are clean. Chey eats half a quail a day so there'd be a pair of wings every other day, and I'd just hang them up to dry, seal them good, stick a mothball in there with them JIC and ship them off in a $5.20 small priority mail flat rate box. Cover the shipping and there you go. These are coturnix quail, non-game birds, so it is legal to have the feathers. The only feathers you can legally have are from pet birds and non-game farm birds like coturnix quail, chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys. Otherwise....$50,000 fine.

It's full on, these came off a bird's body wings? Like, the whole wing. the skin, bone, and attached feathers. Huh. Um, I politely pass. >_>;

That's really cool that you've taken care of birds of prey, and that you're housing an owl! My knowledge of birds goes as this "Watch your fingers, it may bite. And it doesn't shut up until you put a blanket over the cage." But, I've heard they can make great companions if you take the time.

[victoriavictrix]

It's full on, these came off a bird's body wings? Like, the whole wing. the skin, bone, and attached feathers. Huh. Um, I politely pass. >_>;

Yes. I don't have the time to sit there and pluck the wings for people who want the feathers. It takes about an hour per wing. Versus me getting an hour worth of book pages done. Plucking feathers doesn't pay the mortgage.

[catshem]

It's full on, these came off a bird's body wings? Like, the whole wing. the skin, bone, and attached feathers. Huh. Um, I politely pass. >_>;

Yes. I don't have the time to sit there and pluck the wings for people who want the feathers. It takes about an hour per wing. Versus me getting an hour worth of book pages done. Plucking feathers doesn't pay the mortgage.

I totally understand. Important work > feather plucking