Bit of a different post, today. A request for feathers.
See, I use turkey for writing, as you may recall. And so do my students. And when students are learning to cut quills, they use up a LOT of feathers.
Goodness, do they ever.
And I have two apprentices this summer, both of whom are still on the quill-cutting learning curve.
So we had about three dozen Davis turkey feathers, that Robyn had collected from Davis turkeys. And now we have about three left.
So. Um. If anyone fancies collecting me some turkey feathers (wing ones, for preference; the big strong ones), and mailing them to 4523 Broadway, apt 5G, New York, NY 10040…I’ll be very grateful and I’ll make you a keyring with your Hebrew name, if you tell me your Hebrew name.
Hi Jen,
We were in the first group of torah subcribers way back last fall. A piece of information on turkey feathers. We live in an area where the turkeys march through our yard in droves – about 40 at a time. So we will now be watching for turkey feathers.
However, the turkeys retreated to have their babies in late spring. The babies are now junior high size. A group of two female turkeys and seven juniors have started marching through our yard. Later on they will band together in larger groups. It will be several months yet before they all grow big enough to drop the size turkey feathers you are looking for. Prior to their exit to have their offspring, their were huge male turkeys here every day, as well as smaller female turkeys. I have some great pictures if you would like to see them.
I’ll look through my feather collection and see if I have any feathers I have saved from prior years. I am a birder and sometimes teach classes to elementary children, so I have a tendency to save feathers, etc. whenever I find them. I also have several barn owl feathers from the barn owl in the mulberry tree in my backyard. I don’t know if you’ve ever considered trying those.
Shabbat Shalom,
Pearl
That’s so interesting! I should have known that it would be seasonal.
We can’t use owl feathers, though. Owls aren’t a kosher species.
See you in October!