What are a chicken's hackles? - My Pet Chicken

A chicken's hackle feathers are the feathers around the neck. These feathers can sometimes be showy in roosters. People that "fly tie" (for trout fishing) usually use long, slender hackle feathers from a rooster. Hackles are actually differently shaped in hens and roosters. Rooster hackles are longer and pointier. But

What are hackles, sickles, and saddles? - My Pet Chicken

How to Tell a Rooster from a Hen. - My Pet Chicken

Are these hackle and saddle feathers rooster-like?

Meet the Chickens - Our Backyard Flock

Hackle feathers broken off.why?

Growing my own grizzly hackle : r/flytying

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Raising chickens, Global FlyFisher

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