Land Fowl Feather
- Chicken Feather: Looks bright and shiny.Feather fibers are thicker compares to duckeather. Long pointy shape of favion.There is one attached feather on the bottom of the quill, which can be easily distinguished from goose or duck feather. But some of the chicken feathers don’t have attached feathers. Therefore, the attached feather is not the only way to judge if it is a chicken feather. Some other chicken feathers have the shape of a tree branch with yellowish color, and it shows a specific shape of bamboo nodes under the electron microscope.
- Pigeon Feather: feathers plucked from pigeons, with bright and shiny color, which is hard to distinguish it from chicken or other land fowl feathers. Normally needs to identify it under a microscope.
