Where did you guys come from? Maybe I shouldn't take you on, but you are not the GW people I knew from a year ago. If I look back, I used to scroll through post finding lots of valuable info. Now after being gone for only a few mos. I find your junk.. I don't think most of us market gardeners are thinking about duck feet. Your **** is not funny. Please leave the forum for those of us who are serious about market gardening. Would like to mention you all but you know who you are.

gardener1908,

at least have the courage to sign your complaint. Just your first name would be nice.

I've been a member of GW since Jan 2003. Where did you come from.

I thought I might get blasted by this post. It maybe senitve subject matter to some, but still a ligitiment question. I don't sell meat. Don't want to jump through the hoops. Does anyone sell feathers for fly fishing or arts and crafts.

I'm a laid back guy and sometimes don't take things to suriously. I'm looking for information on Market Gardening as much as the next person. Most "subject of posting" here are not original but rehash ( bring forth again in another form without significant alteration) so off topic chatter is a common place. I'm not going to speak for Josh, Jack, Marla, Jay and others, but at least they put their names on their writings.

Eric

Ok, kids behave. Yes this can be part of marketing. I know because last season we had a marketer. She had chickens and ducks and used the FEATHERS, no body parts, to make wreaths and decorations. My market allows both farmers and crafters in my market. Especially crafts made with 'farm' type of ingredients, such as bird feathers.

Yesum, :~)

I should have left out the foot idea. I would never bring duck feet to the market. I'm not that insensitive. I did bring home some chicken feet when I helped process at a local farm. My dogs loved them. There is that chance of salmonella.
Crafters at our market are on a lottery system. They consists about 10% of the vendors on a given day.
If you'er strickly a crafts person you may be there only once a monthy, twice if your lucky. If you are mostly selling produce you are allowed to bring a few none food items. The photo is a rebar plant stand I welded up. It sold right away.
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The feathers could be feather meal, but crafts seem more profitable.

Eric

That's a cute bike. I don't think the feather lady sold much, but she wasn't much of a salesperson either.

I have ducks, I know what you're saying. The feathers make great compost. The offal, feet and all can be fed to catfish if you care to have them...even a barrel works for catfish if it's warm-season. Finding feed for your catfish an be problematic, so feeding them duck parts makes a complete circle of sustainable farming. Ducks like to eat catfish guts too.

divadeva,

I've thought about having catfish or triploid carp. Need to do more research and find out what permits are needed in Washington.

Eric

Here is a link that might be useful: Triploid Carp

Hi Eric,
My extension agent would love the "sterility" of triploid carp. They won't ear duck offal or blowflies, though. How do you hope/plan to feed them?

divadeva,

I'm currently growing mealworm larvae and should have a black soldier fly larvae setup soon. These are grown for my ducks. High protein. I was hoping to add fish to the duck pond. Still researching what type is best for zone 8 Washington. To answer your question, I may have to use commercial pellet food.

Eric