Pills from the Pillsberry bush
Gertrude More died in 1633.
Gertrude More was born in 1606.
they grow many more feathers and poo alot more than usual on preserved chickens
Yes, feathers are a renewable resource for chickens. Make more room in the chicken coop or remove the offending feather plucker.
If it is only the feathers that are cut then yes. They will grow back when the bird molts. The feathers make up the vast majority of the wings surface area so when you say half-way it only sound like the feathers.
Baby birds with hatchling fuzz will lose the fuzz as pin feathers grow in. Any time a new feather grows in, the old feather in that particular feather folicle has to fall out first.
Yes. The long tail feather often drop off during the first molt when all the roosters feathers are replaced by new one's. The new long feathers will take more time to regrow so be patient, they will come back. Many roosters lose the long feathers due to picking from the hens while they roost at night
Yes. More and more dinosaurs that are not birds are being found to have had feathers. In fact, velociraptor had feathers.
The feathers "take up more room" than the lead. It would be hard to compress the feathers to make them as dense as lead. The feathers have more volume.
Gold has more mass than feathers. This is because gold is a dense metal, while feathers are lightweight and airy.
Up to about 4 or 5 months old the rate will be roughly equal, after that Males usually feather more slowly and patchier than hens. The roosters tail will take longer as it has more to grow.
Ostriches have down feathers. Because they can not fly they have no need for contour feathers...