Parrot, macaw, guinea, emu, chicken, turkey, goose -- and more to come!!! 

Several nice shipments have come in recently from various people who were saving up feathers and decided to clean out the house or garage.  I'm still sorting -- but here are some nice pairs and sets.  I've also got Guinea wing feathers -- both primaries and secondaries -- in the usual black & white spotted pattern.  And a big lot of emu feathers.  Don't know if I'll get to listing them today, but feel free to ask if interested!

Plus, my geese should be dropping wing feathers soon.  Ducks and geese are unique in that they drop all their wing feathers at once and are flightless until they grow back in.    This usually happens in June.

Arm yourself now!

If you can't leave a neg, leave SARCASM!

Back in March I wrote "101 negative feedback lines for DEADBEAT BIDDERS" -- the ultimate list of "positive negatives." It was my bestselling digital download until eBay decided to ban downloads. GRRR!!!

Now we sellers can't leave negs and a neutral counts as a neg! CRIKEY!  So, for a limited time, I'm giving away FREE COPIES of this humorous list of feedback lines as my protest against this stupid, STUPID policy change.

If nothing else, these will give you a few laughs -- something we all badly need right now.  (See important disclaimer below.) 

To get your FREE copy, go to this page on Filesend.net:

Scroll down to the bottom, WAIT 20 SECONDS for the download button to appear (the price of using a freebie service, they want you to read their adverts first), then click it and choose "save" to download a text file called "FB-for-deadbeats.txt" to your hard drive.  (on some systems the download window pops up twice -- if your does that, just click "save" again.)  It's a plain ASCII file that works on any computer. (NO viruses, adware, malware or such.  Just funny words.)

 Read and enjoy!

Rooster613

The Happy Rooster store

Update:  Somebody pointed out on another blog that the "feedback Abuse" rules now prohibit "Negative comments that contradict a positive rating."  Apparently that was added recently, it is NOT in the Feedback Tutorial (which has not been updated yet.)  If this is really enforced, it will mean we have NO WAY to tell the TRUTH about deadbeats -- and wouldn't that be a violation of free  speech?  To cover my butt, I offer these lines as HUMOR and SATIRE -- which is covered by the First Amendment.  Use at your own risk.

%$#$%#$%##$%!!!!   The May 19th announcements say that "starting in early June" (no specific date given), eBay will no longer allow Mystery auctions!!! GRRRRRR !!! 

The reason given is "bad experieces."  Well, I have NEVER had a bad experience with a Mystery Box and I've never had a complaint about any of mine.   They are FUN.  If eBay wants to eliminate something, why not crappy cheap electronics from China??? 

They are also changing the rules about outside links on eBay -- INCLUDING BLOGS!!!  Seems we won't be able to link personal homepages anymore??? 

Seems eBay is trying to take all the fun out of eBaying.  GRRR!!!!

BTW, everybody see my previous post for your FREE download of "101 negative feedback lines for DEADBEAT BIDDERS!"  If we can't leave a neg, at least leave sarcasm...

Got a pond?  A water garden? A swampy area?  This plant is for YOU!

A native Minnesota wildflower that grows near water, does not mind being flooded in spring, hardy to 20 below zero -- what more can you ask? 

And bidding starts at only a penny for a nice big well-rooted plant.  Click on the pic below to see the listing and a photo of the actual plant you will receive.

(Due to the fact that this is a live plant, I cannot ship it internationally or to Hawaii.  Only to the continental USA.  Sorry, but those are the rules... sigh.)

Back by popular demand -- the Happy Rooster series plus my other most popular titles.  eBay won't let me sell direct downloads anymore, but I can sell CDs -- so my solution is this:  Order all the titles you want, pay in one payment, and I'll custom burn them to ONE CD for $2.50 shipping anywhere on Earth (which includes the CD itself as part of the packaging).  Pretty reasonable, considering that the same service runs $7-$10 on the Net.  I'm not out to make money on shipping, just get you the info without breaking the rules.

See my

So check 'em out (the last 3 items are not ebooks, they are physical things I sell to help cats.  But they are small and flat, they could be put into the same package as the CD.  Besides, I never waste good ad space!    

Spring is here! 

Plant some wildflower seeds to attract butterflies and hummingbirds.  Offer nesting feathers to your wild birds -- help them to literally feather their nests (swallows especially love these.)  And as always in my store, help feed a colony of cats (including a new female we named Annabelle, who I think is pregnant...)

"Brotherly Love Cats" was taken by me in 2006.  It was my best-selling digital cat pic download until eBay banned all digi downloads in March 2008 (very stupid move if you ask me). 

So, it is now available as a glossy print in  ACEO or 4x6 or 8x10 sizes.   These are not charity auctions per se but, as always, the money from sales of my cat photos goes to feed our colony of 15 cats (plus one new stray tomcat who showed up last month -- see earlier post called "Meet Koala...") .   

Of course, your print will not have the yellow copyright logo.  But it WILL be initialed by me -- your proof of authenticity.  See the auction listings for the full story of these two loving rescue cats (who now live with me.) 

 Available in a variety of sizes to fit your budget and collection.  Check out my other "Help Cats" sales, too:

Koala is the latest stray cat to show up at our farm, making our colony total 16 now.  I'm pretty sure he's a male -- he is built like one and acts it, too.  I have not been able to peek under his tail to be sure -- he's pretty cautious and keeps his distance, not at all tame, probably feral.    He did let me get within 3-4 feet when I took this pic. but no closer or he runs.   My other cats are tolerating him, but he wants nothing to do with the dogs.

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