Place the rest towards the back of your cheeseball, large side down, creating the turkey’s tail feathers. You’ll want to alternate the the orange, yellow and red pepper slices. Step 8.

Then we clean and color the feathers before gluing them ... We order materials from suppliers around the world. We buy turkey feathers from the U.S., ostrich plumes from South Africa, and peacock ...

An ancient blanket painstakingly made with 11,500 turkey feathers dating roughly back to the early 1200s CE also pointed to the cultural significance of turkeys, according to researchers.