Where does "down" come from?
I just bought a “down” pillow and I was wondering about where it comes from. Are animals harmed in the process? Geese, ducks, etc?
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The answer seems to be: it depends.
Down can be collected in a variety of ways. Birds which provide the feathers may be used for other purposes, for example to provide meat. Some birds are killed solely for their down, while some birds (particularly some geese) are periodically live-plucked of their breast feathers. Some birds, such as the eider duck, line their nests with down, and such down is harvested safely after the young leave the nest.
I always assumed down came from geese, but apparently, down from other types of birds is used as well.
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You don’t get down off of an elephant. You get it off of a duck.
And to add to augustin’s info, down is the insulating feathers under the waterproof stiffer outer feathers on a bird. When put together, they are fluffy and can be squished,. but will spring back. How high they spring back is called loft. So a high lofting down will have a lower weight, but a higher loft than other down sources..
So they get it eider one way or the other? ;-P
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How about this: “Way Down Yonder In New Orleans”..................the song.
Freddy Cannon, Youtube.
This tells you how to get down.
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