[Cob] Chicken feathers

[Bryan]

good idea - wish I knew how to get them and use them

On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 10:59 PM, Bill Christensen <
billc_lists at greenbuilder.com> wrote:

> At 5:55 PM -0800 1/1/09, Luanna Dycus wrote:
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I saw something interesting on Bill Nye (green channel).  Someone is
> >using chicken feathers to make backer boards for computer circuit
> >boards using soy resin as a binder.  They said that USA produces 2
> >billion pounds of feathers going to landfills per year.  My thought
> >was how to use them for insulation.  Any ideas?
>
> it's been done - as others have mentioned, quilts and pillows have
> long been made with feathers of various foul.
>
> For those that remember the (supposed) origins of the band name The
> Crickets from the movie The Buddy Holly Story, the boys were
> practicing/recording in the garage or some such outbuilding, which
> was insulated with chicken feathers.  A cricket was hiding in them
> and they could hear it on the tapes.  In the movie I think I remember
> them pulling off the chicken wire which was holding the feathers in
> place in order to chase the little guy down.
>
> I don't know what kind of practical considerations there would be
> with using feathers.  As others mentioned, they might harbor unwanted
> critters or pathogens.  They might also be real nasty if they got
> wet.  You'd have to ask elsewhere for answers to those kinds of
> questions.
>
>
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