[Cob] Chicken feathers

[Jon Kerr]

On Jan 1, 2009, at 7:55 PM, Luanna Dycus wrote:
>
> 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?
>
The basic method would simply be put them in sacks and line the inner  
surfaces of the walls and roof. I know something similar has been  
done with wool batting. With chicken feathers, though, I'd want them  
to be completely dry before I did anything with them, and I'd want to  
make sure they were not harboring any fleas or other parasites/ 
contagion. With the mechanical processing of chickens being de rigeur  
these days, I'd think twice before using them, though I'm sure  
persons more familiar with sourcing them will have better-informed  
opinions than mine.

Jon

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