The lives of Geese

In Germany, Austria and Switzerland today for thousands of farmers worry about lead that flock of geese can be a carefree life - day after day, year after year.

Goose feathers have many uses

Goose feathers are compared to other springs such as duck feathers usually larger and invigorated. This explains in part from the sheer size and physique of the animal from which stamt the spring. The keel of a real, adult geese in the spring and Regelr and dull.

The spring itself is bent and also works very gedrunken. As the flag is called the concatenation of many hairs. At the end flags wieht the spring a little cut off at the lower part on the other hand, they know a lot of soft down. An average long goose is around 5 to 8 cm long and weighs about 0.02 g. With a length of about 11 cm weighs 0.04 grams goose feathers, they are highly variable in their area: They are used for pillows, but anderererseits also like to write. Real goose feathers were especially happy in Mitetlalter used as writing materials, ink and are still today a stylish way to bring something to paper. Most goose feathers are very long, rough and loaded with long, thick fibers, from which one can produce long wings. They can be processed particularly well because they seem to stick together almost.

Goose feathers can also quite easily in any color to color. Single, very long fibers can be processed into other things such as sensors or legs for decorative items. geese by their legs have a little finer springs that have well over very long fibers. These are marketed recently as so-called Spey hackles, often colored. The colors are just very smart, but such springs can overcome bad, because the trunk is too thick. Such fibers ind usually much coarser than silk from a true Spey chicken that is specially bred for such purposes. Also pillows are filled with goose feathers. For a restful sleep, the right pillow is very important. A pillow provides the body with the Marratze the opportunity to relax properly. The very classic pillow filled with goose down or goose feathers can be bought in completely different mixing conditions - depending on the density of the cushions are then in their very different ways.

Qualities and capacities to determine whether a pillow that is filled with goose feathers, is rather soft and cuddly, is more supportive and hard or to be simply a flat support. The nursing pillow for geese is usually no problem: They can be washed quickly and easily.