Surprising Uses of Chicken Feathers
- 10 years ago
There is an abundance of chicken feathers left behind from the 8 billion chickens that are consumed in the United States annually. Many people don’t know that chicken feathers are used in a variety of products like computers, running shoes, cars, boats and storm proof roofing.
There is an abundance of chicken feathers left behind from the 8 billion chickens that are consumed in the United States annually.
Many people don’t know that chicken feathers are used in a variety of products like computers, running shoes, cars, boats and storm proof roofing.
Just like human nails and hair, feathers are mostly made of a strong protein called keratin.
The keratin rich feathers can also be turned into a form of biodegradable plastic that in turn can be molded into just about anything.
Scientists have been experimenting with using chicken feathers in cosmetics, and in diapers as an absorbent to replace wood pulp, which saves trees from being cut down.
Experts believe that modified feathers could also be used to clean up oil spills in large bodies of water.
If they are cut to be the right size, surface tension causes the feather to form networks that trap the oil on the surface of the water.
The 5 to 6 billion pounds of chicken feathers generated by the poultry industry each year would reportedly be capable of cleaning an oil spill over a 200 thousand square mile area.
There is an abundance of chicken feathers left behind from the 8 billion chickens that are consumed in the United States annually.
Many people don’t know that chicken feathers are used in a variety of products like computers, running shoes, cars, boats and storm proof roofing.
Just like human nails and hair, feathers are mostly made of a strong protein called keratin.
The keratin rich feathers can also be turned into a form of biodegradable plastic that in turn can be molded into just about anything.
Scientists have been experimenting with using chicken feathers in cosmetics, and in diapers as an absorbent to replace wood pulp, which saves trees from being cut down.
Experts believe that modified feathers could also be used to clean up oil spills in large bodies of water.
If they are cut to be the right size, surface tension causes the feather to form networks that trap the oil on the surface of the water.
The 5 to 6 billion pounds of chicken feathers generated by the poultry industry each year would reportedly be capable of cleaning an oil spill over a 200 thousand square mile area.