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Hi, Thanks for the directions! I've actually kind of perfected a kind of one-woman assembly-line technique with separating the pods, seeds and floss. I'll give the seeds to the Suzuki Foundation initiative, the pods go in the compost and I'm saving the floss. However, I really need to know...

*But* I came looking to find what volume of down is needed to make a warm comforter. I'm going at it a bit differently: both my daughter and I are allergic to wool, feathers, down, and we have issues with polyester. I made one with silk, but it's not as light and airy as ome would think it...

Use one of those zippered pillow covers ...

The trick to getting all the feathers (and pinfeathers) out easily is to do them right after the kill, while everything's still warm. Every fall, my mother used to butcher and freeze several dozen chickens she bought from a local farmer. The process she used entailed scalding to be sure there...