I have been attempting to know how the feathers are harvested for shuttles however there’s plenty of conflicting info. Sadly, I’ve not got here throughout something that I might contemplate to be a “dependable supply”. I used to be questioning if anybody had something concrete that they might share or, even higher, share fashions of shuttles that declare how they supply their feathers?
There are claims on-line that vary from the vast majority of feathers being a) “picked up from the ground” to b) “being a byproduct of the meat business and are plucked as soon as the chicken has been killed” (i.e. it is morally much like leather-based merchandise) to c) “plucked from a reside chicken”. I am okay utilizing shuttles that fall beneath classes “a)” and “b)” however I personally cannot justify enjoying with “c)”.
From what I’ve learn, it appears best to me (on account of economics) that the birds are raised for his or her meat (“b)” above) however I can not discover something to definitively again this up from both Google or from the web site of a significant producer.
If attainable, I might respect it if we might focus any replies on the manufacturing strategies reasonably than debating the ethics of it (since every of us could have very totally different views on it)! The relative deserves of feathers vs synthetics vs plastics have additionally been debated at size in different places too so I might respect it if we left this out of the dialogue too! 
Some quotes and sources from my analysis:
https://www.thepadelemporium.com/ba…nsition-from-feathers-to-synthetic-materials/ (word: this weblog doesn’t declare its sources)
https://viterbischool.usc.edu/information/…to-make-ethical-and-sustainable-shuttlecocks/ (word: though that is from the web site of an academic institution, it is a direct quote from a pupil reasonably than a reviewed paper or an article with sources)
https://www.badmintoncentral.com/boards/index.php?threads/feather-shuttles.154194/#post-2349275 (word: this appears wise however I’ve not been in a position to verify this individual’s id. He claimed that he labored for a small firm so it is also unclear if this scales to bigger producers as nicely)
https://www.badmintoncentral.com/boards/index.php?threads/feather-shuttles.154194/#post-2349367 (word: that is from the identical consumer because the earlier quote)
https://www.firstpost.com/dwelling/ba…ese-causing-much-pain-to-animals-3964761.html (word: this text does not declare its sources)
https://idfl.com/data/harvesting-and-live-plucking-truth/ (word: that is the closest that I’ve discovered to what I might contemplate a “respected supply” however it’s in reference to down feathers reasonably than shuttle feathers)
https://www.badmintoncentral.com/fo…-what-happens-to-the-goose.18049/#post-179305 (word: it’s unclear what firm this put up was referring to)
https://www.badmintoncentral.com/fo…happens-to-the-goose.18049/page-2#post-181449 (word: sosan.com not exists so I can not test it)
