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["Jeanne Driese" <jeanne13 AT earthlink.net>]

Personally I have never plucked a goose!  But my grandmother always had geese 
and as each of her grandchildren married, her gift to them was a pair of 
goose down pillows.  They last forever and I loved mine.  Since that spoiled 
me, the only pillows I have ever used are feather pillows.  Of course, at 
today's prices, I have never been able to afford pure down pillows but have 
at least been able to find feather pillows with a percentage of down.
Jeanne
tnhillwoman
North East TN zone 6
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Robert Walton 
  To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org 
  Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 9:04 AM
  Subject: [Homestead] Dispatching a Goose


  Any advice on how to kill a goose (gander)? I use killing cones for
  the chickens, cut the throat and bleed them out. A goose won't fit in
  them. I don't want to get the feathers dirty, because the idea is to
  dry pluck and save the down. Do you wring the neck or cut? Has anyone
  here used the down?

  Rob - Va
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