It's cheap, and it works!

I have a feather duster cupboard, so call by my granddaughter who loves to play hide and seek. This is her name for the place where the said item hangs on a hook.

I have one, don't know what it`s made of, but my dog thinks it`s alive, he does his best to try and snatch it, and has run off with it a couple of times, to my neighbours amusement, seeing me Chase him round the garden with a feather duster in his mouth

Feather dusters are great. I’ve never had an ostrich one, I’ll keep a look out.

Ape girl haha - dusting? Nothing for you to worry about; Quentin Crisp said “After the first four years the dirt doesn't get any worse.”

I rather suspect quizqueen is concerned that the feathers are being plucked while the ostrich is alive. Then they grow again, and are plucked again, etc. etc. Geese suffer in this way for down filled duvets, ski jackets and so on.

We no longer have a Morrisons around our area so I will start checking our other large supermarkets and see what they have got.

I’m with @quizqueen. Most animal products including meat involve some form of suffering. Still as long as there’s no dust on your ornaments. ?

Thank you,im not close to morrisons but may go soon

My grandma owned a hotel in the 1940s and had a feather duster on the end of a long bamboo pole. I still have it and it is great for cobweb removal etc.

Oh for heavens sake, it seems that some people will try to be contentious and confrontational for its own sake!

I have a brilliant ostrich feather duster, works very well, but is also very useful for gently trapping bees and even butterflies that have flown into the house. A gentle shake and they fly off undamaged.

Oh I will have to nip into Morrison’s for one of those, thanks for posting

I find my extendable ostrich feather duster really useful for rescuing bumblebees from our high conservatory roof . The bee clings to the feather duster and then I can release it out of the door. ?

I had a natural feather one some years ago but the cat kept 'killing' it ( ie ripping it to pieces) so had to get synthetic instead.

I agree with Aepgirl.

I did have a feather duster and it was excellent. But I left it on a chair and my cat "killed" it.

threexanny - Oh I've just seen your post. We clearly have similarly-inclined cats!

I have a much easier way.Don't have ornaments .One or two maybe but I would not want to live as does a friend where on entering her house reminds me of the series Keeping up Appearances. Where my friend is concerned not teacups but her rather large display of china and crystal collectables that leave me fearful of knocking over not just one, but even worse, two of them.

Correction, Don't have.

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Do you have a Wilko? I have noticed them in my branch which is not a very large shop so its worth going on the Wilko website to check where they are available.

I'll look out for one, myself. I invested in a lambs wool one but have to use a dog grooming brush to get rid of the cobwebs...that's after an extensive hunt for the brush....

Well said quizqueen and buttonjugs.
Ostrich feathers belong on ostriches not on the end of sticks!!!

Yet another use for a proper feather duster, this time for those who hatch hens eggs in an incubator - hang a feather duster up so that the feathers just brush the ground and it becomes a substitute broody hen. The chicks will snuggle underneath it for shelter, any warmth will have to come from an infra red light bulb. I know, I'm a mine of useless information!

"Ostrich feathers belong on ostriches . ." but if the ostriches are already dead and turned into steaks then the feathers shouldn't be thrown into landfill but used. Aren't we supposed to be ditching plastic implements in favour of natural solutions? Perhaps the compromise, until the whole world becomes veggie or vegan, is to ban removing them from live birds?

I once had a lambs wool duster and had to throw it when o discovered maggots in it. Yuk!!!!!