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(en) YONEX Suisse, 2012, pdf p. 13/14 : « The shuttlecock’s feathers do indeed come from a goose or a duck. The feathers used for producing one shuttlecock are 16 feathers from either right or left wing. We don’t use feathers from both right and left wings for one shuttlecock as this affects flight. » (source).