Smellie duck feather pillows

[TooFoggy]

I bought two pillows yesterday in IKEA and they are labled as containing wild fowl. They really really stink of duck! I have taken the plastic off and am airing them but I am not convinced the smell will go away.

Is this normal? Should I take them back or try to get rid of the smell?

Its foul Help!

The smell should go away....we bought a down mattress cover (lovely!) it took quite a while for the smell to go, luckily it was the summer so it spent a couple of days on the washing line....other than that use nice smelling, strong, conditioner on your pillowcases as that helps mask the 'foul' smell

Thank you! Its faded a bit, but still whiffey.

We had this problem with some duck feather pillows. It just didn't seem to fade so in the end we washed and tumble dried them - the tumble drying is really important to make sure the feathers fluff up and don't clump. It did the trick anyway, they no longer stink!

o no! I'll have to get a tumble dryer now!

thanks all