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I am googling information about types of BCAAs and which company has best quality then I encounter informations about BCAAs made of duck feathers, animal skin and human hair. Oh god disgusting so I am not sure if I buy any anymore. I don't know if any company makes BCAAs without these gross stuff to swallow.  
What do you think? Did you know?

No idea where you are getting your BCAA's from.... but I've never heard of them being made from those ingredients..... try AllMax Nutrition.... it's tasty and has nothing near what you mentioned

Branch Chain Amino Acids...one being glutamine. Glutamine helps preserve lean muscle not body fat: helps prevent muscle breakdown. Helps reduce sugar cravings. Creatine is another BCAA. Creatine is used to produce more energy (ATP): protein synthesis-helps your muscles recover faster it causes water retention. These are two of the many BCAA's many athletes consume as an added supplement. You can find BCAA's in whole foods, meat/fish. The ISSA (International Sports Science Association) offers courses regarding Sport Nutrition if you're interested in self-learning and becoming Certified. You can use Google and read other forums regarding Nutrition but there is an overwhelming amount of information out there on the World Wide Web.

If your getting adequate protein intake/using whey protein there really is no need to use bcaas unless you are going long periods of time between meals. All whey protein should have more then adequate amino acid profile.  
 
That said, if I were to ever use a bcaa product it would be scivation xtend. It's one of the few products that can pass California's extremely tough prop 65 rule, one of the few products allowed by ncaa tough banned substance program.  
 
Scivation was recently bought by nutrabolt a few months back(cellucor is owned by them as well) so hopefully product stays as good as it was in past when it was it's own company.

Genevieve said "Branch Chain Amino Acids...one being glutamine. Glutamine helps preserve lean muscle not body fat: helps prevent muscle breakdown. Helps reduce sugar cravings. Creatine is another BCAA. Creatine is used to produce more energy (ATP): protein synthesis-helps your muscles recover faster it causes water retention. These are two of the many BCAA's many athletes consume as an added supplement. You can find BCAA's in whole foods, meat/fish. The ISSA (International Sports Science Association) offers courses regarding Sport Nutrition if you're interested in self-learning and becoming Certified. You can use Google and read other forums regarding Nutrition but there is an overwhelming amount of information out there on the World Wide Web. "

Glutamine and Creatine are not BCAA's. The 3 BCAA's are leucine, isoleucine and valine.

Leucine, Valine and Isoleucine are three of the amino acids the body can't produce on its own. Glutamine and Creatine are derivatives from BCAA's.

activex said "I am googling information about types of BCAAs and which company has best quality then I encounter informations about BCAAs made of duck feathers, animal skin and human hair. Oh god disgusting so I am not sure if I buy any anymore. I don't know if any company makes BCAAs without these gross stuff to swallow.   What do you think? Did you know? "

Are shoddy ingredients the exception, or the rule?

all I could read on some site that isoleucine, leucine and valine are made of skin, hair, feathers and if all companies are the same I do not know. If plant-based BCAAs are also made of those yuck ingredients again I do not know. Also I do not know what creatine and glutamine are made from.  
I am not sure if I want to drink any of BCAA.

It doesnt really matter where they come from, they will be structurally identical to the same amino from any other source. No different than astronauts recycling the H2O out of urine. The problem is simply a psychological one.