[MR] De-feathering birds

[Lucinda Welenc]

"Oxford, David" wrote:
>
> >> Also, does anyone know the easiest way to de-feather geese
> >> or other birds?  And any other hints on dressing fowl would be appreciated
>
> The advice from Halima is good for chickens.  Geese are a bit more problematic
> because of the down, which is mind numbing to pluck.  One way we've dealt with
> it is to use paraffin to wax the bird after plucking the feathers.  A couple of
> waxings usually gets all the down, but it can be messy. :)
>
> For my wife and I, though, when we slaughter fowl we just skin them.  We don't
> tend to eat the skin anyway, and it's lickity-split quick to peel the skin off
> once they've cooled a bit.
>
> Bryan

I've always wondered what the point was to plucking them when it seemed
to be so much easier to just skin them, but then I've never had to do
either one.  If you want to save the feathers for featherbeds and
pillows, maybe?

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Alanna
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