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Nice looking bird, why no pin feathers?
Quote from: Boss .300 winmag on January 01, 2017, 07:11:41 PMNice looking bird, why no pin feathers? Honestly, I'm not sure. His feathers were very fine, and pulled out very easily. We got most of them by dry plucking, even though it was below freezing outside. Under the wings were very fluffy, like a silkie chicken. And the feather shafts were very small and shallow. I suspect that it's a characteristic of the breed. The bronze hen that we did was much harder to pluck and I was trying to clean up the pin feathers with needle nose pliers before she went in the freezer.
Quote from: jennabug on January 01, 2017, 07:16:26 PMQuote from: Boss .300 winmag on January 01, 2017, 07:11:41 PMNice looking bird, why no pin feathers? Honestly, I'm not sure. His feathers were very fine, and pulled out very easily. We got most of them by dry plucking, even though it was below freezing outside. Under the wings were very fluffy, like a silkie chicken. And the feather shafts were very small and shallow. I suspect that it's a characteristic of the breed. The bronze hen that we did was much harder to pluck and I was trying to clean up the pin feathers with needle nose pliers before she went in the freezer.I have a retired butcher buddy that helped me butcher 4 turkeys in November. He showed me a slaughter technique that was pretty neat and made plucking super easy. It takes 2 people as you need to pin the turkey to the ground. Basically you put the knife in the mouth and push it through the brain quickly. Something about this process makes the feathers release and come out really easily. I was skeptical and thought he was screwing with me but it worked like a charm.
Quote from: 180-GRAIN on January 10, 2017, 10:22:17 AMQuote from: jennabug on January 01, 2017, 07:16:26 PMQuote from: Boss .300 winmag on January 01, 2017, 07:11:41 PMNice looking bird, why no pin feathers? Honestly, I'm not sure. His feathers were very fine, and pulled out very easily. We got most of them by dry plucking, even though it was below freezing outside. Under the wings were very fluffy, like a silkie chicken. And the feather shafts were very small and shallow. I suspect that it's a characteristic of the breed. The bronze hen that we did was much harder to pluck and I was trying to clean up the pin feathers with needle nose pliers before she went in the freezer.I have a retired butcher buddy that helped me butcher 4 turkeys in November. He showed me a slaughter technique that was pretty neat and made plucking super easy. It takes 2 people as you need to pin the turkey to the ground. Basically you put the knife in the mouth and push it through the brain quickly. Something about this process makes the feathers release and come out really easily. I was skeptical and thought he was screwing with me but it worked like a charm.Interesting! I'll have to try that sometime. I wonder if it works for chickens too...