Elma Fud Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 I'm hopefully going o bag a canada goose or two on my next outing. Geese have been on the farm pond for a number of weeks now. In the past I've found it difficult to pluck these birds. Sometimes taking over a hour just to pluck one goose. The farmer told me to place the bird in boiling water as this loosens the birds feathers. Is this true... Has anyone tried this method before?.... Have you got any better methods of plucking feathers from geese and ducks. EF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apbuild Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 Elma, Get someone else to do it for you! Seriously, I've heard of the hot water trick before but never tried it myself. Let me know if you do it and if it helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 I have tried the boiling water idea with geese and I didn't think it did much, except make all the feathers wet. Of course, I may not have had the water at the correct temperature. My only tip is, place the goose and your hands inside a large dustbin type sack, this helps keep all the feathers and down, from floating off everywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 dont know wether you go beating on a shoot or not but our local shoot has a machine they use to pluck the pheasants may be worth looking into. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob G Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 Pluck it as best you can over a dustbin,if you can get hold of a burco boiler half fill it with water.Then put couple of boxes of wax candles in hot water.When the wax has melted dip the bird in covering all the body,let it cool and peel off the wax.Throw the wax back into the hot water all the small featers and down will sink leaving the wax on top.Let it cool down and set then put it somewhere until next time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 The boiling water trick works for pigs hair but not sure how you would get on with feathers Elma. LB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the last engineer Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 like the idea of the wax there rob ,think i'll try it on the wife first ,dont want to ruin the goose seriously though sounds good never tried it martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elma Fud Posted September 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2004 like the idea of the wax there rob ,think i'll try it on the wife first ,dont want to ruin the goose Same here. My wife has the hairy legs of a Russian athlete. Tony. If you read this, you better not tell her .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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