2011年9月27日 · Some folks swear by duck wax for the downy business. I haven't tried it but plan to for the next harvest. You're supposed to melt the wax, dip the mostly defeathered duck, then immediately dunk in cold water to crisp up the wax. When you pull off the hard wax the down should come off with it. Then you put the used wax back in to melt again ...

2020年6月11日 · I’ve seen some good info on BYC about duck waxing, so I’m just trying to add to the experience base. Here is what I did, learned, and learned not to do. Points so you can skip the details below: Hot, not boiling water to melt wax; Pluck the outer feathers, leave most of the down; Gulf household wax ($2.56, Walmart) works great

2012年8月24日 · Hi, we keep kosher and raise our own.. Kosher slaughter laws prohibit dunking the birds in hot water. I used to spend at least an hour on a large duck until I discovered by accident that if you hang the carcass for about 2hrs, it makes the job a lot easier. The feathers still don't exactly fall out, but they let go much more easily.

2011年9月28日 · Quote: The last time I checked USDA specks for waterfowl they required the hot wax method to remove pinfeathers and fuzz.

2015年12月30日 · But smaller ducks and chickens do very well on it . But it does not pluck pigeon well . It beats the crap out of them. They are to small and to soft skinned . Any plucker you make on your own in your back yard cheaply will not work like what you buy of the shelf. But if it will take of 90 percent of the feathers on a duck i call it a winner .

2008年12月27日 · I also raise and eat my ducks - I use a product called "duck wax" to help with the job of plucking - I hand pluck the duck very quickly and get about 70% of the large feathers off and then dunk the bird into the hot wax - then into ice water and repeat one or two times.

2009年4月18日 · The reason why most people do it around 8-9 weeks of age is becouse in a few weeks they will develope little things called pinfeathers they are very hard to take out and once the birds has them your better of skinning it.Its basically the same as a chicken but you can look on google if your not so sure.

2024年7月27日 · A duck definitely can be scalded though, it's just they have a lot of tiny feathers to remove one by one instead of a few big feathers go remove in clumps. I've never plucked a duck, this is my experience with geese.

2010年11月11日 · I imagine it would be quite painful getting plucked alive, prob like having fingernails pulled out. I dont know about ducks but ive heard that when possums are culled you pluck the fur straight away when body still warm or else its hard to do.(in NZ possum fur is great mixed with wool for knitting) might be the same for ducks.

2008年2月20日 · We did chickens and ducks at a class I took yesterday. The water ended up being too hot and we had to finish off the plucking by hand, but if the temp had been right, MOST of the feathers would have come off, just some of the downier parts and the flight feathers on the wings would need additional attention, according to the instructor.