Hmm idk either. This one was a Mallard. Plucked within 1hr of termination. What breed did you have?
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Khaki campbell. Same timeframe. We scalded them first maybe that was our mistake. Did you do that?
I didn’t scald but I can assume that when doing that it shrinks the skin and tightens down on the feathers. This is what I noticed when cinching the down feathers. The skin noticeably shrunk close to the meat
so interesting! Thanks for answering my questions, I'll definitely have to experiment with not scalding