I still have yellow look in goose after I have fleshed on wheel,washed in dawn,soaked in coleman fuel. Some feathers are white. Could be blood stains,because it was covered in blood. This is what I need to remove. Thanks for any help! Billy
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.......can be purchased at most grocery stores as well as Hardware stores. Apply to the feathers with a brush,let set a few minutes and rinse thoroughly. Should do the trick!
Good luck and good day to all,
Dave
I had that happen to me a couple of times on snow's. After chatting with a few folks, I was advised I let the skins soak too long in Dawn and the feathers burned which is what caused the yellow. I now do a series of short soaks and change the water. Let me know if the Wink works...
If it did I think I would have managed to burn some by now since I have used it quite liberally on all sorts of birds for over 30 years, sometimes with fairly long soaks.
Yellow stains on snow geese are probably one of three things: hard water stains, blood stains, or natural sun damage and weathering.
The first one will respond to Wink (Whink?) but it may leave you with a faint greyish stain instead.
The second one responds best to Dawn, warn water, and a baby's toothbrush. I have NEVER encountered a blood stain on a wild snow goose that couldn't be removed by this method, no matter how bad it was or how long it had been freezer burned. Remember that the natural oil on waterfowl makes them water resistant. As a side benefit they are also very blood stain resistant. (Ptarmigans can be another matter entirely!)
If your bird has sun damage there is nothing you can do about it. It may look very yellow when it is wet but it will be OK once it dries. Compared next to stark white birds, such as my white pigeons, snow geese are more of an off-white even when they are perfectly clean.
Nancy M.
The best I have tried and been sucessful with is Stain Away from King's Taxidermy Supply/1(800)488-3337. HERE IS THE DANGER: DO NOT let the skin soak unattended for more than 10 minutes on a snow goose and much less on smaller ducks like buffies, etc.,...ESPECIALLY the head and necks. If you do leave it and forget - it will become somewhat rubberized and be very difficult to work with. I agree with others that dawn will not burn feathers. When I use Stain Away on snows, they are a brilliant white like they should be. The best way to use it is to put about 1 cup in a five gallon bucket. After each use, pour off any fat deposits that accumulate and save the clean water mixture. As long as the water/stain away mix is covered after use, it will remain useable for a couple of weeks or so depending on how many birds you run through it. Good luck.