This may be crazy but oh well. Has anyone ever tried one of those Sonic Care tooth brushes on a fragile duck like a GW Teal or a Woodie when it comes to fleshing them. I just bought one and paid $60.00 for it so im not to keen on trying it, yet I think that it would take the fat off of them w/o ripping them up. The problem is I would not want the thing close to my mouth after using it. I already have a hard time with fried chicken after all the birds Ive done, still eat it but Its not my favorite. I found that a .49 cent finger nail brush at Wallmart works well on fragile birds when you squirt dawn on the area you are scrubbing. But I still found that some will rip even with that method. Any ways just curious if some one has tried this before.
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I entered a white dove in a taxidermy competition and I used an electric tooth brush to remove the fat. Then I used oder eater foot powder as a preservative as well as an agent to tighten up the fat so the tooth brush would be more effective. Using the foot powder did not dry out the skin as fast and was a small enough grain to not cause the skin to rip. I did not want to risk tearing the skin so I didn't even wash it and let the white foot powder do it's thing.
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