Scalding Turkeys

[doofaloofa]

Hi

I am trying scald plucking this year

Can anyone tell me how long you can wait between killing and scalding?

Thanks

[The Riff-Raff Element]

When I did this I did it as soon as I could after slaughter, which is what was suggested to me. To be honest, although a lot of people swear by scalding, I've now gone back to dry plucking - marginally more hard work, but no soggy feathers sticking to absolutely everything.

[oldjerry]

Pointless scalding them after killing....They can't hear you.

[becks77]

you guys are on form exactly what I thought

[doofaloofa]

Thanks mr Element

oldjerry, don't give up your day job

[doofaloofa]

Well

Including heating the water 9 turkeys took me 4.5 hrs to kill scald and pluck

I recon on 1 hr per bird to kill and dry pluck from previouse experiance, so I am definately converted to scalding

[DavidP]

We always scald it's just sooooo much quicker to get those feathers off especially with ducks and geese. We normally set the water boiling first thing in the morning, take the dogs for a walk and then kill a batch of birds. So roughly by the time the birds are all dispatched the water is ready to go. In answer to your question, time from killing to scalding ? I don't think there would be any problem if it was several hours but we probably would take around an hour to kill the birds (depending on how many we are doing) and then start scalding.