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When we do chickens, we generally skin them instead of plucking them.
Can you skin geese?
(changing my thoughts about having some geese...)

>Ain't that the truth! Waterfowl are much more labor intensive to
>pluck. Their feathers are waterproof, so dipping the bird in hot water
>does little to loosen the feathers. I end up dry plucking the birds by
>hand and then dipping the carcass in hot wax to remove the pin
>feathers. Chickens are MUCH faster to pluck!
>
>Gloria