Yes, it helps to add dish soap to the scald water.
I've got an EZPlucker. It works best if 2-3 birds go in at the same time. That helps them tumble. The geese are too big to put more than one in at a time, so they don't come out completely clean. If the scald is good, the plucker will get...
My son, who chops heads off will hold the goose by the legs and just hold them out away from his body until they stop flapping. They don't really weigh all that much and the flapping isn't violent. They could be hung somewhere that the wings can't touch anything solid.
I just did 2 geese 2 days ago.
Geese tend to get too fat, so I don't give them any corn or bread. There is no problem with fattening them up; the problem is keeping the fat off to keep them healthy. The fat will get all wrapped around the intestines and fill the body cavity. That can't be...