Drying/preserving chicken feet.

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Seems like I either saw one on ebay once, or somebody told me about one...my memory isn't what it used to be, seems like pheasant feet back scratchers were fairly common once upon a time. I bet they'd sell.
 
Meri! Do you change out the salt in your box as youre drying your feet? I just pulled my first batch, and though they are completely hardened, theres an unpleasant smell about each one, even though I brushed off the salt/borax mix they sat in. Will it leave? will Varnish help? Are they ruined? They look so amazing I don't want to toss them!
 
so, I tried to do a pair of chicken feet, just air drying them, THEY STARTED TO SMELL SOOOOO BAD... its winter and I just put them outside...how do I fix this... do you know of any way to make them smell better, or not smell at all (I don't mind if they smell a bit) we are sending them away to a friend in Toronto.
 
I soaked mine in a jar of denatured alcohol for a few weeks. I think that was about 3 years ago, and I still used them this halloween. I used marbles and fishing line to pose their feet. After they soaked I just took them outside a left them to dry for a while. I think the skin turned out better on the alcohol ones than it did on the salt/borax.
 
I have some dried Silkie feet and am interested in sealing them so they retain their color a long time. Suggestions as to what product would be best for this? Polyurethane?
 
dancingbear said:
Do you have a food dehydrator? I've dried chicken feet for craft items (yes, there is a market) in mine. They take about 3 days. Make sure they're good and dry, and wrap a paper towel around them and check for oil oozing out. If oil still oozes, they aren't quite done.

You could also try burying them in a container of desiccant granules, I think some craft stores carry them for drying flowers. You could put them in a sealed container with the granules, in the fridge, if you wanted.
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I have a bunch of chicken feet from processing a couple days ago and have been looking for the best way to preserve them for craft work. I have most frozen but I tried low heat in the oven for 4 hours and they arent quite hard dried…still with a fair bit of fat :/ these were BIG broiler chickens.
Should I put them in a bin of dessicant/borax/salt for a few months or are these shot? Alternatively should I try the frozen ones not heat dried straight into a bin of dessicant instead? Info online is so varying…I was hoping to have them ready for halloween
 

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