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[sourland]

I got way too much practice when I was a little kid.

Amen !

 

[ShrekDawg]

Practice. I accidentally left the heart and a couple other bits inside the first one I did. And look, less than a year later I wrote an article on how to do it!

I almost left some stuff in a couple times but I’m OCD so I kept noticing all the stuff I missed and going back I didn’t even realize the lungs were lungs at first they’re so weird looking. And my shears sucked. I also forgot to cut the wings, legs, and vent off before trying to skin and had to do it after starting so that probably contributed to the difficulty too hahah

https://www.communitychickens.com/processing-quail-meat-zw01912ztil/

Halfway down the page is a terrific and quick video.

Thanks!! I’ll have to watch it! I watched one yesterday and it looked so easy but it was not. I also wasn’t sure what was skin and not

I think I will scald next time. Skinning was not faster and easier for me. It was super annoying. But maybe it takes time

 

[ShrekDawg]

Processing birds is harder than it looks.
Practice will bring efficiency and cleaner results.

Yeah, this video that I watched made it look soooo easy!!!! They skinned and it came right off. Mine didn’t. Plus my bird had like barely any meat on her because she was not doing well so it almost wasn’t even worth it.

 

[R2elk]

I think I will scald next time. Skinning was not faster and easier for me. It was super annoying. But maybe it takes time

Everything takes practice. I have skinned so many things over the years and quail skin is so fragile that I could skin a quail very quickly without a knife. Head removal is very easy also.

Personally I pluck all birds because they cook so much better with the skin on whether or not you eat the skin in the end. It really helps hold the moisture in as they cook.

 

[R2elk]

Yeah, this video that I watched made it look soooo easy!!!! They skinned and it came right off. Mine didn’t. Plus my bird had like barely any meat on her because she was not doing well so it almost wasn’t even worth it.

Many people in a case like that will only skin out the breast.

 

[R2elk]

Everything takes practice. I have skinned so many things over the years and quail skin is so fragile that I could skin a quail very quickly without a knife. Head removal is very easy also.

Personally I pluck all birds because they cook so much better with the skin on whether or not you eat the skin in the end. It really helps hold the moisture in as they cook.

The warmer the carcass is, the easier it will be to skin which means that if you are going to skin it, skin it immediately after killing it.

 

[SnapdragonQ]

At my old farm I was more than happy to pay a local facility $2 a bird to process my chickens because I really dislike doing it. That's not an option here so pretty soon I'm gonna have to pull up my big girl boots and start doing my own again. Bleh.

Quail look way easier than chickens, but by the time I do enough for the bottomless pit that is my child, I've probably come out about the same effort wise.

 

[Nabiki]

At my old farm I was more than happy to pay a local facility $2 a bird to process my chickens because I really dislike doing it. That's not an option here so pretty soon I'm gonna have to pull up my big girl boots and start doing my own again. Bleh.

Quail look way easier than chickens, but by the time I do enough for the bottomless pit that is my child, I've probably come out about the same effort wise.

I live in chicken capital, so there are plenty of places to process chickens. No one would process quail, though. That's why I learned how to do it.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Everything takes practice. I have skinned so many things over the years and quail skin is so fragile that I could skin a quail very quickly without a knife. Head removal is very easy also.

Personally I pluck all birds because they cook so much better with the skin on whether or not you eat the skin in the end. It really helps hold the moisture in as they cook.

Yeah it started out pretty easy (although didn’t tear quite as easily as I was expecting) and peeled off but then I think it got stuck on parts? And once I got to like the back or whatever it was kind of hard? Like the underside peeled easily and then I started having problems.

My shears also got stuck shut on her neck and while I was pretty sure she was dead cause it cut a lot I wasn’t entirely sure so that sucked.

I think I’ll pluck next time. I think it will be easier for me and tastier like you said.

Many people in a case like that will only skin out the breast.

Even the breast didn’t have much meat. Her keel was so prominent.

The warmer the carcass is, the easier it will be to skin which means that if you are going to skin it, skin it immediately after killing it.

Yeah, I did it right after I killed her but I think I just didn’t really k is what I was doing or something. I lost track of what was skin and what wasn’t

 

[ShrekDawg]

Here’s the quail if anyone wants to see it. It looks so horrible I don’t even know if I even got all the skin off and idk what that red stuff inside is? Wouldn’t come off. And I think there’s some ribs or part of the spine or something in there? Idk. It was so sharp when I tried to open it haha

Spoiler: Quail