Bird Taxidermy (WARNING:Not for the easily offended, overly squeamish, holier that thou, fuss-bucket.)

Step 5 Peeling the skin away

now, remember how I told you to try to keep the feathers nice and dry?... well, you have to keep the innards and skin damp, so continually dip your fingers in water.

now, here's a good picture of the skin versus the inner membrane. note the "gaping" hole in the throat is the inner membrane tearing. try to avoid this. also, fat resides between the inner membrane and skin, try to keep that attached to the inner membrane.

note: older birds will have more fat than younger ones.

Comments

[mitch and sean]

Umm are you a girl cause I saw nail polish. If you are then you deserve a Nobel prize.

[rcosmo]

is a job that requires much patience and practice... congratulations .. I liked it.

[SHERMedOUT]

this is pretty cool

i also like how the guy in the background is smiling with a santa hat on while your holding the gutted shell of a dove hahahahahaha

[Acidmouth]

that's the breast. you know, the part of a chicken you eat? i would totally eat a pigeon btw. i'm learning alot from this!

[Vertigo666]

is that the flesh or some random organ only birds have?

[Zrcalo]

actually, thats the windpipe, I accidently cut a hole through it though...

[Vertigo666]

no i mean the big fleshy part next to the legs. i'm thinking it's wing muscle...