Author Topic: Duck Wax  (Read 2614 times)

sludge7

  • Joined Apr 2025
Duck Wax
« on: April 20, 2025, 11:18:05 am »
Fed up with dry hand plucking and wanted to give wax plucking a try, but can't for the life of me find anywhere selling wax for plucking in smallholder-friendly quantities -- I don't really want to buy 25kg until I know it's working for me -- and even then, that could be more than I will go through in a reasonable length of time....

Can anybody point me in the direction of somewhere online in the UK to buy duck plucking paraffin wax?

Richmond

  • Joined Sep 2020
  • Norfolk
Re: Duck Wax
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2025, 08:16:24 am »
What sort of numbers of ducks are you dealing with? Have you tried scalding them?

sludge7

  • Joined Apr 2025
Re: Duck Wax
« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2025, 10:17:10 am »
REALLY small numbers -- half a dozen birds a year or so, for home consumption. 

I have tried scalding -- it's okay, but I'm not 100% sold.  Still want to try waxing to see if I like that better but can't find the **** wax! 

SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
  • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: Duck Wax
« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2025, 12:53:49 pm »
maybe find the nearest processing plant and see if they'll sell you a bit?
Don't listen to the money men - they know the price of everything and the value of nothing

Live in a cohousing community with small farm for our own use.  Dairy cows (rearing their own calves for beef), pigs, sheep for meat and fleece, ducks and hens for eggs, veg and fruit growing

sludge7

  • Joined Apr 2025
Re: Duck Wax
« Reply #4 on: April 24, 2025, 10:09:03 am »
Found a supplier so putting this here in case anybody else is looking for the same thing and searches this forum -- it's https://www.storeypoultrysupplies.co.uk/ -- very helpful friendly staff.

 

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