To my understanding, the point of using brains/eggs/tanning mixes is to restores oils and nutrients to the hide to keep it from tearing and/or rotting later on during and after working it, so hopefully this mix will work fine. Bronner's lavender soap, and a tbsp or two of water. Instead, I used three egg yolks, 1/2 tsp of Dr. I decided not to use brains since most instructions call for you to boil it in water and my parents were sooo not okay with me boiling goat brains in the kitchen. So, the hide was pretty much dry by yesterday evening but I didn't want it to get too stiff or crack, so I decided to do something. Neats foot oil sounds really interesting, i'll have to look into it! Although I wonder if you work it into the hide before working it or after? I've never come across Fels-Naptha before but it seems like it would work fine. It seems to me that everyone tans their hides differently, on the websites I've been on at least, so what should I not do when skinning/tanning hides? I have another 14 weeks before I plan to do any butchering, so I have plenty of time, but I was wondering what you all know about tanning rabbit hides with fur on? Do you use brains, a home-made mixture, or a store-bought mixture? Which do you think would be the most time efficient? I want to use as many parts of the animals as I can. The first two litters will be Rex/California crosses, and the second pure Californian. I'll be having two litters born April 5/6 and another April 19. My question is this: are there any alternatives to brains to use when tanning that aren't store-bought? I've heard that you can use egg yolks (not whites).Īlso, I'm doing a rabbit project this summer. I've skinned him, fleshed the skin, and stretched it out over a frame to dry overnight. ![]() So far, I've been planning on doing brain tanning. What I am going to do, is try to tan his hide with the fur on. He had been dead for a fair amount of time when I found him, so I'm not going to be butchering him. ![]() ![]() I'm thinking it was probably some genetic disorder because he's always been shrimpy, skinny, and snuffly no matter what food I fed him or what medicine I gave him. One of my pygmy goat wethers had an untimely death yesterday, which I did not witness, so I'm not sure what caused it.
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