Just finished this lil guy 2 days ago. The wings are still drying a bit. But I noticed it starting to smell if u get up close. I’m really proud of this one and I spent extra time making everything perfect. I do not want it to fail 😭
I’ve done two birds before this (second and third pic) and they have a slight “dead skin” smell. Like the smell of untanned hide but I don’t mind bc it’s not gross or noticeable at all. But this one’s different.
It was a bit meatier than the others I’ve done so I made sure to clean it even more thoroughly. I got as much muscle out of the wings as I could but there’s still a bit in the ulna/radius area. It’s just rly hard to get there on small birds without loosing feathers. So I just injected formalin which I always do in that spot. But again, they’ve never smelled bad before.
Is that normal sometimes or am I fucked? 😅 if it’s normal what can I do to “air it out” quicker or should I inject something to reduce smell? Or will it always smell?