I use Borax to dry the beard and tail, and I cut the legs about a 1/2 inch above and below the spur and clean out the bone marrow and put them in borax. Trim all of the flesh you can off of the tail and beard, being careful not to cut into beard or tail feathers. You can use a small glass jar for the beard. Put borax in the jar, set the beard in flesh end first and pour in enought to cover the beard up an inch or so. Same fo the spurs.