Hair Falling out or bald spots:

Slippage or hair falling out is caused by bacteria growing on or within the skin structure. If the hide is not taken care of properly before pickling, a bacterium starts to attack the skin causing the hair to slip. There is no way to stop the slippage once it has started, as long as the hide is wet the slippage will continue and grow progressively worse.

Hides must be removed from the carcass immediately, excess fat and meat removed.

Temperature effects the bacterial growth as the warmer the temperature the faster the bacteria will grow. As a guide we recommend that the hide be removed from the carcass within the following time schedule:

60 degrees  1 hour

50 degrees 1 hour

40 degrees  2 hours

32 degrees  4 hours

20 degrees  6 hours

Hides must be salted immediately after the fat and meat has been removed.