insight on a plucking machine

[JShane]

Anyone out there build there own plucking machine? I've got a few ideas but I'm wondering if there's any experience out there y'all might be willing to share. Pro's and con's.

 

[Mallardsx2]

Make sure you have a good flow of water.

 

[Nick87]

Following along.

 

[JShane]

The fowl plucker by lucky buck has me intrigued as a diy project. I can't get the video to download and link in to this conversation but it's worth a look.

 

[Nick87]

Will do, if I ever build a shop someday I will have a plucker set up with shop vac incorporated to vaccum feathers as there coming off.

 

[Potsie]

We raise and home butcher 300 - 500 Cornish Cross a year, and have one of these - PLUCKER.

Depending on how many birds you're going to do, the price tag is worth it. It was mentioned before, keep a lot of water flowing through, and have a means to take care of the pile of feathers that will inevitably build up on the ground.

 

[pawhitetail]

You can look up a whizbang chicken plucker

 

[BucksnDucks]

I didn't' build it myself but a buddy has one that uses a power drill with the rubber "plucking fingers" and a box with a hole for shop vac attachment. pretty simple and cheap but effective

 

[JShane]

That's along the lines of what i'm thinking. Hearing that it is effective is the big question i'm working to figure out. I appreciate your response.

 

[Fullquiver]

I built a wizbang type plucker and it worked great. Keep lots of water running with a hose and hand sprayer and do not run it to long and keep the speed at what it should be when building if anything a little slower will work but faster will beat the snot out of your birds.. The biggest thing is to get them scalded properly.

Also if you make on make a way to protect the motor even if it's rated for outdoor/water applications you'll thank me later..

The one I built worked good for chickens, ducks and turkeys it did 99%+ of the plucking and usually you only needed a couple of minutes to get what was left..

 

[Brittany Chukarman]

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Duck pluckers

With chukar still recovering from 16/17 winter I'm looking to do more duck hunting this Fall. I usually skin them but plucked a few last year and like the way they cooked up. I'm thinking with Hank Shaw's book and some fat mallards I could turn out some good meals. Have any of you had any...

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[JShane]

I believe this thread is where I got this info on the plucker. Obviously I had forgotten most of its content. I appreciate you bringing it back around for a refresher. Now to order the rest of the parts I need. time for a summer project.

 

[brockel]

Think ill have to make something too. I’ve got 50 meat birds showing up in a couple weeks. Makes for long time plucking those birds by myself

 

[Nick87]

Think ill have to make something too. I’ve got 50 meat birds showing up in a couple weeks. Makes for long time plucking those birds by myself

It gets old plucking 10 or 12 after a hunt

 

[brockel]

It gets old plucking 10 or 12 after a hunt

Never duck hunted so I’ve never had that problem. Pheasants and grouse get breasted out and legs jerked. Started doing that with our meat birds too just because it’s faster

 

[JShane]

I modified how I plucked birds last year to just the breast and legs then cut them off skin on. It was quicker but still hard on the fingers.