Chicken Plucker

[Builder Ken]

I seen somewhere how to make a plucker, the one I am talking about they used a 30gal plastic drum and just drop the bird inside and let the fingers do the plucking. Any help would be appreciated. Ken

[AlchemyAcres]

Here are a few links.......

The Whizband: An affordable homemade poultry plucker.
http://www.backyardpoultrymag.com/issues/3/3-3/affordable-homemade-poultry-plucker.html

The Whizbang plucker story........
http://thedeliberateagrarian.blogspot.com/2006/09/whizbang-plucker-story.html

How I built my mechanical chicken plucker.....
http://childreninthecorn.blogspot.com/2008/08/how-i-built-my-mechanical-chicken.html

How to build a chicken plucker.....
http://achornfarm.blogspot.com/2009/06/how-to-build-chicken-plucker_30.html

~Martin

[Mom5farmboys]

I seen somewhere how to make a plucker, the one I am talking about they used a 30gal plastic drum and just drop the bird inside and let the fingers do the plucking. Any help would be appreciated. Ken

FWIW --I don't know if the how to would be there, but when we were researching how to make a meal of our rooster youtube had lots of them on there. Might be worth checking out for some ideas?

[Thyme]

The deliberate agrarian link is a good one . Thats where we learned to build our plucker. Even ordered the rubber fingers from him. He has a link on the side of the page that shows pics of how it is done .Ours is a 50 or 55 gallon plastic barrel that has been trimmed down.There are also pluckers that the barrel lies horizontal & the fingers are on the outside. You hold the bird & let the barrel run. The problem that we had with that one is , when it was turned on it snatched the bird right out of my hand & flung it.I prefer to drop it in, turn it on & not have my hands any where near.

[Builder Ken]

Thanks to all THIS HAS TO BE THE BEST FORUM ON THE WEB I love this place I have never been anywhere that you can get plans for a "chicken plucker" and pumpkin pie recipes all at the same time I love this place. Ken

[Roots_Farm]

There are also pluckers that the barrel lies horizontal & the fingers are on the outside. You hold the bird & let the barrel run. The problem that we had with that one is , when it was turned on it snatched the bird right out of my hand & flung it.


I’m sorry but that is funny. I can picture it going across the yard while you just stand there staring at it with a what the h#ll look on your face.

[Stanb999]

Here is a link to my youtube video of my plucker.

http://www.youtube.com/user/stanb999#p/a/u/0/sgVIFRiPHxk


We made it this summer. Works fantastic.

[ldsparamedic]

Here is a link to my youtube video of my plucker.

http://www.youtube.com/user/stanb999#p/a/u/0/sgVIFRiPHxk


We made it this summer. Works fantastic.

Stanb, good video. Most folks wouldn't go to the expense of hiring a polka band for background music. That definately added a touch of class.