chicken pluckers

**nell67** · 09-23-2010, 02:33 PM

I butcher so many chickens,and I really hate plucking the feathers,but I don't like the drier meat of a skinned bird.

I was talking to my amish neighbor last night,and he suggested building a chicken plucker!Told me that a nearby neighbor had purchased one for around $1000,but he thinks it would be easy to build, here are a couple of sites that show you how to build 2 different types of chicken pluckers.

http://poultrycommunity.com/forum/sh...hicken-plucker

http://achornfarm.blogspot.com/2009/...lucker_30.html

Or I could just go with this breed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sci/tech/2000003.stm

**Winnie** · 09-23-2010, 02:46 PM

Someone I know over here built themselves a Whiz Bang Chicken Plucker, Nell, Apparently it's very efficient and saves a lot of time. If I kept as many as you, I'd definitely build one!

**Old GI** · 09-23-2010, 03:03 PM

Reminds of the time when I was quite young in WV. My Mother used to pluck the feathers from chickens on a regular basis; she grew up on a farm. I remember her complaining about the pin feathers (down?). My Father had a Men's Schick electric razor and she had just got a Ladies' Schick. She got the bright idea to try my Father's Schick on the chicken; it worked! She was so excited, she wrote a letter to the President of Schick to tell him they have a new line. They have Men's Schick, Ladies' Schick and now ...........

Chicken Schick!!!!!!!

**Justin Case** · 09-23-2010, 03:19 PM

Look at this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ply5u...ext=1&index=38

And this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMGZM...ext=1&index=86

**nell67** · 01-03-2011, 12:24 PM

My amish neighbor bought one of these from a guy going through a divorce,he just brought it over and hooked it up (it is for now electric,but he will convert it to a gas powered motor) AMAZING,10 chicken in about 10 minutes!

The biggest issue is making sure you scald the chickens the proper length of time before tossing them in the tub.