Chicken plucker biuld

[Travelover]

Usually 3-4 min at 160F also use lots of dish soap in the water to get through the oil in the feathers.

Doesn't this harm the ducks?

 

[MossRoad]

Doesn't this harm the ducks?

They're already dead....

 

[jabelding]

No harm no fowl! :laughing:

 

[WoodChuckDad]

How many chickens do you process on a regular basis? I'm just wondering what numbers make this an item to build....aside from the "cool" factor.

 

[jabelding]

Between my dad and I we usually do around 50 chickens, 10 ducks, couple geese in a day. Also will do about 20 turkeys on another day later in the season. Makes the process much easier. Next we need to make a auto temp scalder so we don't have to keep watch on the temp of the water.

 

[MNBobcat]

How does the mechanism that raises and lowers the chickens work? It looks like there is a cable but as the motor turns how do you convert the rotary motion into linear where it would pull and release the cable?

 

[JBGOATS]

rasorbackq, I need to find me some of those killin cones. Good idea.........

 

[sldva00]

rasorbackq, I need to find me some of those killin cones. Good idea.........

This guy seems to have it figured out, but I'm sure it is expensive.

Automatic Chicken Plucker the very best and quickest way to pluck chickens. - YouTube

 

[jabelding]

Just got my auto temp scalder built. Used a 5000w element from a steam table draws about 20a at 240v. Bought the sink on ebay and reinforced the legs. All in around $400 for all the parts bought the controller from mcmaster.

 

[pjuhl2313]

Do you happen to know the gear reduction ratio needed for a 2 hp motor?

 

[rasorbackq]

2 hp or 10 hp doesn't matter.
RPM is what is required to figure out gear reduction.

 

[rasorbackq]

Up to 200 birds completed so this season.

 

[Sebculb]

Was looking up naughty tongue twisters onlinethe other day with my kids​ and the funniest one was:

I'm​ not the pheasant plucker, nor the pheasant pluckers mate, I'm only plucking pheasants because the pheasant pluckers late

So now I call my kids pheasant pluckers. As in "C'mon you pheasant pluckers, get in the car you're gonna be late for school!"

I wanna build one of these doohickeys also, feeder chickens are one of the main businesses on our farm

 

[DavidL61]

I built a chicken plucker a few years ago. Plucks 2 chickens clean in about 10 seconds.

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