Automatic chicken plucker

Greg1959 · Apr 17, 2014

Has anyone here made an automatic chicken plucker out of a washing machine> I hope to have around 25 Jumbo Cornish X Rocks ready to pluck in another month. The thought of doing it by hand or drill attachment seems too time consuming.

If you have made one, I have a few questions for you.

They are a variation of the whiz bang chicken plucker.
Here is what one looks like:

Rkh · Apr 17, 2014

just watched utube video-neat

dahlin · Apr 17, 2014

I think Red Green made one once. I remember there was a lot of duct tape involved.

Robin Hood · Apr 17, 2014

I had a bunch of Cornish crosses. Wish I had made one of them!

paul · Apr 17, 2014

I live a dozen or two miles from Schweiss welding shop, which made a lot of red Chicken Pluckers over the years. Don't know if they still do.

Saw one just again on a farm sale last week, they turn up once in a while.

Paul

rrlund · Apr 17, 2014

One of the funniest things I ever remember seeing at an auction involved a small factory built chicken plucker.
An old guy a mile south of me had one. He was terminal and had an auction to get rid of everything. I think that was the last sale I ever knew Lowell Witmer to sell before he died.
Anyway,there was a gal there who wanted that plucker. It must have been her first auction. She was so excited that she was crying. She was bouncing up and down like she was going to wet her pants. Lowell had his hand on her shoulder trying to keep her calm,but she had her hands over her face bouncing up and down looking like she was going to pass out. He was laughing so hard he could barely sell. The whole crowd was about rolling on the ground watching all of this. I don't know how anybody could even bid against the poor gal.

Goose · Apr 17, 2014

This isn't a solution, but it reminded me of a time when I was in Japan in the Marine Corps, there was a Gunnery Sergeant in our department no one could stand.

He was with a bunch of us in a bar in Yamato one evening, and someone told the Jo-sans his name was "Chicken Plucker" and he had "takusan okane". (Lots of money).

Use your imagination as to what the result was.

Mike (WA) · Apr 17, 2014

Local co-op had a plucker that you could rent, when I did about 25 of them, some 35 years ago with my folks. Dad and I did the killing, scalding and plucking, and Mom and wife did the gutting. It was just a drum that revolved, with rubber fingers. You kept the bird moist with warm water, so the fingers would grab the feathers. Yours made from a washer looks better. Only thing I wonder, was it so energetic that it ruptured the guts? That would be a little messy. . .

jeffcat · Apr 17, 2014

Just LOVED that show!!!!!! Keep your stick on the ice!

Anonymous-0 · Apr 17, 2014

As old foggy usedta say, Fortunately for me, Ah always keeps mah feathas numbered, for just such an emergency...

Greg1959 · Apr 17, 2014

LOL, Yup!

Don-Wi · Apr 17, 2014

We still have Grandpa's old plucker in the duck house. Not sure if it'll ever be used again, or what to ask for it. I know it works pretty good, my brother used it a few (maybe even up to 10) years ago. I've never used it.

Donovan from Wisconsin

Traditional Farmer · Apr 17, 2014

I bought a brand new never used rubber fingered chicken plucker at a consignment sale for $10 when I went to pay up the lady taking the money going thru my tickets asked me.What is this Chicken Plucker?Then quickly said.I don't think I really want to know.

BIG RUH · Apr 17, 2014

One just sold at an auction in my area for $190

Anonymous-0 · Apr 19, 2014

A friend of mine made one and invited me to observe the maiden voyage. He had to beef up the drive he had on it, but it worked great otherwise. I would be hesitant about a using a wash machine. The reversing might not get enough rotation of the chicken to get all the way around. The constant one way rotation rolls the chicken to insure getting all the way around. You can use any search engine and find info on this. Of course if the washer doesn't work you could always skip the transmission and go to one way rotation. Now that I think about it I think the bottom of the tub did not rotate to provide scrubbing action between the sides and the bottom.

Areo

oldtanker · Apr 19, 2014

(quoted from post at 17:30:13 04/17/14) We still have Grandpa's old plucker in the duck house. Not sure if it'll ever be used again, or what to ask for it. I know it works pretty good, my brother used it a few (maybe even up to 10) years ago. I've never used it.

Donovan from Wisconsin

Donavan, give me a shout, if the price is right I may be interested.

Rick

Bret4207 · Apr 20, 2014

There are several You Tube vids on making one and some websites on it. The original Whiz Bang Chicken Plucker looks to work good and you can find that guys site, shich has a lot fo interesting stuff on it, pretty easy. I have a 1970's heavy duty Kenmore that's going to become my plucker someday.

jennifer408 · Apr 20, 2014

(quoted from post at 17:15:30 04/17/14) As old foggy usedta say, Fortunately for me, Ah always keeps mah feathas numbered, for just such an emergency...

i though it was MR foghorn leghorn. use to say that.

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