Posts by the_great_snag

Great idea. I'm a designer by trade so I should've thought of that!  lol   Anyway the plucker worked great yesterday. We did 10 five week old broilers with excellent results. I found it is better to cut off the shanks...

The Featherman pluckers run at 180 rpm which is about optimal. That would be tiring to pedal that fast while a 5 pound bird is bouncing around in the plucker.   I second the drill plucker suggestion. I did a drill plucker this...

Well I finally finished my plucker today. I bit the bullet and bought a motor locally instead of online. Here are a few shots of it. The first pic is of the wiring arrangement. Hopefully it will be watertight.   The next...

Nice work making your plucker. They save a ton of work and actually make the whole job almost FUN.   I am starting from scratch, so I am going to use a motor and speed reducer like the high-end pluckers use. I'm also using a...

How long did you rest them before freezing them or cooking them? They need to age for 2 or 3 days in the fridge or they will also be a bit chewier.

Scalding is everything. Make sure you properly scald your birds before plucking them and then rest the carcasses for a few days before freezing them.   Oh, and butcher them as soon as they fully feather out. Slightly smaller...

Um... the Cornish X broiler chickens most home producers raise are also butcher size in 6 weeks. Generally though, feeding is managed after the first 3 weeks so as to prevent most leg issues.   "Cornish Game Hens" are simply...

  Quote: Originally Posted by daniel-delarosa  I made some out of 8" duct pipe and rivets. I didnt make them quite big enough around though.  I didn't realize how fat these meaties were! Gonna make some...

Well over $30 pretty much anywhere I have looked.

A 4 week old CX should be big enough to eat. A Cornish game hen is only about 3 weeks old at butcher time.