Killing Station Thread!!!!!!!!

[JoJo 95]

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[Sunny Side Up]

I have a reclaimed metal porch swing frame that I use for the killing station. I bolted a length of 2X6 along the top (ran the bolts through the holes already there for the hooks that hang the swing) and attatched the cones to that. There are 3 cones, one from a traffic cone, one a large bleach jug, and one is made from a nursery pot cut & twisted into a cone. There are also wire hooks set between the cones from which to hang the birds while they're being plucked.

I use buckets under the cones to catch the blood, and hold them up with wire tomato cages so they're close to the dripping heads. There is a wire milk crate to hold the pot of scalding water, and my teenager comes out when called with fresh hot water that gets boiled on the stove. One day I hope to score a turkey fryer from FreeCycle and use that for scalding.

It really helps to have a place from which to hang the birds while plucking. I pluck by hand, which I don't mind, because I usually do only 6-8 birds at a time. I often have to work by myself, and get a rhythm going by having one bird hanging to bleed while I pluck & gut the previous one.

My work table is just a big sheet of tarp-covered plywood set up on TALL sawhorses. It really helps to have the table up high, about elbow height, so save your back. I would love to get a piece of reclaimed countertop to use instead.

I keep everything set up under a big shady mango tree, and bring out an electric fan to keep me cool. I also keep a hose handy, with a trigger sprayer, attatched from a branch overhead so it's within easy reach and I don't have to keep bending to pick it up from the ground.

Each session gives me new & better ideas to make the next session go even easier.

 

[JoJo 95]

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Pics please

 

[offgridhermit]

The formal term is 'abittoir'.

Here's what mine looks like.

Thanks, I need all the visual aid ideas I can get. But I will be plucking by hand. (And I will be doing the entire process solo).

 

[lilwhispers]

This is my current setup.

 

[outlander]

Camp stove, traffic cone, handcrafted adjustable height work table, classic model plucker. The two of us took 10 large Brahma roos from coop to cooler in three hours

 

[CrazyTalk]

I've got a stainless steel table top sitting on top of a pair of saw-horses, and use a plastic cutting board on it for the actual work. The cone I made out of aluminum flashing attached to a garden T-post.

I've got a bayou/banjo propane burner, and a 32qt stock pot for scalding, and use a couple of 5g home depot buckets for catching blood/etc. There's a 27g tote that gets filled with icewater for cooling birds. I drag the hose over cleaning things.

I'd like to eventually get one of those fiber/resin shop sinks and hook it up to the hose out there.