Chicken pluckers

[Doytmen]

I am about to butcher my first batch of Cornish cross. I was looking for personal reviews on a good chicken plucker off of Amazon, they are expensive and I want to make sure I get a product that last! I have been looking at the vevor brand, what plucker do you guys recommend?

 

[Molpet]

I have a yardbird since 2018. I only do a few birds at a time and it has worked well for me. Heritage turkeys I have to pull the long feathers first and cut off the neck and feet.
https://yardbirdpluckers.com/products/yardbird-chicken-plucker is the one I have. They have a newer model with additional features too

 

[iwltfum]

Yeah I was going to recommend yardbird as well. Probably the best sub-$1000 plucker on the market. But it's more than twice the cost of the vevor... Buying a plucker sucks. It's so expensive for what it does, but it's worth every penny if you reach a certain scale. I used to rent one from a local feed store when I first got started in broilers.

 

[LinkinChicks]

I built one for the cost of a yard bird following the whizbang book. Bought most things new except the motor, found a decent one on Facebook marketplace for $90. Having used a friend’s yardbird I can say, they work, but they’re pretty frustrating if you’re doing heritage breeds, haven’t done broilers but I hear they have less feathers. You end up having to clean out the barrel every few birds as the feathers get stuck and cause the safety magnet to move a bit stopping the motor. Getting the scald right is the biggest thing though.