Killing Station Thread!!!!!!!!

[Beekissed]

Mine is rather primitive compared to these others:

Bleach jug killing cones, apple tree support:

Copper kettle and scavenged outdoor stove, fired by charcoal briquettes:

My antique, automatic plucker, The Mom~ model No. 75:

Work station, courtesy of Sam's Club(table), Lowes(bucket) and Walmart(bucket):

 

[terri9630]

Quote:
I love your antique plucker. I have one but it doesn't work!

 

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[TyrannosaurusChix]

Lol!

 

[amyrains]

My DH is wanting to "DO" our older chicks this fall but after looking at these pics i KNOW im just not to the point to be able to be present! i am so looking forward to having our chicks to eat but im not ready to see them hanging from a tree!!!! hopefully one day i will be able to help with that, cause thats why we wanted chicks in the first place. Yall r all doing a great job and he is getting so many ideas from everyones posts! thanks

 

[JoJo 95]

Any table type thingys like on this thread...
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=75677

Although the setups I have seen so far are great, I'd rathersomething smaller

 

[Mrs. Mucket]

Here is our station that we've used twice now. It works but could be more efficient.

Two sawhorses support a sheet of plywood with hole cut out for the Craigslist $10 used stainless sink. Plastic sheeting can be removed after use. Cones were made by my son out of sheet metal and rivets. Birds bleed out into the sink and we have buckets under drains. We had to do this away from our guardian dogs where there is no electricity, so we heated water in our pressure canner on a campfire. We do the initial plucking away from the table--we've tried it by hand and with a drill plucker made by another son. Jury is still out on pluckers, and two daughters do great plucking by hand. When everything is off the counters, someone can do finish plucking on one side of the sink while someone else eviscerates on the other side. We use several plastic storage tubs with ice for temporary storage between stages, and one with ice water for dunking after scalding. Another big table would be really nice, as would hooking the garden hose up to the faucet area and a floor that isn't dirt. I took the carcasses into the trailer kitchen for the final rinse, dry, packing and weighing.

 

[JoJo 95]

Bump. BTW I love your station mrs. muckett

 

[TheBarnSwallow]

Loving the pic as well as the simple directions for the steps taken... just ordered some Cornish rock X that are expected here first week September then come soon time we will be doing the same thing... this will definatly be a learning experience for sure....

 

[Armageddon]

I love your antique plucker. I have one but it doesn't work!