PurpleChicken's and Perfectly_Polish's Chicken plucker- idea's needed!

[perfectly_polish]

As some of you know, PC and I went crazy and ordered 100 meat birds. Well we got to thinking, how in the world are we going to hand pluck every one of those birds, it'll take forever

So we have idea's to make a couple pluckers out of a drill, a whizbang plucker and I have a washing machine and a dryer that we could use. Every and all idea's are wanted and appreciated!

 

[lost]

I have the plans for one I think I see if I can find it. Because I'm going to make one but it takes me a little bit because if I wait. I probly find every thing for free except the rubber fingers.

 

[lost]

I think I done this right we was talking about this awhile back

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=61299

If not let mr know and i post it again

 

[lost]

If you can figure out how to use somthing other than them rubber fingers would you let me know. I have almost everything I need, But the fingers and a tub. Right know My cost is free my nephew gave me a new motor. I have pully wood. Just the tub and Them finger $50 for like 40 of them are less.

 

[perfectly_polish]

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PC said we may be able to make the fingers, not sure how, he's still doing some research on it. I'll let you know.

 

[lost]

Thanks you can pm if you like. Was any of that any godd for you

 

[PurpleChicken]

Sorry I was off rading about pluckers and trying to fix my laptop at the same time.


Ok fingers:
http://www.cornerstone-farm.com/Chicken_Picker_Fingers.htm


I like this and am almost considering just buying it:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Steel-Picker-Pl...ryZ46532QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem



The link on the home made mini pluck showed him using rubber bungee cords as
fingers. That's worth a try. The other fings look to be just studs with a rubber head.
(that sounds obsene

)

 

[perfectly_polish]

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Do you think it would be easier/cheaper to buy one then to make one?

How many fingers would we need for the wizbang or the washing machine plucker? But your right they do just look like studs with rubber heads, the bungee cord sounds good too, we could try both.

 

[perfectly_polish]

Here's the link on how to make the whizbang plucker- http://www.backyardpoultrymag.com/issues/3/3-3/affordable-homemade-poultry-plucker.html

 

[PurpleChicken]