Water plucking?

[Farmer_Dan]

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[uhuh555]

It takes only 38-40 pounds of water pressure to penetrate the skin of a chicken. Due to the large feather follicles it is easy to get water under the skin.

I do love the car wash ideal, wonder what 500 chickens taped to the roof of a car would look like. Someone with Photoshop savvy could probably have fun with that ideal.

 

[dancingbear]

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That would just be...disgusting? Funny, but disgusting. Who's idea was this, again? Oh yeah, Royd.

Somehow I think 30-40 lbs. of water pressure might be a bit too much. The more I think of it, the less likely it seems to be a practical idea. But I guess I'll find out later, when either I try it, or somebody else does, and posts about it.

 

[Dogfish]

I'll try anything once. That is how I got so many scars.

 

[Sunny Side Up]

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I agree. If you get a good scald on the bird then hand plucking really isn't such a big deal, takes all of about 5 minutes. If you had hundreds of birds to do at once then you'd benefit from such a labor-saving device. And you'd be better off building a plucker. Otherwise, using a pressure washer or even a garden hose seems like a waste of water, which we're all being advised not to do.

If it were a good idea to use water pressure to pluck then the big commercial processing plants would be doing it.