Wizbang Chicken Plucker

[Burbs]

I made mine out of 3/4 inch marine grade HDPE. Takes a little more time to machine due to having to countersink for the fingers, but it's stout and holding up well so far.

 

[chickendude]

 

[jaku]

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I wanted to make mine this way. It seems like a very good method. It was pretty expensive, and I had to drive about 45 minutes away for the piece of HDPE, so I went with the other method. Next one I build will be using HDPE though.

 

[Burbs]

I bought it from this guy on Ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/King...1271381QQptZBoatQ5fPartsQ5fAccessoriesQ5fGear

It was cheaper than I could get aluminum for at the time.

 

[Sam208]

has anyone one ever made them outa ply wood?


i like the hdpe ideal but hard to come across here.




sam

 

[Burbs]

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I don't think it would hold up very well. Water and plywood just don't mix.

 

[LilRalphieRoosmama]

I built one out of PVC and rubber bungee cords to work with the drill. Mine didn't work as good as the one on youtube and I didn't have a way to strap it down so it took two people, but it sure worked better than plucking by hand. Still had to do the wings and tail by hand but if we could build a drum plucker I'd be in heaven.

 

[Sam208]

thanks for all of the ideals

im ready to get started but the darn book dont seem to want to show up.


sam

 

[daleeper]

I built one out of a 30 gallon plastic barrel I paid $5. for. Bought the featherplate 1/2 inch plastic off ebay for $25. Fingers off ebay for about .55 cents each. found a motor for $35. and additional parts for about $30. I have about $175. plus labor in mine, (bought enough fingers for a 50 gallon barrel, didn't use them all) but need to add wheels and handles to mine as it sets on concrete blocks at the moment. I used a motor off a floor buffer, and mounted the featherplate off the output of the buffer drive, that is designed to run at 175 rmp. Seems to work ok so far. I don't know that I would recommend that for someone doing lots of chickens, but works for us, as we raise 50 in the spring, and 50 in the fall, and will process 10-20 birds at a time.

Buy the book, well worth it. If you are not mechanically inclined, stick to the directions to the tee. Most anyone that can run a saw and a drill can build one according to the plans. If you are a scrounger, and enjoy working with things mechanical, then make it work with what you can find. The featherplate and fingers will be the most expensive purchases for a scrounger.

You just can't beat naked chickens in 30 seconds flat at the push of the button. Now if we could just speed up the gutting part of the process.

 

[chicken nanny]

they need to come up with a wizbang gutter


sam