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Unveiling: tub style chicken plucker implement

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dcrage

Geez Chip -- That thing does a great job of cleaning the feathers!! -- Where do the feathers end up at and how do you clean it out?

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chipwitch

While we did find alcohol to be an essential element in processing the chickens, we found a far more beneficial use for it than setting it afire!

 

:beer:

 

When I was a boy ....

 

we had to do this by hand,

 

and burn off the pin feathers over a saucer of burning alcohol !

 

You kids with your new-fangled contraptions !!D

 

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chipwitch

Geez Chip -- That thing does a great job of cleaning the feathers!! -- Where do the feathers end up at and how do you clean it out?

 

Thanks Dave!  The feathers are being constantly flushed away by spraying water.  They simply slide down the sides and end up on the ground where they're easily raked up (there's no bottom in the tub).  That's how I designed mine, but some people opt for the bottom in the tub that directs the feathers out a chute. If you've never seen one of these pluckers, the "whizbang" is a popular incarnation of it.  A google or youtube search will reveal dozens of them in use.  The trick is the rubber fingers.  The rest is pretty simple.

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chipwitch

                                                             That thing has to be quite noisy.    :happy-bouncymagenta:  :happy-bouncyblue:

 

                                                             Those  birds will really cackle  when get tickled by those magic fingers.

 

What's noisy about a 12 HP Kohler?  Besides, idle speed is fast enough.  It takes about a minute at that speed.  I found about 1/3 throttle was ideal, 220 rpm or so.  That's the speed in the video.

You are using actual feather pluckers in the drum!

 

Is there a viable alternative?

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chipwitch

Love it! I have the whizbang plucker book and had thought of using a horse. I'm glad to see the idea works. Thanks for the video

 

Did you ever build one?

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posifour11

Did you ever build one?

No, its on the ever growing list. But yours looks better.

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KC9KAS

 

 

 


 

Is there a viable alternative?

 

I don't know....My wife works for a turkey processing plant (distribution assistant manager) and she told me what they were!


 

Is there a viable alternative?

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Ed Kennell

What's noisy about a 12 HP Kohler? 

 

 

No,I know the Kohlers are quiet.  I was referring to all the noise the chickens would make when they were being tickled by all those magic fingers.

 

Now I understand...they are deadly silent when you put-em in the plucker.

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chipwitch

No,I know the Kohlers are quiet.  I was referring to all the noise the chickens would make when they were being tickled by all those magic fingers.

 

Now I understand...they are deadly silent when you put-em in the plucker.

 

Oh, that is just SOOO WRONG!  I'm picturing getting the order of steps backwards.... pluck before killing?  I don't know whether to laugh or cry!  Hope PETA isn't listening.

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Wishin4a416

I like it!

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Geno

That is fast as lightning, I LIKE IT!  :text-woo:   :text-+1:   :text-+1: 

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chipwitch

You will need some potatoes to go along with that chicken,

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qsh-BI2LDD8

 

Nice job on the video! :woohoo:

 

That's pretty slick too!  Where can I get me one of those?  Chicken and potatoes sound good to me...

 

Now.... if I scale that up and run it off the Horse, I could feed a couple small countries.  Sounds like another cool project :)

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Ed Kennell

What was that on the end of that spud peeler?

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boovuc

I can't help thinking about the wood-chipper scene in the movie, Fargo.  Sorry! That is quite the creation. I have to hand it to you!

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chipwitch

I appreciate all the kind words, but I can't accept credit for the contraption.  Someone far smarter than me invented the thing in the 40's as I understand it.  I merely thought it would be neat to mount it to the tractor.

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Geno

If it wasn't on a :wh:  before then it's original to us.   :handgestures-thumbsup:

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Save Old Iron

While we did find alcohol to be an essential element in processing the chickens, we found a far more beneficial use for it than setting it afire!

 

:beer:

 

I figured when I saw your posts on the other site and the word chicken and Arduino were mentioned in the same thread, something like this would not be too far behind.

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RMCIII

What was that on the end of that spud peeler?

 

It's just a small brush is all.

 

Rob

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chipwitch

I figured when I saw your posts on the other site and the word chicken and Arduino were mentioned in the same thread, something like this would not be too far

 

 

I must confess, I have long suspected I may be a direct descendant of Rube Goldberg's love child.  :dunno:

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Coadster32

Way cool. Never seen anything like this. Thanks for sharing, and great way to attach it to a WH. :handgestures-thumbupright:

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meadowfield

that is just awesome!

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KyBlue

What a awesome job!!   Have a friend who is raising chickens this coming year ... might have to make one of these ... certainly beats other methods I've seen/Done!

 

 

My Hats off to you!

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DotheDoo

GOD, That is so funny! SHowed a co-worker and just laugh. It's incredible how clean it comes out. Need something similar for us guys who have even amount of hair on our chest and back. HAHAHAHA

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Geno

Oh that's just wrong Do.  :laughing-rolling:

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