Since washing machines are rather large it is great to be used in making own plucker for large-scale chicken dressing business due to its bigger capacity.
Washing machine plucker. Pretty cool how they used the washer plumbing to have it spray water in the tub. Homemade chicken pluckers - avian aqua miser chicken waterer Mark is currently experimenting with a washboard-style chicken plucker. If youre raising chickens for meat the processing can be quite time-consuming and labor-intensive.
This version is made from an old washing machine. Simply scald turkeys then drop up to 75lbs of birds into the tub. The PTC plucker is available in various plucking lengths.
Mine actually uses the motor and transmission that came with the machine. Jack McGee Chicken Plucker. Now we added the rubber fingers in a.
Our DIY Chicken Plucker from a washing machine We decided to go with a chicken plucker made from a washing machine. Started work on the washing machine chicken plucker this week. Fitting the wood frame to the barrel.
I did some research online and got the basic idea of how they work. Drill a centre hole to accommodate the drive shaft. Poultry plucker fingers must be inserted.
The big question for me would be how its all assembled under the hood. If youre raising chickens for meat the processing can be quite time-consuming and labor-intensive. They also cut out the bottom of the drum and installed a whizbang-style feather-plate with fingers on it.