Anyone have a chicken plucker?

[Michael B]

Hello all,I'm getting ready to harvest my chicken flock and am in need of a plucker to borrow or rent.

[Vanessa Rice]

I can help you with this as well.

[Vanessa Rice]

you can email me at [e-mail] sorry didnt get this till now was out of town. It is new and we have done turkeys chickens and ducks in it. the last batch we did was so quick and easy I have several pointers for you as well if you would like.

Vanessa

[Melissa Rennells]

Do you still have the plucker?

Are you still renting it out?

[Michael B]

I just mailed you. I always appreciate pointers.

[Rachel]

Vanessa Matz has one. Here is a link to her post on the board about renting it out:http://www.phoenixpermaculture.org/group/keepingchickens/forum/topi...
Keep us posted on how this goes. How many are you butchering?

[Michael B]

Here is an article on how to make a plucker fullsize.
http://thedeliberateagrarian.blogspot.com/2006/09/whizbang-plucker-...

Normally I just skin them.

[Vanessa Rice]

skinning is ok but if are wanting to roast them skin is soooo much better. this last time we also halved our birds which was great as then we didnt have to eat a whole bird say on a week night.

[Melissa Rennells]

here is a info on how to make your own using a drill and some other stuff $6.00 total cost http://www.homesteadingtoday.com/showthread.php?t=130787

[Rachel]

Wow, I've seen homemade pluckers before and they always look like a pain to build and like they take up too much room to store, this one is great. For $6, what an investment. I'm going to build one this summer. Thanks for posting this.

[Melissa Rennells]

I will be looking for this information as well. There is a chicken plucker that can be purchased. I saw it in Backyard poultry. It's a whole process. The cones for the humane killing the scalding then the plucker it's self. It's gonna run around $2k for the whole set up.