Chicken Plucker-Want to Rent

[mmoses]

Does anyone in the Houston area have one?

I got 11 chickens to slaughter next month.

I don't really want to buy one.

[Texas Grown]

DIY:

https://www.instructables.com/Make-a-Chickenduckbird-Plucker/

[Gumbo Man]

Ross Perot shamed all of the Chicken Pluckers out of business. You older guys should catch that.

[mmoses]

Ross Perot shamed all of the Chicken Pluckers out of business. You older guys should catch that.

over my head

[Gumbo Man]

In 1992 Ross Perot was campaigning for President. He would have self paid commercials on tv and he loved hand made charts. One night in one of his adds he showed the income level of a chicken plucker which was low and stated that his opponent because of policies would have all Americans plucking chickens for a living.

[glpoe1]

DIY: Large pot (turkey fryer pot) fill up with fresh water and get to a boil, shut off fire. Kill checken, let it bleed, dip chicken in the pot holding by their feet. Swish around just a little, pull out, let cool a couple of minuites and the fethers are easy picking. The object is to just heat up the skin and not the meat.

[lab man]

DIY: Large pot (turkey fryer pot) fill up with fresh water and get to a boil, shut off fire. Kill checken, let it bleed, dip chicken in the pot holding by their feet. Swish around just a little, pull out, let cool a couple of minuites and the fethers are easy picking. The object is to just heat up the skin and not the meat.

This is what we typically do.

[masonred]

Isn't there pluckers that fit on drills marketed to duck hunters?

[deep n the heat]

Load them up and take them Lilja Farms in Aldine. Last time i was there he did them for $3 each. Way better then dealing with the time and mess.

[brokeno]

I'll do it. Oh wait I miss read your thread you said pluckers.

[RifleBowPistol]

Years ago, my aunt and uncle got into raising chickens and slaughtering them, my aunt said they used an old washing machine, threw the chickens in the washing machine, and turned it on. She said it worked very well.

[Briar Friar]

The key to success is in the scald not the plucker. Using a cast iron cauldron versus an aluminum pot seems to hold water temp better for a quicker series of good scalds. An aluminum turkey fryer will do just fine though.
Our Whizbang Deplucker is fun to watch. Ive got to cut big cocks heads and feet off otherwise they get jammed between the spinner and sidewall. Some plucking of pintails is always needed.

Holler at me if youre toting around some dead chickens north of Austin.

A good scald at 155F, nitrile coated gloves and the feathers shuck nicely.
Good luck Moses.

[Chew]

I use a drill bit plucker for quail. I bet it would be OK for 11 chickens. Look up Ukraine Drill Bit Plucker on amazon.

[Aric]

Our kids raise birds for the Galveston County Fair Show. We have taken them to Hamza Farms in Manvel. He’ll have you in and out in less than 30 minutes for like $4/bird, bagged and on ice. You bring the cooler and he supplies the bags and ice. Unless you’re wanting that punishment in this heat, I’d highly recommend letting him or someone else do that for you.

[mmoses]

Our kids raise birds for the Galveston County Fair Show. We have taken them to Hamza Farms in Manvel. He’ll have you in and out in less than 30 minutes for like $4/bird, bagged and on ice. You bring the cooler and he supplies the bags and ice. Unless you’re wanting that punishment in this heat, I’d highly recommend letting him or someone else do that for you.

That sounds like a better idea. July is going to be miserable.