@littlegorb: yeah, we just cut the throat. with 3 cones we can a couple waiting in line. we usually have 3 people on task, killing, cleaning, and final clean and bag. whatever makes the process quicker is the best idea.
@sherpawheeler Yeah. People often get 'Humane' and "what looks good' mixed up. Slitting the throat is a quick and very painless way to go. When people say stuff about injections being 'more humane' I wanna smack 'em. No...It just looks less bloody. It is much more painful that way... The animal spends minutes upon minutes in pain and dying after they are passed out, usually. Whatever looks less gory people seem to think is more humane. We always slit the throat too.
i usually chop the head off but this year i am debraining, leaving the head intact. i hear the feathers come out easier that way. love your plucker! nothing inhumane about it if you raise an animal that is happy, free ranging, scratching around. happy ones taste better. to the idiots crying inhumane, go to tyson and see how they operate.
i usually chop the head off but this year i am debraining, leaving the head intact. i hear the feathers come out easier that way. love your plucker! nothing inhumane about it if you raise an animal that is happy, free ranging, scratching around. happy ones taste better. to the idiots crying inhumane, go to tyson and see how they operate.
i usually chop the head off but this year i am debraining, leaving the head intact. i hear the feathers come out easier that way. love your plucker! nothing inhumane about it if you raise an animal that is happy, free ranging, scratching around. happy ones taste better. to the idiots crying inhumane, go to tyson and see how they operate.
@sgejji like from a kids bike? that is a damn good idea. remove the bearings (from the wheel) and just clamp it down on the shaft. awesome.
just do a little math and get the rotation about the same. i forget what mine is, 600 rpm or something under load. you don't want it too fast, but not too slow either.
the chickens were quite dead. you leave the heads attached by a little bit of skin so the neck skin doesn't retract - it makes processing easier. i don't expect you to know this, but really?!?!? you think a live chicken wouldn't have made a fucking racket if it was put in that machine?
@sherpawheeler i didn't say that i meant take the head off the chicken its just inhumane
on top of that you laugh at taking a living things life just because it cant defend itself doesnt mean its not worth living i understand if it for food and stuff but laughing at this is inhumane
@whymecoolniggaz OK, I'm only going to address this once on these comments.
Whether we take the head off or not and whether we laugh while we are doing the job or not have nothing to do with being humane. Being "humane" is defined as "having comapassion and sympathy for people and animals, especially the suffering or distressed"
I can tell you that that chicken was neither suffering, nor distressed. it was DEAD.
@whymecoolniggaz One of the reasons we raise our own chickens, at a greater cost than we could buy them at the supermarket is because we don't agree with the way chickens are treated in factories. Beaks clipped, small cages, no light. These are free range, in a field and humanely killed.
Yeah, we laughed. Trust me... the chicken didn't mind. He was laughing too. I'll post a video of that soon.
@olilolomido not quite as well, but it does work. might be cheaper to get the plucker fingers. they are about a buck a piece. not sure if you can get a bungee for under $2 (2 "fingers" per cord)
This is a great video. I have been planning on building my own but have mainly seen the tub versions. This looks much simpler but definitely gets the job done. Great job!
@sherpawheeler How many fingers did you use and what diameter is the pvc ? This is the best plucker on youtube. Less is more. Cheap and simple. Great design.
That would work. maybe even push the "back" wall out a little way and put a return - horizontal piece that comes back toward the user - to catch it. even now a ton of the feathers collect at the bottom in the back. i am going to cut an opening in the bottom so they dump out there into a can. even with them flying, the other chickens just eat them all. disgusting birds.
omg a giant silk-epil hahahaha yo can i put my ass on that thing? don't u mind right? XD
ThaurusFury 4 days ago
what a mess ;op
MrRmangahas 1 week ago
Mysery not mystery!
Hamish121212 1 month ago
I am a vegetarian and I see nothing wrong with this. I would rather see this than a caged tortured and beak clipped chicken that lives in mystery.
Hamish121212 1 month ago
what motor did you use to make this?
noremorselethal 6 months ago
wow this is the coolest sexual torture device ive seen
vanhalenman60 6 months ago
@vanhalenman60 Like the old joke: What's the difference between kinky and perverted? Kinky is using a feather. Perverted is using the whole chicken.
sherpawheeler 6 months ago
@sherpawheeler erotic is a single feather neurotic is the whole chicken :)
bxxj 2 weeks ago
@littlegorb: yeah, we just cut the throat. with 3 cones we can a couple waiting in line. we usually have 3 people on task, killing, cleaning, and final clean and bag. whatever makes the process quicker is the best idea.
sherpawheeler 9 months ago
@sherpawheeler Yeah. People often get 'Humane' and "what looks good' mixed up. Slitting the throat is a quick and very painless way to go. When people say stuff about injections being 'more humane' I wanna smack 'em. No...It just looks less bloody. It is much more painful that way... The animal spends minutes upon minutes in pain and dying after they are passed out, usually. Whatever looks less gory people seem to think is more humane. We always slit the throat too.
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i usually chop the head off but this year i am debraining, leaving the head intact. i hear the feathers come out easier that way. love your plucker! nothing inhumane about it if you raise an animal that is happy, free ranging, scratching around. happy ones taste better. to the idiots crying inhumane, go to tyson and see how they operate.
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i usually chop the head off but this year i am debraining, leaving the head intact. i hear the feathers come out easier that way. love your plucker! nothing inhumane about it if you raise an animal that is happy, free ranging, scratching around. happy ones taste better. to the idiots crying inhumane, go to tyson and see how they operate.
littlegorb 9 months ago
i usually chop the head off but this year i am debraining, leaving the head intact. i hear the feathers come out easier that way. love your plucker! nothing inhumane about it if you raise an animal that is happy, free ranging, scratching around. happy ones taste better. to the idiots crying inhumane, go to tyson and see how they operate.
littlegorb 9 months ago
aww. poor chicken
fufflynuffly 11 months ago
Thanks for posting!
DiddlesMomma 11 months ago
Do you think you could use a bicycle wheel (without the tire) as the large pulley wheel?
sgejji 11 months ago
@sgejji like from a kids bike? that is a damn good idea. remove the bearings (from the wheel) and just clamp it down on the shaft. awesome.
just do a little math and get the rotation about the same. i forget what mine is, 600 rpm or something under load. you don't want it too fast, but not too slow either.
sherpawheeler 11 months ago
fucking inhumane mother fuckers atleast chop the head off at first ass hole
whymecoolniggaz 11 months ago
@whymecoolniggaz wow. i mean.... really? are you that dumb?
the chickens were quite dead. you leave the heads attached by a little bit of skin so the neck skin doesn't retract - it makes processing easier. i don't expect you to know this, but really?!?!? you think a live chicken wouldn't have made a fucking racket if it was put in that machine?
i guess it takes all sorts.
sherpawheeler 11 months ago
@sherpawheeler i didn't say that i meant take the head off the chicken its just inhumane
on top of that you laugh at taking a living things life just because it cant defend itself doesnt mean its not worth living i understand if it for food and stuff but laughing at this is inhumane
whymecoolniggaz 11 months ago
@whymecoolniggaz OK, I'm only going to address this once on these comments.
Whether we take the head off or not and whether we laugh while we are doing the job or not have nothing to do with being humane. Being "humane" is defined as "having comapassion and sympathy for people and animals, especially the suffering or distressed"
I can tell you that that chicken was neither suffering, nor distressed. it was DEAD.
sherpawheeler 11 months ago
@whymecoolniggaz One of the reasons we raise our own chickens, at a greater cost than we could buy them at the supermarket is because we don't agree with the way chickens are treated in factories. Beaks clipped, small cages, no light. These are free range, in a field and humanely killed.
Yeah, we laughed. Trust me... the chicken didn't mind. He was laughing too. I'll post a video of that soon.
sherpawheeler 11 months ago
Great design! How are you attaching the PVC pipe to the wheel?
truonguy2008 11 months ago
@truonguy2008 there are full layout pictures and a description in the link in the video description.
sherpawheeler 11 months ago
@sherpawheeler The design detail link is dead - do you have an updated link? Thanks for the video - I plan on using your design.
markjack99 6 days ago
Hey, I tried one of these contraptions, but at first found it very slow and awkward.
Then, I found out the chickens should be dead first.
Much faster ;-)
drybeansaloon 11 months ago
how much u sell that thing... it awsome man
hmongvaj1 1 year ago
GO VEGAN MOTHERFUCKER
lLetTheGoodTimesRoll 1 year ago
@lLetTheGoodTimesRoll
That's OK. The chickens were vegan, and look at what happened to them. I'd rather not take the chance. But thanks for the suggestion.
sherpawheeler 1 year ago 6
Very nice...of all the simpler models I've seen, yours by far seems to do the best job. Nice plucker! I might have to copy it! :)
guitari609 1 year ago
LOL, that chicken never thought to end like that and in youtube...
akhenatn 1 year ago
how long be4 the rubber fingeers need replacing
HEEEEEEEEHAA 1 year ago
is it work as well with the bungee cords?
olilolomido 1 year ago
@olilolomido not quite as well, but it does work. might be cheaper to get the plucker fingers. they are about a buck a piece. not sure if you can get a bungee for under $2 (2 "fingers" per cord)
sherpawheeler 1 year ago
This is a great video. I have been planning on building my own but have mainly seen the tub versions. This looks much simpler but definitely gets the job done. Great job!
krplt1 1 year ago
Just saw where it says the pulley is from a water pump . . .
Do you know how big it is?
frogfeeder 1 year ago
@frogfeeder
I think 14", but i'll get measurements and other pics this weekend.
sherpawheeler 1 year ago
@sherpawheeler How many fingers did you use and what diameter is the pvc ? This is the best plucker on youtube. Less is more. Cheap and simple. Great design.
motormaker 1 year ago
This is the best diy plucker Ive seen. I plan to make something similar. Do you think if the box was higher the feathers would drop to the bottom?
Im thinkin . . . 1/2 way down in a large garbage can for mounting position, so the feathers hit the sides and drop for less mess.
frogfeeder 1 year ago
@frogfeeder
That would work. maybe even push the "back" wall out a little way and put a return - horizontal piece that comes back toward the user - to catch it. even now a ton of the feathers collect at the bottom in the back. i am going to cut an opening in the bottom so they dump out there into a can. even with them flying, the other chickens just eat them all. disgusting birds.
sherpawheeler 1 year ago
yep, theyre pretty gross animals . . .
Is the large pulley from a washing machine?
What model/rpm bench grinder did you use?
Did you have to figure out the reduction or just use what you had and it worked?
I really like this plucker, cant wait to make mine.
frogfeeder 1 year ago