Author Topic: Plucking with 15 fingers - anyone tried it? (Read 2328 times)

Bumblebear · « **on:** December 10, 2012, 06:43:59 pm »

I've read on another thread about one of these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Chicken-plucker-poultry-plucking-fingers-Its-easy-/261127450604?pt=UK_Pet_Supplies_Poultry&hash=item3ccc68afec but am always really suspicious about "reviews". Anyone here tried one?

Womble · « **Reply #1 on:** December 10, 2012, 06:55:11 pm »

Hmmm, I made one of those myself, but I'm afraid I broke the bearing on it the first time I used it, and to be honest, I wasn't convinced.

I think it's quite possibe that we didn't scald the bird for long enough though. Also, the speed of rotation seems to be very critical.

Perhaps the "fingers of love machine" (as my friend called it) will be resurrected some day, but for the moment, it's gone back in my big cupboard of half finished projects!

Bumblebear · « **Reply #2 on:** December 10, 2012, 08:21:31 pm »

Quote from: Womble on December 10, 2012, 06:55:11 pm

Perhaps the "fingers of love machine" (as my friend called it) will be resurrected some day, but for the moment, it's gone back in my big cupboard of half finished projects!

We have a cupboard full of those too!

Rosemary · « **Reply #3 on:** December 10, 2012, 08:25:40 pm »

I though this was a thread on the effects of inbreeding

hughesy · « **Reply #4 on:** December 11, 2012, 07:48:08 am »

Well if the video's anything to go by it works pretty well. A lot must depend on the scalding I reckon.

Hermit · « **Reply #5 on:** December 11, 2012, 08:16:25 am »

We have tried allsorts but find these homemade jobbies a bit too rough and tear the skin. We have settled for one of those pluckers on stands you drop birds into from Ascot to get rid of 95% of feathers but always finish by hand. We have a lot of birds to do though.
Our first large homemade plucker was the fingers attatched to a spindle thing attatched to a grinder wheel. It was like a snow machine throwing the feathers many feet in the air. It did the job but faffing about trying to be gentle took longer than handplucking!