Chicken Plucker: Build and First Use

[@dbworld48757]

Thank you for this. Blasted through 11 chickens in no time last night. Worked great. Turkeys this fall will be the true test.

[@dbworld48757]

Only took me about 30 minutes to build and saved me 2-3 hours at least.

[@shionmcduffus191]

So easy i been looking all over the internet but you are the best

[@strakill]

I have never seen a chicken plucker work, pretty neat.

[@jdavis7433]

ok now I have to have one John!! I have an old washer basket that I am gonna use!! Great job and love how you explain exactly what you needed!!

[@ChrisParrishOutdoors]

Raising meat chickens for the first time this year, glad I found this video. Seems pretty simple to set up!

[@HOMESTEADHEART]

This was awesome to watch John. We are preparing to butcher chickens and this is by far better than our plan to hand pluck! TFS

[@SusanRogersMakingItWork4Me]

Really good plucker and the feathers don't stick to your hand, which is awesome!

[@lusnorthernhome3410]

Wow that works slick as a whistle , wish we had these back when I was a kid, we had to do it the old time way.

[@SupaFlyFatGuy859]

That's cool as hell bro! Hillbilly ingenuity!

[@jsmyth024]

The first comprehensive video I have found on building a chicken plucker. I am so glad I found your channel. Will be butchering and hopefully eating our first chickens as soon as we can get one built and are on an extremely tight budget so I am really thankful to have found you. Now, get on it building a drum plucker. :P

[@daisybreed3897]

I wished I had that when I was younger ! I hated plucking chickens ! Great Job !

[@jportale]

When I was a kid, my mom and dad had a chicken plucker....me! Sure wish I had built one of those. Another great job.

[@douglascooke1926]

Love your videos, John. I'm sure there are still a couple I haven't watched, but probably not many. Looks like a good tool you have there. I'm sure with some practice you'll be stripping those feathers in no time. Just wanted to say your water should be more like 140-150* and have a couple of drops of dish soap to release the feathers easier. Using this method and wearing textured latex palmed mesh gloves, I can easily pluck a chicken in less time than your plucker took, and I'm a novice. Just rub your gloved hand across the chicken, and it's amazing how easily the feathers slide out! Thank for sharing your tools, methods, and faith with us...whatever part of the world we are in!

[@bigal25938]

You're the best on the internet. Thanks.

[@troymax2524]

Thanks this is the best one I found.. Saw your smoker one too,both are great.. thanks from Vermont.

[@dallas_red904]

WOW what a time saver and easy as chicken pot pie...

[@suesueg74]

Jnullo love the apron. and that is a kool DIY chicken plucker.

[@SciotoBuckeye7]

Worked better than I thought it would. Going to have to add that little project to my list. Thanks for sharing the idea.

[@diannaskare7829]

I see the Green Power Farm has taught more folks a good idea spreads fast!

[@sungkmoua4070]

Thanks. I'll try to built one so I don't have to use hand anymore. You are very smart!

[@OffGridAussiePrepper]

Ingenious Jnull0....... makes offgrid life alot easier.

[@bctruck]

cool!!! If PETA stops by,tell them its a magic finger chicken massager!

[@movinon04]

that thing works too good- yall were soaking and plucking chickens faster than Mary and i could get em butchered- this thing rocks and sure made the day go much faster and easier- love ya-huggs...

[@MoHomesteading]

Perfect finally i found one that i can show my husband what i was talking about for my version of a chicken plucker. THanks!

[@prepperdaddydavis1745]

God Bless you and your family John you are awesome thanx for what ya do

[@409mark]

well l learned something lve never seen a chicken plucked before and lam 61 years old thanks buddy

[@jeffledlow1955]

I built the tub style plucker and love it! 6 seconds to a de-feathered bird! I think my total cost w/new pulleys and bearings was around 75.00- just loaned it too a friend who is cleaning birds tomorrow.

[@lisakukla459]

Do you think yours would hold up well enough to rent it out to strangers? Is it still holding up for yourself and friends? I'm on a tight budget and need to offset cost as much as possible. Trying to decide which to invest in.

[@BIGALTX]

Works pretty dang good, Big Guy !

[@txhypnotist]

Looks for work good. If you want a better effect you may want to run the plucker fingers on concrete to ruff them up a bit. That creates grip on the birds. Have fun, thank you for making this video. Happy BBQ to you.

[@WillowsGarden]

Great job John, feathers are flying, lol!

[@ADayInLisasLife3947]

You just saved several hundred dollars. Good job.

[@Ken0604]

Works great sure wish I had that back when I was dressing chickens.

[@justmike57]

Well it is a start on how to make one of these. As you said, there is still room for improvement. A great idea that I didn't even think of.

[@mheko69]

thanks for tips i start business in philippines cause of your tips after i finish my contract here in saudi thank you so much sir...

[@88TRUNKBACK]

Looks like a huge time saver.

[@tfr51]

Nice job. I need to make one, recently had to pluck my first chicken and it took me almost 40 minutes. Thanks

[@10yearvet]

Nice Job! I've seen the big barrel pluckers but for as little as I would use it I didn't feel it worth trying to replicate. This is a very good alternative.

[@BBurt775]

Exactly what I need, going to make one. I appreciate the video.

[@JustinCaseSolarPower]

Nice. and you kept all your fingers. that has to be a plus. :)

[@failuretocommunicate8690]

Wish I had that when I was a kid and delegated to plucking chickens. It looked slow but I imagine it speeds up quite a bit with a little experience.

[@dkoraholder6634]

Was a huge blessing to watch thank you for sharing this

[@CantankerousOB]

Love it! Can I suggest you use 2 pvc caps (using double the straps isn't necessary) to stabilize the "wheel". Just make a barrel shape out of them?

[@tenmilechicks]

Thanks, I really liked this set up, you did a great job, I hope I can get something like this set up for myself as I do have a butcher day coming up in a few more months, I surely would like to give this a try vs my usual skinning of my poultry, yup, I have ducks and chickens to do. I think I will try skipping the scalding part though and see how it works out that way for me.

[@warriorhomestead5914]

Effective and comical. A perfect combo!

[@wingwalker2458]

Great idea and a great video.

[@TheEmptynester]

That is awesome. Back in 2008,I was looking at building a chicken plucker in a 50 gallon drum. But the fingers they were selling we expensive. And you need a motor to mount.So I never built one. Wonder if this would work with a drum and motor too. Thanks so much for sharing this ideal.

[@MOOSEDOWNUNDER]

Man, just got onto this video. Awesome, ill use this for my next duck season. Cheers Moose from Down Under

[@bobinmissouri]

way to go John this will sure help on plucking those chickens see ya on the next video brother

[@OurBucketListHasHoles]

It's also a great meat tenderizer while it's plucking lol. Extremely cool.

[@HillbillysNdaBush]

Looked like it worked great. I see a bigger heavy duty model in the future....lol maybe like 2 caps with a short piece of pvc, and the bolt extending through far enough to be supported on end away from drill to take the stress off the drill? just kicking around some ideas. Wish i could be there to help bro.

[@MsCorcorangirl]

Wow! That is so amazing. Very inventive. You are so clever. How many chickens did you process? You are right. Plucking chickens by hand is sucky.

[@miken0yii747]

That's a great idea. Maybe you can find a old electric motor to mount on a piece of plywood with that plucker. I'll have to remember that, simple, cheap and effective.

[@richarddowner4292]

I cna't wait to build my own... NICE SET UP YOU GOT THERE.. thanks.. thumbs up

[@lifeinthailand]

A little slow but better than doing it by hand like I do. Does a real nice job, Might have to give this a try.

[@richarddowner4292]

ya I agree very much... slow?? looks pretty fast to me...

[@lifeinthailand]

I found a nice unit for plucking chickens but its in China and the delivery cost is a little much, So I well have to make something like this. I am thinking a fixed motor, Not a drill.

[@richarddowner4292]

yes me to. I was thinking just the same. a fixed motor with a speed controller. or even have it hooked to a light dimmer switch for a speed control... this looks like it will work very well...

[@trevorfillmore698]

That worked great way better than by hand what if you cut a pice of plywood the same size as the opening of the cap with a hole saw and screwed it in would it help keep the other end from breaking?

[@bonniemilligan8491]

Great idea! That still takes a long time compared to dipping the chicken in boiling water for 60 seconds, then the feathers pluck like an over ripe berry.

[@this-Cowboys-Ride]

I built one of these last year. Works great.

[@alaskamike3577]

Outstanding job, thank you sir. I will be building one very soon.

[@MrOldclunker]

Your one good chicken plucking Dude there. We always used boiling water to scald the chickens. But if hot water works that is a new one to me. I will be giving this a try. Great video.

[@106pricey]

awesome project and great results!!!

[@patricksullivan4792]

Thank you for the video. EXCELLENT!!! God Bless.

[@J354CAO]

Nice one Bro... Thats a damn good idea and cheap too..

[@rm42749]

My grandmother could pluck, clean and cook a chicken faster than anyone. She had15 kids so she had to be fast. She lived in WV on a small farm. I sure do miss her.

[@okiejack5484]

Jnull0 I wish you were my neighbor. Great job I like all your vids.

[@talshaharfamily]

Way to go brother! Nicely done! That looks so awesome!

[@OldProudVeteran]

Great DIY job. saves time and money, the pluckers you can buy are costly. Thanks sir, stay safe, prepare

[@phillipjordanatd]

I appreciate your video I made one and used it a few days ago on some chickens figured I would buy some muscovy ducks did not work so hot.... had issues with the all thread stripping in the chuck ended up plucking by hand I still have 4 more ducks to dispatch and pluck thinking I will weld a bead down the all thread and hopefully hopefully it will solve my issues.

[@jnull0]

if it doesn't you could try grinding one side flat. That might help the chuck to grip it better. Good luck Phillip, I hope it works out for ya. J

[@phillipjordanatd]

ty i might try that 1st

[@DeathMadeTangible]

+jnull0 I live in NYC (backyard thankfully) and may be getting chickens in the near future. Always wondered how the hell to remove the feathers without individually plucking them. Awesome and informative video.

[@Cdngardengirl]

On the Planet Whizbang unit, they recommend frequent spraying with water to help the feathers come off faster and easier. I wonder if that would make your unit operate easier.

[@Rustaholic777]

I would suggest beefing up that PVC pipe cap by gluing in a short piece of 4" PVC pipe.I also would use at least 1/2" all-thread.

[@DVHomestead]

just found this particular video of yours! way cool! forwarded it to a friend of mine!

[@akashley]

Yep ! I’am making one TOMORROW.!!

[@floridadanrvman6528]

Hey John,thats cool as hell.saves time.sweet.thank you take care my friend

[@RubenFletcher]

I find that skinning them is just as fast if not faster. I don't eat the skin so it don't matter to me if I loose it. But your method, and the methods of other people using this design is cool. Cudos to you all.

[@chickenseat1942]

I made myself one of these and while it worked great I managed to get my fingers several good wacks with spinning rubber. Painful as heck! Luckly I had the drilled hole off center and the whole things spun off and fell apart before I lost all my fingers. Still a good idea. :-)

[@lisakukla459]

I was wondering about that. It does look awfully slappy. Youch!

[@roysaenz5738]

Great video... I'm going to make me one for sure !!! "and" nice FORD cap.

[@roadking6414]

Excellent brother thanks for the video

[@82300r]

PLUCKING CHICKENS SUCK! LOL... Glad it worked out. I will have to keep that in mind if the day ever comes here.

[@aaroneaton138]

Great job guys!

[@dirtpatcheaven]

Wow, I love it!

[@BBurt775]

I like it, and I like your channel too!

[@OurHalfAcreHomestead]

AWESOME Job Bro!!!!!

[@clmierau]

This is grrrrreat !!!! Nice job !

[@catjackoff-road855]

This is awesome gotta make one for plucking ducks thanks

[@wooderdsaunders6801]

Should you run the drill in foward or reverse to keep the nuts tight?

[@horsemomof5]

Just awesome!! Thanks so much!

[@andrewmilling7593]

Awesome. When my girls stop laying I know what to do now

[@bigsavings40]

That was awesome. Question did you video any of the cutting? I would like to see a video that shows the cutting such as leg quarters breast wing etc. Thanks for sharing

[@robinrosen4629]

That's pretty slick!

[@standingbear39]

Works well good job, thanks

[@swampratman2000]

that thing is plucking awsome

[@thethangswedo1]

Worked like a charm!

[@morbiduser88]

building that today. thanks for the info

[@bebebutterfield1]

That's a cool little contraption there John. To be honest with you, I'd pluck a few for fried chicken and skin the rest. ; o)

[@paulmayle5434]

Thanks J. I am def making one of these.

[@MrScwaty7]

thats awesome great job

[@norriewise9532]

Hi. Love this video. Was wondering what kind of gloves you are wearing to keep from getting your fingers hurt, while still being able to handle the soft chicken meat?

[@vicarous5084]

wow that works amazingly great... saves a shit load of time.... just hook plug the drill into a solar panel and there ya go...

[@timwallace907]

Cool video. Thanks a lot!

[@sweetheartsmom]

I wonder if you could run that all thread down through the bottom of a plastic trash can, put the drill down under pointing up and drop the chicken in?

[@ImASurvivorNThriver]

This is AWESOME bro! I'm gonna make one myself. Thanks for the thorough instruction on how to do it. Stay blessed. :-)

[@neldadusek6678]

Would the chicken plucker work to beat the tanned deer hides to make them soft.

[@MyDaddysgirl44]

Very Nice! Loved it. (funny comment inserted here) LOL TJ