Ultimate DIY Chicken Plucker

Thank you ‪@SouthernEngineering‬ for pioneering this design!
Full build video with all steps and part list: • How to Make the Ultima...
Here is an overview of the design. I will have a longer video coming in a week or two that has more detail on the build process as well as a complete part list down to the last nut, bolt, and pop rivet.
Features:
- single on/off switch operates rinse ring & motor
- two hose accessory hookups
- quick connect hose fittings
- 10’ hose with spray nozzle
- large wheels for easy mobility
- 30’ power cord
- 1 hp farm duty 1800 rpm motor
- all metal construction
- super durable polyethylene barrel
- thick aluminum feather plate
- fully painted chassis and manifold
- tensioned metal frame tube secures barrel with authority
- stainless steel fasteners and aluminum pop rivets
- best ergonomics of any plucker I’ve used/studied
- very easy to clean
After looking at commercially available units, and having used one last year, it became clear that there is room to build a better plucker. The features, mobility, and lightning fast set up as well as super short clean up time is what sets this apart from other designs. So far it worked brilliantly on pheasant. This year I will try it on quail, duck, chicken, goose, and turkey. Cheers!
#wiltziusplucker

[@elricofarmer1561]

This Plucker is better than any $1500+ unit on the market, by far. Great Job 👏🏽 Thank you for the list of items and NOT spending 10 minutes talking at the beginning of the video and sharing random thoughts about nothing. Also, thanks for NOT blasting loud music while filming! This was a Great quality video, too.

[@Vistavoth]

I've been watching a bunch of DIY chicken pluckers and I must say that this is the best one.

[@robbert4022]

Dude.. good job! And I really appreciate (not many care) the fact that you cut the neck on the bird neatly, instead of just chopping his head off. Not many people do that

[@samuelwiltzius]

Thanks! My wife is the poultry researcher while I am infrastructure… she is very concerned with humane treatment and also explained to me the importance of keeping the spinal cord in tact for feather release. So far it seems she is spot on and things have gone well.

[@omaral-halabiah2851]

​@@samuelwiltzius هذه الطريقة في الذبح يستخمها المسلمون, مضاف عليها ذكر اسم الله

[@izwandyibrahim488]

hey bro,i agree the neck is neatly, same method as halal process..

[@michaelwescott8064]

Why does it matter?

[@SouthernEngineering]

Outstanding work; there is no greater compliment. Thanks for sharing. P.s. I have not disappeared, but I have been very ill; the doc says I can get back to work as much as I can tolerate. Once again, you have done an excellent job; you should be very proud.

[@samuelwiltzius]

Thanks! Glad to here you are still around. This design is proving it’s worth - 6 times this year with duck, goose, pheasant, chicken, and turkey. You nailed the design - grateful to have such a great starting point for my build! 🙏

[@Bobcagon]

@@samuelwiltzius Nice work. Have a question about number of fingers you used. Southern Engineering used 152 but you seem to follow the Whizbang plans on that one and they used 125. Did you have any problems with the fingers NOT doing a good job? S.E. says he used 3/16 plate but the .125 says he used 1/8. What did you use?

[@samuelwiltzius]

@@Bobcagon thanks! I had great luck with chicken and pheasant with the wiz bang finger layout… but geese and turkey took longer (50-75% more spin) so I added more fingers after looking at commercial plucker finger layout and also increased the speed to 315 rpm - I feel this has optimized the plucker and there are no more gains to be had. The feather plate is from chickenpluckerparts.com and is .190" 5052-H32 Aluminum

[@robertgraveline6108]

Where can I get a PDF? And how much would it be?

[@SouthernEngineering]

@@robertgraveline6108 Sorry, but I never made a PDF. The videos are the instruction.

[@dirtyrotter4057]

One of the best I've seen. Great job.

[@michaelward9880]

Brilliant! Great craftsmanship!

[@allenandrew3938]

Excellent build!

[@mossygreenlog]

World class! Very nice job!

[@hugh_hancock]

Very well done! Enjoyed the video!

[@samuelwiltzius]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@garycoll4151]

This is a very nice machine, might have to upgrade my old drum plucker

[@kylebrown3734]

Great build!

[@aaronheid]

the amount of time you put into that was impressive.

[@muhammadsiddique2905]

you ve strong technical knowledge and good tools . its realy good

[@misterpabo]

Wow so beautiful plucker

[@lazizehouari2935]

Excellent travail bravo

[@juanalbertosebastiansalina2027]

A great invent of you. You must do chicken plucker in series man. You would become rich!

[@stevesoutdoorworld4340]

Very Nice PRO Build!😁

[@webstermalebye249]

Great job Mr Wiltzius🤝

[@scottsnodgrass4361]

First off, Kudo’s for giving Southern Engineering his credit. He did a great job but he’s kind if disappeared. You really stepped it up and I can’t wait to get your parts list and see your more detailed video. Most Excellent Job! Two challenges for you: One, we need a scalder and two, I want to build a honey extractor which could likely be built similar to this plucker. Thanks!

[@samuelwiltzius]

Not sure on the honey extractor - I have bees (build my own frames and boxes) my extractor is second hand and all stainless steel - probably better to buy that and DIY add a motor. The plucker I built was expensive (see end of long video I posted) but scalder was cheap. I briefly talk about the scalder in a video showing how my wife and I process birds, I’ll find a link for that. A scalder is just a barrel/pot of some type, 2000W hot water element, 10 gauge extension cord, water heater lower thermostat (residential goes to 150, commercial hotter but more money) and 1" FPT Bulkhead Water Tank Connector Stainless Steel Thru-bulk Fitting (Amazon.com name). A hole saw and a few pop rivets and it’s built.

[@samuelwiltzius]

The Best DIY Chicken Plucker and Scalder - How We Process Chickens kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3-ll2CpeLuHibc

[@samuelwiltzius]

Correction: lower thermostat for water heater (only has two leads)

[@scottsnodgrass4361]

@@samuelwiltzius Thanks! Did you just mig weld the galvanized conduit?

[@samuelwiltzius]

@@scottsnodgrass4361 Yes… It was tricky at first and the welds won’t win any beauty contests - I’m not at all an authority on welding. I did try to remove the galvanize and weld in a well ventilate area at least.

[@faycelfeham2280]

Very very very nice good job

[@lostmoose7352]

A real masterpiece of engeneering & craftsmanship ! And all built in just 16 minutes ! ;-)

[@SolarCookingGermany]

Wow, that worked really good 👍

[@Amazighi-NJ]

great idea. great video

[@JohnThomas-gj2zg]

You did a very good job making it .....

[@ig8ltd]

Great work dude

[@hectorhugoariasvasquez8632]

Excelente. Muchas gracias por compartir

[@d.j.robinson9424]

Wow, that is impressive ! I would buy one. 👍👍💚🐔🐔🐔

[@oscarsaad9758]

No hablo inglés pero la verdad te felicito por lo que insiste para pelar pollos me gustaría tener uno de esos soy de Argentina y vivo en Boston Massachussets el trabajo es excelente te mando saludos para toda la familia bendiciones

[@Alhusam]

Perfect Machine.

[@504carl]

Nice work 👏

[@robertphillips7183]

Great job!!!!

[@oppapingpong]

Cool 👍👍 great job, my friend.

[@benm6126]

It is a clever and good idea ,imagine you sell it how match it cost /message from morroco

[@domingocasinillo6256]

Very nice idea sir .,thank u for sharing .,.,

[@dandanmacalipsay8934]

That design isthe best Sr 👌

[@bossjrfarmtv4742]

Wow very nice work.Done with you Idols with full support

[@amirbenjamin7515]

Yeah i'd definitely buy one from ya!

[@sinarenesapartmentstead1802]

I really like how it turned out.

[@samuelwiltzius]

Thanks! It’s been working great and the quick set up is nice for doing 12-15 birds every other week or so in the summer.

[@sinarenesapartmentstead1802]

@@samuelwiltzius excellent I have this content saved Thank you ☺️

[@denisesclamado3035]

That's great idea..Good job sir thank you for sharing godbless you always 🙏

[@arturonicodemo1098]

e possibile aquistarla

[@randomloverboy]

This is great!

[@mistertravelandtours5009]

Outstanding

[@chotuusian4127]

Good work

[@batkoianko]

Masterpiece!

[@josephacuna8389]

Nice work brotha good job

[@dahriadie5126]

Good pratice...awesome

[@derpe6538]

De France, bravos . Good job. 👏👏👏👏👏 .

[@soccer_game17]

Good job. With hot water it s great

[@thepitpatrol]

That is am amazing job!

[@rupakamat8899]

Waooo ❤ very nice I am so impressed

[@micahthompson3762]

That was cool. Good job on the build.

[@kelvintran3433]

Good invention 😮

[@tayoroghyslainalloka7163]

Good evening, my name is Ghyslain and I admit that your way of working impresses me. I would like to learn how to make this machine. I live in Ivory Coast. Do you give lessons?

[@alexanderburgos4731]

Very impressive

[@samuelbarbosa646]

Magnífico

[@alahmedykarim3378]

Nice job

[@melvinchavarria1823]

Q hermosura de creación

[@antonsyvokin625]

good job

[@globalbusinessmachines3122]

That's not diy, it has met the factory quality.

[@rodjosenico6882]

This idea in used over 100 years, I saw this very old technology 35 years ago

[@samuelwiltzius]

Good ideas never grow old!

[@rongpichannelumpanai8173]

Good job nice Shering Sir ❤💐👍👍👍👍

[@anugrahtehnik4566]

Karyamu memang joz mas broo ....

[@hungtran4132]

Good man = good job

[@robertatablang8768]

Excellent 👍

[@andrewjenkins6996]

Fantastic job. I’ve watched the SE video when he designed it. You made that look much easier than it really is! Would you entertain making another and selling it?

[@samuelwiltzius]

undecided... The cost ran close to $900 for parts alone. This was fine more us since I provided the labor, enjoy making stuff, and we really wanted extra features and portability not found elsewhere. Unfortunately, I think my labor costs would make the price a bit too much. Thanks for asking though!

[@andrewjenkins6996]

@@samuelwiltzius I’m sure. I’d rather pay that plus your time and a mark up for profit for something this well built that buy two $500 commercial made junk pluckers online. Good ones are hard to fine so I understand it’s gotta be worth it for you. Let me know what that is and let me know! I’m interested!

[@samuelwiltzius]

@@andrewjenkins6996 The unsatisfying answer is I simply don't have time and I have not streamlined the processes or mastered the skills enough to produce a product that is worthy of the price I'd have to charge in order to pay myself fairly for the time invested in making it.

[@marceloacyli9188]

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[@alexandergrigoriev8503]

Шикарная перосъемка! Похоже, у парня титановые руки (не люблю золото))) Стоит посмотреть и другие его самоделки...

[@ericmerkkey6641]

Great video. I like the sped up type videos. The pulleys... what sizes did you go with and where did you get them?

[@samuelwiltzius]

Thanks. I’m using a 2.45” and 14” pulley for 315rpm feather plate speed. Found on Amazon.

[@jackdotzman2908]

You did a heck of a job of designing your plucker, heck of a build and your editing skills are magnificent. Hell of a job Rodney. Thourghly enjoyed watching you put this all together. Thank you. We’re from Missouri.

[@briconajib4584]

Bonjour mon ami 👍 merci beaucoup pour le partage de cette belle vidéo intéressante, merci pour l'explication 💐 je suis très content de vous 👍 et je suis nouveau abonnés sur votre chaîne, salutations d'amitié 🙏🙋☕🍫🐓🤝🖐️

[@user-fv1gi8kf2m]

Молодец парень! Рукастый.

[@user-hg7nk7ui9n]

GOOD JOB>>>>

[@gregbusick8833]

I really like this design. I just watched Southern Engineering before finding you. Can you provide dimensions of the critical components please? The rotating plate diameter and hole pattern, the barrel hole pattern, rotating shaft dimensions. Thank you.

[@samuelwiltzius]

Thanks, I made a longer video with all the descriptions of all the parts and a more in depth build process here kzbin.info/www/bejne/narVoWV8n7uqnbs

[@stevensianga1847]

i need the book where can i find it

[@argumentbk]

great idea. it's time to make a patent. 👍👍👍

[@AmericanDrinker]

Someone didn't watch the entire video

[@omaral-halabiah2851]

فعلاً مبدع

[@originalowenrand3209]

Awesome.....

[@noujaiyang1513]

I’m actually impressive. That’s was fast.

[@PERSISTENTxMF]

Perfect

[@abdenbielmakhoukhi6757]

you are a genius🎉🎉🎉😮

[@tylercoleman3771]

I apologize if it is posted somewhere but I haven't seen it. Do you happen to have a parts list for this build? I'm hoping to make one myself this year.

[@samuelwiltzius]

link to a longer video in the description - end of that video has a parts list.

[@robertovieira8232]

Aqui é Roberto Vieira, Bahia, Brasil gostei muito, nota 10.

[@curhatidola59]

Mantap, Anda orang kreatip dan jenius

[@informateprimero.7994]

Excelente 😮

[@KaagapayMarintv]

watchine from Hong Kong, Nice one.

[@danielsingh8688]

perfect budi...👍👍

[@PLANETA_CURIOSO_360]

works well 🤠

[@CesarAugustoHernandezEcheverri]

Lo felicito!!

[@christophernaning2874]

Owesome.

[@dfghbxrz.-_]

ما هذا يا رجل إنه عمل رائع ❤❤❤

[@shamsuddinnadadal2543]

Super jab sir

[@user-st6yv3tg4d]

КЛАСС Руки с головой дружат ! ! !

[@mirzamoinahmad6283]

Good very nice 👍😊🙂

[@argievillagracia7020]

Good job idol

[@JoseCarlos-dj9hn]

Gostei do projeto perfeito

[@barryhubert8433]

worked perfect you could sell those !!

[@batabole9321]

prelepon samo da je motor bolje zasticen od vode

[@spineguy1553]

Wait, the bird has to be dead prior to putting them ?

[@samuelwiltzius]

Yup... dead and scalded prior to plucking.

[@zaheerbeg4810]

Can you check the price of Plücker in market and you have made now ?But you did it perfect

[@fernandocarapeto7429]

Olá qual a rotaçao do seu motor e quantas rpm tem no disco de dedos . Obrigado

[@user-rg1qi3hq8p]

Bravo numero 1

[@svcmachine4756]

굿! 아주 좋아!!!!! ㅎㅎ

[@savageturk569]

Maybe a different question, I know that dipping the chicken in a hot water make it much easier to pluck the feathers, but is it also possible to do on cold water? Have you tried that?

[@samuelwiltzius]

It isn’t. When doing waterfowl I first spin them in plucker under cold water for 5-8 seconds before scalding so it roughs up the feathers and oils. Once I forgot and kept spinning - those feathers stayed put!

[@savageturk569]

@@samuelwiltzius so it seems it won’t pluck then...🥲 The idea of hot bath I just didn't like it, that's the reason that I asked.