Washing Machine Drum turned into a Chicken Plucker | DIY | $100 Project

[@WoltermanHomestead]

We answered a lot of questions in this video. You're also able to watch it run. We've had this plucker for 2 years now and have run close to 200 birds through it. It's worked great! kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHrKq2avrpVgf68

[@thefrenchgardener1865]

Great job....very innovative. It seems to have more rubber fingers than even the most expensive pluckers on the market. Super job. You ought to be VERY proud of your accomplishment.

[@moodydubs]

So does it work well? Is it annoying when it gets clogged with feathers? Or is it easy to clean out while processing. Great video I'm starting my washer convert soon!

[@azaleaacres]

My only concern is water plus electricity. Can’t wait to see it in action.

[@WoltermanHomestead]

Azalea Acres Thanks for your concern. We cover the electrical parts when we use any water. Should’ve mentioned that! We’ll be sure to talk about it in the harvest video when it’s running. 😄

[@conradhomestead4518]

Good point.

[@jm-handyman7878]

That's a chicken dizzy machine I guess but you gave me some ideas, thanks for the video!👍🏼

[@traciesuzanne6501]

Watching Dylan create this was really cool! The kids have fun being a part of the process and it helps them understand how it all comes together in the "harvesting"....the circle of life again!

[@rogers3142]

I have seen folks use the rubber bungies cut down and used as the chicken defeatherer. Just another diy or alternative. Great job folks.

[@WoltermanHomestead]

Oh, that's an interesting idea! Thanks for sharing the tip and watching! Take care!

[@Citystead]

Very nice I have seen a few of these home made pluckers and they really impress

[@conradhomestead4518]

I need that ! Like 4 yesterdays ago. “You got a washer “ 😂. Thanks soo much for sharing this information!

[@DonathOutdoors]

Helpful video guys thanks for posting.

[@SouthernBlessedHomestead]

Great video, cant wait to see the video of yall using it. Those kids are great helpers.

[@davidhilt9527]

Nice work y’all!

[@HerEcolife]

I'm curious to see it in action. My plucker only has the bottom that turns compared to yours that the whole things turns.

[@MontysnMotion]

Cool diy, fun to see you using it. I haven't had meat chickens in so long. Wish we had the space for them.

[@ASimpleLifewithChrisTara]

Oh my goodness...this is awesome. AND FREE >>>WOW.. great video guys. ant wait to see you all use it. Such good helpers you have :)

[@MBHeritageFarms]

Thanks for sharing this!!

[@SmokyMountainBlessed]

Very inventive

[@johnarneson1947]

Lol she said no you got a washer.

[@OzarkMountainGoats]

Nice job! The kids were helping out for sure! :-)

[@homesteadingwithsadie]

ok,, that is pretty nifty how you made that , lol hopefully it works well

[@winginitwithirishcolleen6692]

Wow, really cool guys, such an awesome up-cycle idea!!! 🇺🇸💚

[@bloominginplace4791]

wonderful Idea.

[@MegaTattoo69]

I think she should be the narrator and the dude should be the camera guy 🤣🤣🤣🤣but thanks for making this video I had the same idea but just didn't know if it would work because I looked for chicken plucker and they're $400 and up and I'm like man I'm not going to eat that many chickens in a couple of years! So thanks for making this video and showing me that it can be done much cheaper...

[@jonbertjustesen510]

only the bottom should rotate the sides should be stationery

[@jennydavewhitney3746]

hi did it work o.k.without spinning base plate.torquay dave

[@WoltermanHomestead]

There’s another video of the actual process it’s pinned in the comments and on our channel. Dylan said he’d use his hand like a brake. Over all for the money, this plucker has worked well. We’ve run around 200 birds through it, if not more. We had to pluck some feathers here and there. We’ve used it up until this year.

[@rebelstudio2720]

Did you replace that switch with a dimmer switch. Adjust the speed better that away.

[@LittlePieceofHeavenFarm]

Awesome idea!

[@WoltermanHomestead]

Little Piece of Heaven Farm Thank you!

[@andrewright6507]

Hey when the water is coming out would it be any problems with the power supply?

[@michaelvann3850]

Can you share with me how I would wire it up to a switch?

[@brianseeney1364]

FYI... That came from a Whirlpool washer, not a Speed Queen.

[@BrandonSBaker]

I have a functioning washer out in the shed I have been threatening to make a salad spinner out of! Did it perform the way you wanted it to???

[@WoltermanHomestead]

Yes! It worked so well!! You definitely need to make sure you have enough plucker fingers. We added more for the second round of birds we did. Highly recommend it.

[@BrandonSBaker]

@@WoltermanHomestead awesome

[@NTMDTR205605]

you should build a cheap cardboard box to set the whole thing down jnto to protect littke fingers

[@WoltermanHomestead]

Are you meaning when the drum was off and Dylan was drilling holes? The outer rubber against the gravel?

[@MegaTattoo69]

Would have liked to have seen you use it...

[@WoltermanHomestead]

There’s a whole other video, where it’s being used with a butchered chicken.

[@slappyd7388]

Slap a rheostat on that to control the speed.

[@conradhomestead4518]

Here’s a second 👍

[@curtisbragg]

switch your white and black wire. it will spin the other way

[@skhassanali3141]

Sir any rubber requirement..only chicken finger rubber

[@janetwalker3609]

Can I get those fingers to buy

[@WoltermanHomestead]

They're available on Amazon. www.amazon.com/shop/woltermanhomestead/list/3BBH80W1XDXYA?tag=onamzmeag0c6d-20&ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d

[@GatheringJacob]

Gotta show it pluck a chicken! Prove your concept. Just cuz it turns on doesn’t mean it can do a good job at plucking chickens.

[@WoltermanHomestead]

We have. There are other videos on our channel.

[@claybornlewis276]

Well I'm figuring you didn't put a chicken in there because the things going to start wobbling so bad it's going to fall over that thing will never work for the chicken in it you have to stabilize it a lot better than that you know it

[@Dddddxx901]

That would just spin your chicken

[@WoltermanHomestead]

We didn’t let it go completely. Dylan held the chicken and turned it in his hand as the washer spun. This machine isn’t built like the name brand pluckers with the spinning base.

[@scottcroft86]

Not gonna work if the whole thing spins lol

[@WoltermanHomestead]

It actually works great we’ve put over a hundred birds through it at this point.