Chicken Washer
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Just leave your boa at home, if the feathers are an issue.
oh it's a PLucking machine!
oh it's a PLucking machine!
mrb627
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Amuzing
I think I rode in one of those at Six Flags...LOL
I think I rode in one of those at Six Flags...LOL
spankomatic
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but where do all the feathers go?
Into a down pillow out the back?
Into a down pillow out the back?
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For chickens...
For chickens...
electroluxxxx
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wow it has been a really long time since I have been on here, seeing the improvements made on this site I think I might be hanging around for a while, but to get back on track all I can say is that I have seen this done before,
there are a few steps before this process and they are
Kill the chicken by beheading it
soak it in boiling water for about 30 seconds or more just to soften the skin,
and now for the gruesome part
stick the chicken in the plucker to strip it clean of all feathers.
the plucker contains numerous rubber fingers as you see in the tub and from what I hear you can purchase a kit with a high torque induction motor, base, housing, and rubber fingers all for around $300- $500, to buy a manufactured chicken plucker will cost you double that.
so because of the U.S. financial situation that many people are in most farmers usually buy a kit to save money.
there are a few steps before this process and they are
Kill the chicken by beheading it
soak it in boiling water for about 30 seconds or more just to soften the skin,
and now for the gruesome part
stick the chicken in the plucker to strip it clean of all feathers.
the plucker contains numerous rubber fingers as you see in the tub and from what I hear you can purchase a kit with a high torque induction motor, base, housing, and rubber fingers all for around $300- $500, to buy a manufactured chicken plucker will cost you double that.
so because of the U.S. financial situation that many people are in most farmers usually buy a kit to save money.
spiceman1957
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Sorry,
I couldn't watch the whole video. Which is why I don't work at a chicken processing plant. Can't you just hang up the chicken up and pull the feathers off after they have been scalded. My grandmother would also use a torch to get off all the pen feathers. Don't get my wrong, I'm not a wimp as I have helped my brothers skin deer and rabbits many times, but this seems weird unless you are doing a lot of chickens at one time.
John
I couldn't watch the whole video. Which is why I don't work at a chicken processing plant. Can't you just hang up the chicken up and pull the feathers off after they have been scalded. My grandmother would also use a torch to get off all the pen feathers. Don't get my wrong, I'm not a wimp as I have helped my brothers skin deer and rabbits many times, but this seems weird unless you are doing a lot of chickens at one time.
John
rpms
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I love the chicken washer so much, I made one of my own. I am doing a load right now.
turboace
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sorry guys
This machine is how its really done. the machine is called magic fingers. the rubber fingers pluck all the feathers out. I have been through one of our poultry processing plants and they are much bigger and there are a lot more dead chickens whizzing around on overhead conveyors, electrified kinves, etc. Everyone has to eat...
This machine is how its really done. the machine is called magic fingers. the rubber fingers pluck all the feathers out. I have been through one of our poultry processing plants and they are much bigger and there are a lot more dead chickens whizzing around on overhead conveyors, electrified kinves, etc. Everyone has to eat...
randycmaynard
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Too far out.......
I was around two farms growing up and raising chickens for food was routine life - the birds I saw prepared met their doom with my grandfather's hatchet and grandmother did the plucking, cleaning and cooking. Best fried chicken and chicken and dumplings I ever had and probably one of the reasons that I fought and am fighting an ongoing battle of the bluge.... weight that is.
At any rate, this is rather nasty if I may say so - can't imagine a backyard poultry set up like that is anywhere near being clean. The blood bucket beside the plucker - what about cleaning the thing after each use but it is an interesting use for a washer. Yuck!
I was around two farms growing up and raising chickens for food was routine life - the birds I saw prepared met their doom with my grandfather's hatchet and grandmother did the plucking, cleaning and cooking. Best fried chicken and chicken and dumplings I ever had and probably one of the reasons that I fought and am fighting an ongoing battle of the bluge.... weight that is.
At any rate, this is rather nasty if I may say so - can't imagine a backyard poultry set up like that is anywhere near being clean. The blood bucket beside the plucker - what about cleaning the thing after each use but it is an interesting use for a washer. Yuck!
