Poultry Plucker Bags Up Feathers

Poultry Plucker Bags Up Feathers LIVESTOCK Rod Whitehead makes plucking ducks and other game birds easy At half the price of most commercial pluckers his Easy Pluck is ideal for hunting shacks or backyard chicken producers It mounts inside a 55-gal plastic barrel “When I was in high school I worked at a game preserve and would pluck up to 100 ducks a night There was always a mess to clean up ” recalls Whitehead “I designed the Easy Pluck so the barrel would catch all the feathers ” He keeps costs down by driving his plucker with a 3/8-in power drill The user also provides 2 55-gal plastic barrels The Easy Pluck mounts in an opening cut in a topless barrel That barrel sits topless side down over a second topless barrel   “When you’re setting up just put a garbage bag inside and over the lip of the bottom barrel and set the barrel with the plucker over it ” explains Whitehead “The higher barrel lets you pluck the feathers off birds without bending over When you’re finished just remove the top barrel close up the bag and remove it ” The Easy Pluck consists of a 9-in dia plucking drum with 28 fingers bearing blocks hardware and a mounting fixture for attaching the plucker Also enclosed is a template for cutting the correct opening in a drum and a short bungee cord for securing the power drill The Easy Pluck CP Kit has longer flexible fingers that won’t tear the skin on thinner-skinned game birds like pheasant quail and ruffed grouse Its driveshaft can accommodate an electric motor as well as the power drill You can see a video of the Easy Pluck at www farmshow com   Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Easy Pluck 3972 Myszka Lane Phelps Wis 54554 ph 877 577-2279; www pluckwitheasypluck com

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