Build Yourself A Poultry Plucker

Build Yourself A Poultry Plucker LIVESTOCK Poultry 6-4-33 Mechanical poultry and waterfowl pluckers have been available "factory made" for quite a while in various styles, but this is the first one we've seen that can be put together from a kit. Compared to complete "factory made" pluckers which cost about three times as much, the new North Sports Plucker Kit sells for right at $100. For plucking only ducks or geese, a simpler plucker head costing $35 can be mounted on your own electric motor. The North Sports goose plucker head has short ribbed fingers that pick the feathers from a dry bird. Besides the separate head, the company offers a motorized unit for $89, and DC unit for $120 that will run off an automobile battery. A refinement of the waterfowl plucker is the chicken plucker kit which contains plucker head, mandrel, and 2-step pulley for $89.50, plus shipping. Replacement fingers for either unit are available at $1 each. For more information, contact: FARM SHOW Followup, North Sports, Rt. 2, Box 2060, Hayward, Wis.

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