The same model of plucker we have is available through Amazon, for those who want to learn more. Check it out on our Amazon store page: Amazon.com/shop/livingtraditionshomestead
OMG!!! When you turned it off after 20 seconds and they were clean....all 3....I couldn't believe how easy....I recall years ago when I had to pluck by hand, it would take several minutes just for 1 chook. I gotta get one when we get on our property!!! I love it. My dad used to have one that went on the back wheel of the car 40 years ago when he went duck shooting....but I was just a lad and never saw it in action. Thanks for sharing. 😆
We love our plucker! I never get tired of watching it work. It turns 15 minutes of work into 15 seconds! And no sore hands. Like you, we plucked by hand only ONCE. After that day (that ended at 10 pm), the plucker was an easy purchase. We even rent it out to local backyard chicken growers.
Awesome piece of homestead machinery! What a time-saver, sure beats scalding and plucking....I always disliked that job on the farm. Grandma did geese and she saved all the down. As each of the grandkids married we were gifted with a beautiful set of down filled pillows for a wedding gift. Be blessed.... :)
My husband and one of his friends built us a plucker and I LOVE IT!!! You may have a few pin feathers left, but as you say, it sure beats doing it by hand!! Funny thing was when I posted it on a Facebook site someone actually ask me if the chicken was dead first. DUH!!! I always tell people that our chickens have a great life and we love them. But, they are for a purpose. When it comes time for them to go to "freezer camp" it is done humanely and they do not suffer. Thank you for sharing.
@@PrestigeLoft Wringing their necks and cleaning them was the only downside to my grannys fried chicken. She fried in pig lard rendered on the farm! We had chickens for eggs mostly because killing and dressing was such a task.
@@LivingTraditionsHomestead I grew up with ducks, geese, chickens, goat, cow, sheep and a whole lot of fruit bearing trees and vegetables. Some of these meats are so expensive in the food stores now. If I had the land I would farm if only on a small scale for personal consumption. I love your farm and how U provide for your family. It's not for the faint of heart, but so very rewarding. Love it!
My goodness Sarah you are so right. We moved here to Missouri and started our own homestead and since we haven't bought a tractor this is the best investment we made so far. It shortens the process so much! Used your trick with shade cloth wow. I don't think we would have made it down here without your videos. I search the videos before each project and it makes it less scary to try things. Thank you so much for all your hard work.
Now the USA is not sending chickens to China to be hand plucked. But give the Democrats some more power, and Americans will be getting paid $2 per day to pluck chickens.
I must agree with Kevin that the tractor is the best, most used tool, we use our Kubota with the mower deck and the front loader a lot, our plucker just a few times a year, but then it safes a lot of time, 3 or 4 Cornish hens in about 30 seconds, perfectly clean. Instead of holding the hose you can just hook it up to the hose connector on the side of the plucker, on the inside there's a sprayer hose under the rim. We have a different model, where I can put a bucket in which I drilled a lot of 1/8" or so holes in the bottom, tightly under the "exhaust" , which catches almost all feathers.
My wife and I purchased a Chicken Plucker about seven years ago. This thing ended our plucking Chickens by hand. Great little machine. Our Chicken plucker will handle six or seven chickens at a time. Worth the money.
This plucker is great. I grew up on a farm maybe we were homesteading back then and didn't know it. We did the plucking by hand. This would have been great. Love watching your videos. I have been for awhile. Our garden was a whole field, and no ground cloth on the field. We had to haul water on a wagon and pull all the weeds by hand, not fun. The garden was so big as we were feeding 4 families. We had livestock as well, cows, pigs,chickens, ducks, geese,and bulls. We butchered as well. It was a hard life but I wouldn't have had it any other way. I am 69 now and glad I am not on the farm. My health is not good, I would not be able to do it anymore. Glad you are doing it and love watching your videos. God bless and stay safe in this time. Hugs to all.
Great way ta harvest goose feathers then huh sarah..that is a cool rig. Make the pillows n mattresses like days of ole but ta see how little feathers really are and how much they needed for to make them! Lots of work our fore father and mothers did. Hava gd day honey! Enjoy those lovley birds songs and sunshine
Thank you so much for making this video and not showing the actual slaughter its a necessary part of eating meat but can be very upsetting and disturbing and the way you did this video just felt very respectful to both the animal and me your viewer! Thank you so much!
Thanks for the demonstration. This and gutting are the two least pleasant part for us. The turkey bits of wisdom and experience is encouraging for us to try. Thanks. God bless you for sharing so WELL all that you do. You are not too talkative, yet enough for thoroughly teaching. Thanks again.
Wow, my grandmother sure would have loved that. Grandma was a poultry farmer. Fond memories of helping Grandma prepping chicken for the best chicken and bisquits I have ever eaten. I will never forget her in the corner of the shed over a cauldron of boiling water. Chicken on a chain lowered then pulled up. Next was all feathers and elbows. Man could that women pluck a chicken. Our job was to pop the pin feather
I have seen that you can also the plucker for quail if you want to leave the skin on. In my area there is 1 place that will rent there pucker or there hole set up.
Ive only had chickens for eggs in the past..my son daughter in law n myself dont like the thought of butchering..but im gonna watch more of your videos n think i will b ready in no time
That plucker is plucking awesome!!! Great job... would love to have a farm to have to buy that plucker! I live my homestead dream through you guys, I really do! Hugs, Tammy from Mesa, AZ
I remember my Mom doing this by hand, ringing its neck and so on. Seeing it flop on the ground was kind of shocking at first. You never forget that smell as she scalded then plucked its feathers. We got to help pluck them I think. Mom also raised rabbits but had a huge garden she put up every year. I don't know what we would have done without the food she put up, canned and froze. Always enjoy your channel and now going back to see some older videos I haven't seen.
I have checked out Tractor Supply, Amazon and Ebay...all about close in price...we will be investing in one once we have chicks to raise up and butcher..
I always appreciate your videos so much. You cover a lot of topics on the homestead I'm interested in. I'd love to see more cooking and food preservation videos if at all possible. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge
so glad I found this video, I had almost given up on butchering my own as the plucking has become more difficult as arthritis has robbed my hands of the ability to do too much detail. The next stage of processing will take time, but time is allowed for that stage more so than the scalding and plucking. Keep up your great video work, you teach this old dog new tricks regularly!
I have a plucker as well and agree totally on a great investment against your time and sore hands from plucking out feathers. I found I got a better success with my ducks with a hotter temperature and twice as much dish liquid to break down the oils on the feathers.
Omg! I was not expecting what I just saw happen😲. As a child I couldn't eat chicken for days after helping my grandma and grandpa hand pluck them.😝 Never knew about these even in these times🤔. (Not sure how long the pluckers have been around) Nice job demonstrating and explaining Sarah👍Until your next video...God Bless you so much 💖
THANKS FOR THE GREAT INFO AND REVIEW ON YOUR CHICKEN PLUCKER I WILL SHARE THIS WITH A LOT OF MY FRIENDS AND WHEN I AM ABLE TO AND CAN HAVE A PLACE AND AFFORD ONE I PLAN TO AS WELL. THANKS AND HAVE A GREAT AND BLESSED DAY :-)
Thank you for sharing your life with us! I love your videos, I have learned so much. A plucker is my next investment! Right now I can process 3 chickens before my arthritis says no more. Then its a few days before I can get back at it. This will help immensely!
If you put just a bit of dish detergent in your scalding water then dunk them in cold water before you put them in your plucker it will work better by hand or with a plucker
I built my own. Plenty of vids on here that show how. If ya can find a 3/4 hp 1750rpm motor you can build this for a couple hundred. They are time savers,three of us did 40 cornish cross in less than two hours and that was ready to be bagged.
I have seen chicken pluckers before, but that is the first time I ever saw one in action.. that is amazing how fast it is.. If you do more than say a dozen chickens a year, that would sure be worth the investment..
I usually take mine to get them processed cause we tried ourselves the first year and it just was a big hassle. This would be great! Thank you for sharing!
Sarah, Small hands? Surely the gloves are available in different sizes? If not, perhaps a pair of plain old cotton jersey gloves inside department store dish washing gloves would allow dexterity along with protection from heat and water? It worked for me on paint prep. with a high pressure "steam cleaner." The wand got really hot after the thermal grips wore down.
It is either the Popsport mfg or the Rite farm plucker. They look xactly the same to me. The Yardbird is more portable but I think I like the Ritefarm version.
I wish you would have shown how to clean the insides of them too. Do you have a video that shows that? We do chickens every year and take them in to have them butchered and cleaned. It sure would be nice to do it ourselves. Thanks always great info on your videos
The same model of plucker we have is available through Amazon, for those who want to learn more. Check it out on our Amazon store page: Amazon.com/shop/livingtraditionshomestead
I'm definitely buying for Spring.
Thx I was wondering what model you used and if the EZ was worth $500
OMG!!! When you turned it off after 20 seconds and they were clean....all 3....I couldn't believe how easy....I recall years ago when I had to pluck by hand, it would take several minutes just for 1 chook. I gotta get one when we get on our property!!! I love it. My dad used to have one that went on the back wheel of the car 40 years ago when he went duck shooting....but I was just a lad and never saw it in action. Thanks for sharing. 😆
Do you ever rent your plucker out? I live in Ava, and need to find a way to pluck 50 chickens in a few weeks.
What brand scalder??
My son has a farm in Mississippi and he built his plucker and he agrees…best item for the farm next to the tractor 🚜 your chickens are AWSOME!
We love our plucker! I never get tired of watching it work. It turns 15 minutes of work into 15 seconds! And no sore hands. Like you, we plucked by hand only ONCE. After that day (that ended at 10 pm), the plucker was an easy purchase. We even rent it out to local backyard chicken growers.
Awesome piece of homestead machinery! What a time-saver, sure beats scalding and plucking....I always disliked that job on the farm. Grandma did geese and she saved all the down. As each of the grandkids married we were gifted with a beautiful set of down filled pillows for a wedding gift. Be blessed.... :)
WOW!!! I looooove feather pillows. Do you know how she sanitized the feathers??
My husband and one of his friends built us a plucker and I LOVE IT!!! You may have a few pin feathers left, but as you say, it sure beats doing it by hand!! Funny thing was when I posted it on a Facebook site someone actually ask me if the chicken was dead first. DUH!!! I always tell people that our chickens have a great life and we love them. But, they are for a purpose. When it comes time for them to go to "freezer camp" it is done humanely and they do not suffer. Thank you for sharing.
Exactly! We want all of our animals to have a great life but we are raising them for food.
ofcourse they suffer, having your head chopped off sure isn't a delight, its painful
Freezer Camp! That's hysterical, made me laugh out loud!
@@PrestigeLoft Wringing their necks and cleaning them was the only downside to my grannys fried chicken. She fried in pig lard rendered on the farm! We had chickens for eggs mostly because killing and dressing was such a task.
@@LivingTraditionsHomestead I grew up with ducks, geese, chickens, goat, cow, sheep and a whole lot of fruit bearing trees and vegetables. Some of these meats are so expensive in the food stores now. If I had the land I would farm if only on a small scale for personal consumption. I love your farm and how U provide for your family. It's not for the faint of heart, but so very rewarding. Love it!
My goodness Sarah you are so right. We moved here to Missouri and started our own homestead and since we haven't bought a tractor this is the best investment we made so far. It shortens the process so much! Used your trick with shade cloth wow. I don't think we would have made it down here without your videos. I search the videos before each project and it makes it less scary to try things. Thank you so much for all your hard work.
Thank you, Sarah, for the 'plucker' demonstration. The machine looks to be an excellent investment. God Bless You All
Awesome. Never knew one of those things existed.
Getting easy to find for sure tractor supply and Amazon plus bird specialty businesses
Now the USA is not sending chickens to China to be hand plucked. But give the Democrats some more power, and Americans will be getting paid $2 per day to pluck chickens.
I must agree with Kevin that the tractor is the best, most used tool, we use our Kubota with the mower deck and the front loader a lot, our plucker just a few times a year, but then it safes a lot of time, 3 or 4 Cornish hens in about 30 seconds, perfectly clean. Instead of holding the hose you can just hook it up to the hose connector on the side of the plucker, on the inside there's a sprayer hose under the rim. We have a different model, where I can put a bucket in which I drilled a lot of 1/8" or so holes in the bottom, tightly under the "exhaust" , which catches almost all feathers.
My wife and I purchased a Chicken Plucker about seven years ago. This thing ended our plucking Chickens by hand. Great little machine. Our Chicken plucker will handle six or seven chickens at a time. Worth the money.
Wow! What an incredible machine! Thanks for actually showing it in action. I didn’t have a clue how they worked. Another great video.
This plucker is great. I grew up on a farm maybe we were homesteading back then and didn't know it. We did the plucking by hand. This would have been great. Love watching your videos. I have been for awhile. Our garden was a whole field, and no ground cloth on the field. We had to haul water on a wagon and pull all the weeds by hand, not fun. The garden was so big as we were feeding 4 families. We had livestock as well, cows, pigs,chickens, ducks, geese,and bulls. We butchered as well. It was a hard life but I wouldn't have had it any other way. I am 69 now and glad I am not on the farm. My health is not good, I would not be able to do it anymore. Glad you are doing it and love watching your videos. God bless and stay safe in this time. Hugs to all.
Great way ta harvest goose feathers then huh sarah..that is a cool rig. Make the pillows n mattresses like days of ole but ta see how little feathers really are and how much they needed for to make them! Lots of work our fore father and mothers did. Hava gd day honey! Enjoy those lovley birds songs and sunshine
Those gloves though! 🤣😂🤣👍👊
OFF GRID with DOUG & STACY I thought the same this. Need a link for those! Lol
HOLY MOLY!!! Where was this when I was growing up??? I used to pray that I'd be sick with the plague or something on chicken processing day!
Very interesting. I agree the plucker works so well. It is worthan investment. Thank you for shaing.
SCHÖNE MAMA ! GESUNDHEIT FÜR DEINE FAMILIE ! GRÜSSE AUS UNGARIEN
Wow. That makes quick work of de-feathering butchered chickens. Speeds up the processing time compared to hand plucking. Great video.
Thank you so much for making this video and not showing the actual slaughter its a necessary part of eating meat but can be very upsetting and disturbing and the way you did this video just felt very respectful to both the animal and me your viewer! Thank you so much!
I have to say, that is about the coolest invention I've seen in a long time!
Thanks for the demonstration. This and gutting are the two least pleasant part for us. The turkey bits of wisdom and experience is encouraging for us to try. Thanks. God bless you for sharing so WELL all that you do. You are not too talkative, yet enough for thoroughly teaching. Thanks again.
Oh wow, that’s a lot quicker than I thought it would take. I can definitely see how that is a great investment. Thanks for sharing!
Wow, my grandmother sure would have loved that. Grandma was a poultry farmer. Fond memories of helping Grandma prepping chicken for the best chicken and bisquits I have ever eaten. I will never forget her in the corner of the shed over a cauldron of boiling water. Chicken on a chain lowered then pulled up. Next was all feathers and elbows. Man could that women pluck a chicken. Our job was to pop the pin feather
I have seen that you can also the plucker for quail if you want to leave the skin on. In my area there is 1 place that will rent there pucker or there hole set up.
I grew up processing and plucking chickens n turkeys.
Ive only had chickens for eggs in the past..my son daughter in law n myself dont like the thought of butchering..but im gonna watch more of your videos n think i will b ready in no time
You are so right, best time saver ever. Can no longer imagine raising chickens without it anymore.
Wow! Those are beautifully plump chickens, and I'm amazed at such a wonderful job the plucker does!
That plucker is plucking awesome!!! Great job... would love to have a farm to have to buy that plucker! I live my homestead dream through you guys, I really do! Hugs, Tammy from Mesa, AZ
Excellent suggestion using the mesh/shade cloth to catch feathers!
I really appreciate your channel.
Superior content and very encouraging!
Is it crazy that I liked watching this? So interesting. BIG chickens. thank you for showing this.
I remember my Mom doing this by hand, ringing its neck and so on. Seeing it flop on the ground was kind of shocking at first. You never forget that smell as she scalded then plucked its feathers. We got to help pluck them I think. Mom also raised rabbits but had a huge garden she put up every year. I don't know what we would have done without the food she put up, canned and froze. Always enjoy your channel and now going back to see some older videos I haven't seen.
Amazing Lady. Much improved from when I was a child.
I have checked out Tractor Supply, Amazon and Ebay...all about close in price...we will be investing in one once we have chicks to raise up and butcher..
I always appreciate your videos so much. You cover a lot of topics on the homestead I'm interested in. I'd love to see more cooking and food preservation videos if at all possible. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge
so glad I found this video, I had almost given up on butchering my own as the plucking has become more difficult as arthritis has robbed my hands of the ability to do too much detail. The next stage of processing will take time, but time is allowed for that stage more so than the scalding and plucking. Keep up your great video work, you teach this old dog new tricks regularly!
I totally agree with you Sarah, that machine is great. Great video, blessings
Dang, that was quick! What a time saver!
Thank you for showing us how a plucker works.
We normally just skin them so we don't have to deal with the feathers.
I have hand-plucked chickens before and it takes a loonnnggg time. If I still had chickens, I would invest in one of those.
Wow easy peasy. We used to set up an assembly line to get the job done.
Those look so good and healthy
I'm late to the table but throughly enjoy and appreciate the videos. Picked up several tips and ideas. Thanks
Holy cow! I never knew such a thing existed! That is something!
Totally cool ! Gonna look into it… great video… we always did them by hand .. This would be awesome to have !
Love that plucker, makes quick work of those feathers. You’re right that is a great investment.
Good day to you Kevin & Stacy !! 👍👍😁😁 Thanks for sharing your homesteading stories and adventures with us all today 😁😁👍👍
I have a plucker as well and agree totally on a great investment against your time and sore hands from plucking out feathers. I found I got a better success with my ducks with a hotter temperature and twice as much dish liquid to break down the oils on the feathers.
TY !! In the future I plan on buying one. FANTASTIC BRAVO !!
What size do you need for both Turkey and chicken plucker
we needed this 40 years ago! I hated cleaning chickens.
Wow Awesome! What a time saver for sure. Good job Sarah
Butchering mine in the morning. I built a drill plucker. I hope it works well.
Excellent video. Thank you so much.
Awesome job
You're amazing Sarah, everyone else I've seen using a plucker have 2 people in this process.
I love my chicken plucker I’ve always had to pluck chickens by hand my entire life
Can hardly wait to buy one. I have arthritis in my hands now.
Wow, I can NOT find anywhere to purchase an automatic propane burner like you show in this video. That was one heck of a good score!
That IS a time saver Sara.
Fellow Missouri girl here. Thanks for the info.
Thank you for demonstrating!
I've never seen one in action..goodness that was crazy.. thanks for sharing
Cool plucker.
Show how you process them and package. Would love to see it.
Wow! My mom and dad would have loved this 60-65 years ago! Dad ended up making his own plucker but it sure didn’t do this great of job!
Omg! I was not expecting what I just saw happen😲. As a child I couldn't eat chicken for days after helping my grandma and grandpa hand pluck them.😝 Never knew about these even in these times🤔. (Not sure how long the pluckers have been around) Nice job demonstrating and explaining Sarah👍Until your next video...God Bless you so much 💖
Seems pretty similar to a fish scaler! Crazy how fast it worked! Someday I hope to own chickens- it would be quite the task in my dorm room tho :)
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Wow really helpful geez quite amazing thanks for the input, God bless you as well
I have seen everything. Good stuff
THANKS FOR THE GREAT INFO AND REVIEW ON YOUR CHICKEN PLUCKER I WILL SHARE THIS WITH A LOT OF MY FRIENDS AND WHEN I AM ABLE TO AND CAN HAVE A PLACE AND AFFORD ONE I PLAN TO AS WELL.
THANKS AND HAVE A GREAT AND BLESSED DAY :-)
Thank you for sharing your life with us! I love your videos, I have learned so much. A plucker is my next investment! Right now I can process 3 chickens before my arthritis says no more. Then its a few days before I can get back at it. This will help immensely!
Yardbird plucker is the best one
Plucker and meat tenderizer in one... cool
If you put just a bit of dish detergent in your scalding water then dunk them in cold water before you put them in your plucker it will work better by hand or with a plucker
I'm absolutely going to have to get a plucker. Excellent demo. Very helpful. Thank you.
btw I like THIS hat so much better than the other.
I built my own. Plenty of vids on here that show how. If ya can find a 3/4 hp 1750rpm motor you can build this for a couple hundred. They are time savers,three of us did 40 cornish cross in less than two hours and that was ready to be bagged.
Good information! Thank you for sharing and God bless.
You 2 have taught me so much . GOD BLESS
I have seen chicken pluckers before, but that is the first time I ever saw one in action.. that is amazing how fast it is.. If you do more than say a dozen chickens a year, that would sure be worth the investment..
We agree!
Wow does that plucker ever do a great job!
I usually take mine to get them processed cause we tried ourselves the first year and it just was a big hassle. This would be great! Thank you for sharing!
I’m sold. Thanks for showing us
Wow! That was so much easier than manual plucking.
Sarah, Small hands? Surely the gloves are available in different sizes? If not, perhaps a pair of plain old cotton jersey gloves inside department store dish washing gloves would allow dexterity along with protection from heat and water? It worked for me on paint prep. with a high pressure "steam cleaner." The wand got really hot after the thermal grips wore down.
Only one size. They're fine. 😊
Cool, whenever God blesses us with our own homestead that's an awesome thing to invest in!
LOL those chooks are the size of the Turkeys they sell in supermarkets here in NZ.
Fantastic job. Those chickens are going to taste mighty good.
Wow that did a great job 😀 don't forget to put feathers in your compost bin, have a great day.
You are living my dream. I love your channel.
There's some homemade ones that use a plastic barrel and does the same thing but it's nice to have them
That was so fast! Wow!
Wonderful machine
Wow!!!! That's impressive!
Very nice, Thank You
Awesome video!
I've always wanted one !
It is either the Popsport mfg or the Rite farm plucker. They look xactly the same to me. The Yardbird is more portable but I think I like the Ritefarm version.
Oh My!! That's an amazing piece of kit. I wonder if I can get one in Europe mmmmmm. Some investigation needed I think.
That is so neat!!
I wish you would have shown how to clean the insides of them too. Do you have a video that shows that? We do chickens every year and take them in to have them butchered and cleaned. It sure would be nice to do it ourselves. Thanks always great info on your videos